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

Location

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

Sama I arrived in 1987-12-18 to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, Sama I lives together with 68 other elephants at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage:

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

Offspring

1. (F) 2001-10-11 Anula (Anura)
2. (M) 2006-07-04 Tharindu

Origin

Sama I was born captive-born as birth number 2 1987-12-18 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Parentage

Siblings through the father Vijaya:

1. 1984-07-05(F) Sukumali
2. 1989-08-16(M) Rangiri
3. 1993-07-01(M) Esala
4. 1994-04-16(F) Amali

Siblings through the mother Mathali (Mathalee):

1. 1994-04-16(F) Amali
2. 1998-01-29(M) Salia (Saliya)
3. 2000-06-04(M) Pinnawala
4. 2005(F) Madhavi

Pedigree

Sama was the second captive born elephant in Pinnawala.

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: 1987-12-18
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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