Manniken (Mannekin?)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Chester Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography

☨ ♀ Manniken (Mannekin?)

Identification

EEP nr	3206

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 10 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1932 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1942
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Chester Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1942-00-00	Chester Zoo from Unknown

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Manniken (Mannekin?) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1942 at Chester Zoo, in United Kingdom, .

Origin

Manniken (Mannekin?) was born wild 1932.

Comments / pictures

Records about Manniken (Mannekin?) from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Manniken (Mannekin?):

3206 F ~ 1932 WILD WILD SRI LANK ~ 1932 NONE Birth MANNEKIN
PUBLIC ~ 1941 NONE Transfer
CHESTER ~ 1942 H1788 Transfer
~ 1942 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Manniken (Mannekin?), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Chester Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1794. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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