Maha Kumari
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

Biography
♀ Maha Kumari
Identification
EEP nr200706
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 18 years old
Status:pregnant
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 2007-05-09 captive-born
Birth place: in Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)
Parents: ♂ Bindu x ♀ Thiha Phyu
Offspring
Total: 2 babies
1. Born 2017-01-28♂ Jung Bul Kne EEP id: 201704
2. Born 2024-02-20♀ Chin EEP id: 202401
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark
Date of arrival
2019-09-13Copenhagen Zoo
from Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)
Record history
History of updates2025-03-18:
Latest document update2025-02-19 03:57:48
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Biography

Maha Kumari is a living pregnant Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark.

Maha Kumari arrived in 2019-09-13 to the Copenhagen Zoo, relocated from the Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo), in Germany.


Social

Maha Kumari lives together with 5 other elephants at the Copenhagen Zoo: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Chin born 2024-02-20
  2. ♂ Fahim born 2005-07-24
  3. ♀ Pang Kungrao born 1998
  4. ♀ Mun born 2020-10-01
  5. ♀ Surin born 1998

Offspring

Total: 2 babies
  1. (M) 2017-01-28 Jung Bul Kne EEP id: 201704
  2. (F) 2024-02-20 Chin EEP id: 202401


Origin

Maha Kumari was born captive-born 2007-05-09 at Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo).

Parentage

Parents of Maha Kumari are: ♂ Bindu (father) and ♀ Thiha Phyu (mother).

Siblings through the father Bindu:

  1. 1987-12-08 -- † 1987-12-08 (F) stillborn
  2. 1990-06-24 -- † 1990-06-24 (F) stillborn (twin)
  3. 1990-07-22 -- † 1990-07-22 (F) stillborn (twin)
  4. 1993-06-21 -- † 1993-06-21 (M) stillborn
  5. 1998-08-20 -- † 1999-07-26 (M) Ashoka
  6. 2002-08-00 -- † 2002-08-00 (M) killed
  7. 2008-03-11 -- † 2008-03-11 () stillborn
  8. 2009-07-27(M) Khin Yadanar Min
  9. 2012-07-25(F) Bindi
  10. 2016-03-16(M) La Min Kyaw
  11. 2020-06-18(F) Leev Ma Rie

Siblings through the mother Thiha Phyu:

  1. 1997-12-23 - † 2017-04-00 (M) Tsje Pyan
  2. 2002-03-04 - † 2017-04-00 (M) Aung Si

Pedigree

Maha Kumaris ancestral Pedigree:
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Maha Kumari

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Bindu

Born: 1968

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Thiha Phyu

Born: 1980-05-01

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Maha Kumari, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2817. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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