unknown
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo) in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ unknown
unknown as museum specimen. Most possibly the Cranium of the female Asian elephant, located at Heidelberg University.
Elephantentoilette. Natural drawing by H. Leutemann, from the book by Bodinus, Heinrich: Der Elephant in der Gefangenschaft, in: Die Gartenlaube 2 (1866), pages 21-23.
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Heidelberg University Zoological collection, in Germany

Date of arrival

1871-00-00	Heidelberg University Zoological collection, Heidelberg, Germany

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1871
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo), in Germany

Date of arrival

1864-00-00	Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)
Record history
History of updates	2025-11-26: New record

Latest document update	2025-11-26 17:31:28
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† unknown is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1871 at Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo), in Germany, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Heidelberg University Zoological collection, in Heidelberg, Germany, since 1871-00-00.

Origin

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). unknown, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo) in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=17628. (archived at the Wayback machine)