Kuki
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina

Biography

☨ ♀ Kuki

Alternative name:	Kuky, Cuqui

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 34 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1990? wild
Birth place:	in Kruger National Park
Death
Dead:	†2024-10-22
Death reason:	age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Buenos Aires Zoo, in Argentina

Date of arrival

1993-05-00	Buenos Aires Zoo from Port of Buenos Aires

1993-04-00	Port of Buenos Aires from Port of Walvis Bay

1993-00-00	Port of Walvis Bay from Wolfgang Delfts

	Wolfgang Delfts from Kruger National Park

Record history
History of updates	2012-05-25: New elephant 2024-11-03: Born in Africa 2024-11-03: Updated as dead

Latest document update	2024-11-03 12:16:35
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† Kuki is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2024-10-22 at Buenos Aires Zoo, in Argentina, .

Origin

Kuki was born wild 1990? at Kruger National Park.

Comments / pictures

For more than three decades she was accompanied by Pupy, another African elephant with whom she arrived in Buenos Aires from Kruger National Park, South Africa, in May 1993. She was her "sister." Although there is no precise date of birth, specialists estimate that both animals were born in 1990.

In fact, they arrived in the country under other names. They were called Araceli and Lucila . This was decided in a survey after the purchase of both specimens by the company Paseo Alcorta, which donated them to the Buenos Aires zoo.

Kuki in Buenos Aires Zoo

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kuki, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2586. (archived at the Wayback machine)