Binari
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka

Biography

☨ ♀ Binari

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 2 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2001-09-19 captive-born , number 21
Birth place:	in Pinnawala elephant orphanage
Birth weight	120.00 kgs, 264.00 lbs

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Shermi
Death
Dead:	†2003-01-03
Death reason:	disease: head injury and paralysis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

2001-09-19	Pinnawala elephant orphanage
Record history
History of updates	2024-06-27: naming of babies b 2010 and 2011 2024-06-30: more sources added

Latest document update	2024-06-26 17:37:22
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† Binari is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2003-01-03 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as head injury and paralysis.

Origin

Binari was born captive-born as birth number 21 2001-09-19 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Parentage

Parents of Binari are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Shermi (mother).

Siblings through the mother Shermi:

2004-08-23(F) Sugala

Pedigree

**Binaris ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Binari	Sire (f): Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Shermi Born:	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Binari’s birth was reported on the nineteenth of September 2001 in the early morning with complaints of bleeding from the Trunk and anti-clockwise circling movements. On examination bleeding and oedema were also detected over the left eye.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Binari, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2779. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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