Gus
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Wuppertal Zoo in Germany

Location

Gus is a living Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany.

Gus arrived in 2019-04-20 to the Wuppertal Zoo, Gus lives together with 6 other elephants at the Wuppertal Zoo:

1. ♀ Kimana born 2020-04-20
2. ♀ Mali born 2022-10-14
3. ♀ Sabie born 1992
4. ♀ Sweni born 1993
5. ♀ Tika born 2007-07-13
6. ♀ Tuffi born 2016-03-17

Origin

Gus was born captive-born as birth number 11 2019-04-20 at Wuppertal Zoo.

Parentage

Siblings through the father Tusker:

1. 2005-06-03(F) Bongi
2. 2005-10-09(M) Kibo
3. 2007-07-13(F) Tika
4. 2008-01-13(M) Tamo
5. 2010-08-06(M) Tuluba
6. 2011-01-16(M) Uli
7. 2011-01-20(M) Shawu
8. 2012 -- † 2012 (F) stillborn
9. 2013-05-13(M) Moyo
10. 2013-08-11?(F) Pina Nessie
11. 2014-08-14(M) Jogi
12. 2016-03-17(F) Tuffi
13. 2017-12-00 -- † 2017-12-00 (unknown) noname
14. 2020-03-06 -- † 2022-11-21 (M) Tsavo
15. 2021-08-16(M) Bumi

Siblings through the mother Sabie:

1. 2007-07-13(F) Tika
2. 2011-01-16(M) Uli
3. 2013-05-13(M) Moyo
4. 2016-03-17(F) Tuffi
5. 2023-06-24 - † 2023-06-24 (F) stillborn

Pedigree

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• https://elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/profile/europa/deutschland/wuppertal-zoologischer-garten-der-stadt-wuppertal/gus/

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Wuppertal Zoo
• More elephants from: Germany
• More elephants that was born: 2019-04-20
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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