Toots (Member)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Toledo Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Toots (Member)

Identification

SSP nr	T2004

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 58 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1916 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1974-01-10
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Toledo Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1923-00-00	Toledo Zoo from Sells-Floto Circus

Record history
History of updates	2024-03-18: 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Toots (Member) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1974-01-10 at Toledo Zoo, in United States, .

Origin

The North American Regional Studbook lists this elephant with a Temporary Studbook Number, lacking "supporting documentation to validate their identity."

Toots (Member) was born wild 1916.

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

According to this new source she arrived at Toledo in 1923 from Hagenbeck. This records are contradictonary with the SSP, but this new one in from 1952

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Toots (Member), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Toledo Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2003. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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