Bamangwa (Minnie)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Bronx Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Bamangwa (Minnie)


Identification

SSP nr	312

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 14 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1936 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1943
Death
Dead:	†1950-08-01
Death reason:	disease: paratyphoid infection
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Bronx Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1946-10-08	Bronx Zoo from Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center

Record history
History of updates	2024-12-12: pictures from 1978 & 81 2025-03-17:

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

† Bamangwa (Minnie) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1950-08-01 at Bronx Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as paratyphoid infection.

Origin

Bamangwa (Minnie) was born wild 1936, captured 1943 .

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bamangwa (Minnie), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Bronx Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2465. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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