Tucker
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Houston Zoo in United States

♂ Tucker
Tucker. Houston Zoo 10/2009. Photo: © Susan Hoss
Tucker. Houston Zoo 10/2009. Photo: © Susan Hoss
Identification
SSP nr632
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 18 years old
Management:Unknown
Origin
Born:* 2005-05-12 captive-born
Birth place: in Have Trunk Will Travel (Gary and Kari Johnson)
Parents: ♂ Tusko x ♀ Tess
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Houston Zoo, in United States
Date of arrival
2008-09-12Houston Zoo
from Have Trunk Will Travel (Gary and Kari Johnson)
Record history
History of updates2009-01-26: Previous locations, SSP
2010-01-19: Image, Text
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Location

Tucker is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Houston Zoo, in United States.

Tucker arrived in 2008-09-12 to the Houston Zoo, relocated from the Have Trunk Will Travel (Gary and Kari Johnson), in United States.

Tucker lives together with 11 other elephants at the Houston Zoo:
  1. 1. ♂ Baylor born 2010-05-04
  2. 2. ♀ Joy born 2017-07-12
  3. 3. ♀ Methai (Me Thai) born 1969
  4. 4. ♂ Nelson born 2020-05-12
  5. 5. ♀ Shanti born 1990-10-11
  6. 6. ♂ Teddy born 2021-05-16
  7. 7. ♀ Tess born 1981
  8. 8. ♂ Thai (Thailand) born 1965
  9. 9. ♀ Tilly born 2018-06-17
  10. 10. ♀ Tupelo born 2010-10-03
  11. 11. ♀ Winnie born 2021-03-10



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Origin

Tucker was born captive-born 2005-05-12 at Have Trunk Will Travel (Gary and Kari Johnson).

Parentage

Parents of Tucker are: ♂ Tusko (father) and ♀ Tess (mother).

Siblings through the father Tusko:

  1. 1993-05-02(M) Nikolai
  2. 1994-02-27(F) Natasha
  3. 2006-12-12 -- † 2010-06-22 (M) JP
  4. 2008-08-23(M) Sam (Samudra)
  5. 2012-11-30 -- † 2018-11-29 (F) Lily

Siblings through the mother Tess:

  1. 1998-07-30 - † 1999-03-22 (F) Annie
  2. 2010-10-03(F) Tupelo
  3. 2014-06-30 - † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
  4. 2014-06-30 - † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
  5. 2018-06-17(F) Tilly
  6. 2021-05-16(M) Teddy

Pedigree

Tuckers ancestral Pedigree:
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Tucker

Sire (f):
Tusko

Born: 1971

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Tess

Born: 1981

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Comments / pictures

In September 2008, Tess and her son Tucker were loaned from Gary Johnson's Have Trunk Will Travel to the Houston Zoo. Tess was slated to return after a breeding loan arrangement. The transfer occured less than a year after the death of two year old Mac from the Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes virus.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Tucker, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Houston Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1757. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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