Odette
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♀ Odette

Identification

AERP family id	AO family

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 47 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1962? wild
Birth place:	in Amboseli National Park
Death
Dead:	†2009
Death reason:	: severe draught
Offspring
Total: 5 babies

1. Born 1985-04-00	♀ Odessa

2. Born 1989-04-00 (dead † 1998)	♀ Olena

3. Born 1993-03-00 (dead † 1994)	♂ OD3

4. Born 2000-08-00	♀ Opera

5. Born 2004-03-00	♂ Olaf
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Amboseli National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

1962-00-00	Amboseli National Park
Record history
History of updates	2025-11-27: New record

Latest document update	2025-11-27 10:45:12
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† Odette is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2009 at Amboseli National Park, in Kenya, . Official death reason described as severe draught.

Offspring

Total: 5 babies

(F) 1985-04-00 Odessa
(F) 1989-04-00 -- † 1998 Olena
(M) 1993-03-00 -- † 1994 OD3
(F) 2000-08-00 Opera
(M) 2004-03-00 Olaf

Origin

Odette was born wild 1962? at Amboseli National Park.

Comments / pictures

Records about Odette from Cynthia Moss at Amboseli Elephant Research Project Research Project'>(AERP)
1975: The following month I found Orlanda with her two calves and the young female with the very up-curved tusks, 1 whom I named Odette.
1977: The six females and calves consisted of Orlanda, her ’75 calf, Olive, Odette, and two younger females.
1985: In April 1985 Odette gave birth to her first calf, a female.
1989: Once again, out of sync with the others, Odette had a calf in 1989.
1993: In 1993, Odette had a son, but this calf died when he was a year old.
1996: Three more calves were born in 1996, to Orlanda, Orabel and Odette.
1998: Sadly, the following year Odette’s nine-year-old daughter, Olena died as a result of a broken leg, after what was probably an accident.
2000: The following year four more calves born to the OA females, Odette, Ololua, Olympia and Orabel.
2009: Three of the big females died: Orlanda, Odette and Olive.

Cynthia Moss, AERP

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Odette, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 25 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=17645. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Cynthia Moss, AO Family on Family histories, at elephanttrust.org, website for The Amboseli Elephant Research Project Trust

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