Kumba
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) at
Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center in Congo

Biography

☨ ♀ Kumba

Identification


Description

Species:	African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Management:	Assumed dead
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center, in Congo

Date of arrival

	Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
Record history
History of updates	2024-01-09

Latest document update	2024-01-09 14:35:53
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† Kumba is a dead Female ♀ African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), , assumed dead at the Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center in , in Congo.

Origin

Kumba was born unknown .

Comments / pictures

As of 1982, there were eight elephants in captivity at Gangala-na-Bodio, Garamba National Park, northeast Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo). All were female Loxodonta africana cyclotis ("Domina," "Kiko," "Kumba," "Lukutu," "Lwiro," "Nakoto," "Wando," "Zombi"). The only male ("Doly") died in June 1979.

Source: K.K. Hillman-Allison, Randall Moore through

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Kumba, African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) located at Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center in Congo. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=17141. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1183&context=elephant

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CategoriesAssumed dead | Elephants from Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center | Congo | African forest elephants

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