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

Biography

☨ ♀ Anusha

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1949 wild (unconfirmed claimed birth date)
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1989-08-16	♂ Rangiri

2. Born 1995-10-27	♂ Isuru
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

1986-00-00	Pinnawala elephant orphanage from Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)

Record history
History of updates	2024-06-27: naming of babies b 2010 and 2011 2024-06-30: more sources added

Latest document update	2024-07-16 09:47:57
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† Anusha is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka, .

Offspring

Origin

Comments / pictures

Caught in the jungle in Dadiarisouya.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Anusha, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1829. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Wayne Jackson, Canada
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

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