Garden of Eden Elephant
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Knysna Elephant Park in South Africa

Biography

☨ ♂ Garden of Eden Elephant
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Forest Legends Museum, in South Africa

Date of arrival

	Forest Legends Museum, Diepwalle, South Africa from Knysna Tourism, Knysna, South Africa

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in South Africa unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†
Death location:	Knysna Elephant Park
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Knysna Elephant Park, in South Africa

Date of arrival

	Knysna Elephant Park
Record history
History of updates	2020-10-01

Latest document update	2024-03-21 13:56:50
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† Garden of Eden Elephant is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died at Knysna Elephant Park, in South Africa, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Forest Legends Museum, in Diepwalle, South Africa.

Origin

Garden of Eden Elephant was born wild at South Africa unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

A complete, mounted Skeleton of a male elephant that was discovered near the Garden Of Eden in 1983. The animal had probably died about ten years before it was found. This is the same Skeleton that stood in the window of Knysna Tourism, at 40 Main Street, the late 1980s.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Garden of Eden Elephant, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Knysna Elephant Park in South Africa. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=17189. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.knysnamuseums.co.za/pages/sanparks-forest-legends-museum/

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CategoriesForest Legends Museum Taxidermy | Elephants from Knysna Elephant Park | South Africa | African savanna elephants

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