Kechil
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Kechil

Museum locations
Present / last location:	Washington National Museum of Natural History, in United States

Date of arrival

1947-10-27	Washington National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States

Identification

Museum accession number	NMNH USNM 282837
SSP nr	483

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus sumatranus
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 32 years old
Characteristics:	skull, skeleton
Origin
Born:	* 1915 wild
Birth place:	in Sumatra unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1947-10-29
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington, in United States

Date of arrival

1918-12-10	Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington from Firma Ruhe

	Firma Ruhe from Sumatra unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-16: 2025-03-17: 2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2021-07-29 00:55:29
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† Kechil is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1947-10-29 at Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington, in United States, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Washington National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, DC, United States, since 1947-10-27.

Origin

Comments / pictures

Locality of Wild Origin: Indonesia, Sumatra Purchased by zoo in 1918; then 2 1/2 yrs. old

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kechil, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2009. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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