Doruma (Pinky)
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) at
Bronx Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Doruma (Pinky)
Postcard with Pinky in Bronx Zoo.
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Bronx Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1970-03-01	Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States

Identification

Museum accession number	M-217099
SSP nr	313

Description
Species:	African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 32 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1938 wild
Birth place:	in Congo unspecified forest
Capture:	1944
Death
Dead:	†1970-03-01
Death reason:	euthanised:
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	2011-04-26: Birth, Previous locations, SSP RE 2011-12-12: picture 2025-02-23: Born in West Africa

Latest document update	2025-02-23 12:28:51

† Doruma (Pinky) is a dead Female ♀ African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), , who died 1970-03-01 at Bronx Zoo, in United States, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Bronx Zoo, in Bronx, New York, United States, since 1970-03-01.

Origin

Comments / pictures

Doruma (Pinky) in Bronx Zoo

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Doruma (Pinky), African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) located at Bronx Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2466. (archived at the Wayback machine)