Maya
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Heidelberg Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Maya
Photo: anon visitor

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 33 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1973 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2006-06-13
Death reason:	disease: hart problems
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Heidelberg Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

2005-11-15	Heidelberg Zoo from Circus Giovanni Althoff

1981-00-00	Circus Giovanni Althoff from Circus Carl Althoff

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Maya is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2006-06-13 at Heidelberg Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as hart problems.

Origin

Maya was born wild 1973.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Maya, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Heidelberg Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=230. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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