Menika
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka

Location

Menika is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka.

Menika arrived in 1989-08-14 to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, Menika lives together with 68 other elephants at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage:

1. 4. ♀ Amali born 1994-04-16
2. 5. ♀ Anuradhika born 1993-11-15
3. 6. ♀ Anusha
4. 7. ♀ Ashokamala born 1998-08-07
5. 8. ♀ Bharathi born 2007
6. 9. ⚪ Binuki born 2011
7. 10. ♂ Buwaneka born 1999-12-07
8. 11. ♂ Charaka born 2006-00-00
9. 12. ♀ Dinuda born 2009-05-24
10. 13. ⚪ Diula
11. 14. ⚪ Elvina born 2011
12. 15. ♂ Haritha
13. 16. ♂ Isira born 2011
14. 17. ♂ Jadura born 1966?
15. 18. ♂ Jayathu
16. 19. ♂ Kadol born 2011
17. 20. ♀ Kamani
18. 21. ♂ Kanaka born 2009-05-24
19. 22. ♂ Kandula III (Bibile)
20. 23. ♀ Kiriya III (Kira)
21. 24. ♀ Komali (Komalee) born 1971
22. 25. ♂ Kora Aliya
23. 26. ♀ Kumari born 1965
24. 27. ♀ Mahaweli (Mahavali) born 1981
25. 28. ♀ Mathali (Mathalee) born 1970
26. 29. ♀ Mayuri born 1983
27. 30. ♂ Meega
28. 31. ♀ Meena
29. 32. ♀ Menika II
30. 33. ♀ Nandi born 2011
31. 34. ♂ Nandimithra born 1995-09-27
32. 35. ♂ Neela born 1964
33. 36. ♀ Nikini II
34. 37. ♀ Ninja born 1985
35. 38. ♀ Noni
36. 39. ♀ Pali born 2003
37. 40. ♂ Pandu born 2005-08-00
38. 41. ♀ Punchi
39. 42. ♀ Ramiya
40. 43. ♀ Randivi
41. 44. ♂ Rangiri born 1989-08-16
42. 45. ♀ Rejina born 1982
43. 46. ♀ Sama
44. 47. ♀ Sama I born 1987-12-18
45. 48. ♂ Sampath
46. 49. ♀ Sandalee (Sandali)
47. 50. ♀ Sapumali born 1997
48. 51. ♀ Shanthi
49. 52. ♀ Shermi
50. 53. ♀ Sukumali born 1984-07-05
51. 54. ♀ Surangie
52. 55. ♂ Suranimala
53. 56. ♀ Thammenna
54. 57. ♀ Thilaka
55. 58. ⚪ Thilamalai
56. 59. ⚪ unknown
57. 60. ⚪ unknown born 2011
58. 61. ⚪ unknown born 2011
59. 62. ⚪ unknown born 2011
60. 63. ⚪ unknown born 2011
61. 64. ⚪ unknown born 2010
62. 65. ⚪ unnamed born 2021-09-11
63. 66. ♂ Unnamed born 2011-07-16
64. 67. ⚪ Unnamed born 2011-02-17
65. 68. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
66. 69. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
67. 70. ♀ Uthpala born 1999-08-06
68. 71. ♂ Wasamba born 1999-02-09

Offspring

1. (M) 2001-06-23 Migara
2. (F) 2005 Mihiri
3. (unknown) 2011-03-17 Trinki

Origin

Menika was born captive-born 1989-08-14 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Parentage

Siblings through the father Neela:

1. 1993-11-15(F) Anuradhika
2. 1994-04-10(M) Aruna
3. 1995-09-27(M) Nandimithra
4. 1995-10-27(M) Isuru
5. 1997-02-07(M) Arjuna
6. 1998-01-29(M) Salia (Saliya)
7. 1998-08-07(F) Ashokamala
8. 1999-02-09(M) Wasamba
9. 1999-08-06(F) Uthpala
10. 2000-06-04(M) Pinnawala
11. 2001-06-23(M) Migara
12. 2001-10-11(F) Anula (Anura)
13. 2003(F) Pali
14. 2007(F) Bharathi

Siblings through the mother Komali (Komalee):

1. 1994-04-10(M) Aruna
2. 1998-08-07(F) Ashokamala

Pedigree

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
  
• Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Pinnawala elephant orphanage
• More elephants from: Sri Lanka
• More elephants that was born: 1989-08-14
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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