Kung
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Leningrad Zoo (St. Petersburg Zoo) in Russia

Biography

☨ ♀ Kung

Identification

EEP nr	0801

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 49 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1908 wild
Birth place:	in Vietnam unspecified location
Capture:	1910
Death
Dead:	†1957-09-13
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1956-12-19 (dead † 1959-04-07)	♂ Lexi EEP id: 5607
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Leningrad Zoo (St. Petersburg Zoo), in Russia

Date of arrival

1954-10-09	Leningrad Zoo (St. Petersburg Zoo) from Vietnam unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2022-02-09

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Kung is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1957-09-13 at Leningrad Zoo (St. Petersburg Zoo), in Russia, .

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(M) 1956-12-19 -- † 1959-04-07 Lexi EEP id: 5607

Origin

Kung was born wild 1908 at Vietnam unspecified location, captured 1910 .

Comments / pictures

Records about Kung from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Kung:

0801 F ~ 1908 WILD WILD VIETNAM ~ 1908 NONE Birth KUNG
ST PETERS 9 Oct 1954 MK0102 Transfer
13 Sep 1957 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kung, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Leningrad Zoo (St. Petersburg Zoo) in Russia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2028. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

Litterature about Leningrad Zoo (St. Petersburg Zoo)

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