Thiha Phyu
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

Biography

☨ ♀ Thiha Phyu
Stephanie Wroben, Germany

Alternative name:	Thi Ha Phyu

Identification

Local id Number	THP 5116 (Tatto)
EEP nr	8004

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 39 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1980-05-01 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1988 by E.A.G. van den Brink
Freight:	by boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam
Death
Dead:	†2019-12-04
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 3 babies

1. Born 1997-12-23 (dead † 2017-04-00)	♂ Tsje Pyan EEP id: 9705

2. Born 2002-03-04 (dead † 2017-04-00)	♂ Aung Si EEP id: 200202

3. Born 2007-05-09	♀ Maha Kumari EEP id: 200706
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

2019-09-13	Copenhagen Zoo from Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)

2004-08-05	Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo) from Emmen Zoo

1988-11-08	Emmen Zoo from E.A.G. van den Brink

1988-11-00	E.A.G. van den Brink from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)

Record history
History of updates	2009-02-09: Pvevious locations 2019-09-13: Transferred to Copenhagen 2021-09-18: Importer van den Brink

Latest document update	2022-10-22 21:06:41
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† Thiha Phyu is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2019-12-04 at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, .

Offspring

Total: 3 babies

Origin

Thiha Phyu was born wild 1980-05-01. and imported 1988 by E.A.G. van den Brink, by boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Thiha Phyu, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=243. (archived at the Wayback machine)