Ahmed
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Marsabit National Reserve in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♂ Ahmed

Museum locations
Present / last location:	Nairobi National Museum, in Kenya

Date of arrival

1974-00-00	Nairobi National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 55 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1919 wild
Birth place:	in Marsabit National Reserve
Death
Dead:	†1974
Death reason:	age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Marsabit National Reserve, in Kenya

Date of arrival

1919-00-00	Marsabit National Reserve
Record history
History of updates	2007-04-19

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

† Ahmed is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1974 at Marsabit National Reserve, in Kenya, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Nairobi National Museum, in Nairobi, Kenya, since 1974-00-00.

Origin

Ahmed was born wild 1919 at Marsabit National Reserve.

Comments / pictures

Known as the King of Marsabit, Achmed posessed enormous tusks, and in 1970, in order to protect him from poachers, former president of Kenia, Jomo Kenyatta, placed the elephant under his protection by presidential decree.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ahmed, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Marsabit National Reserve in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2664. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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