Almas
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo) in Kazakhstan

Biography

☨ ♂ Almas

Identification

EEP nr	7408

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 3 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1974-08-26 captive-born
Birth place:	in Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo)

Parents:	♂ Dubas x ♀ Palma
Death
Dead:	†1977-08-00
Death reason:	disease: Pasteurellosis?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo), in Kazakhstan

Date of arrival

1974-08-26	Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo)
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Almas is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1977-08-00 at Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo), in Kazakhstan, . Official death reason described as Pasteurellosis?.

Origin

Almas was born captive-born 1974-08-26 at Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo).

Parentage

Parents of Almas are: ♂ Dubas (father) and ♀ Palma (mother).

Siblings through the father Dubas:

1968-05-15 -- † 1968-05-15 (M) killed
1969-07-23 -- † 1993-08-26 (M) Batyr
1972-07-19 -- † 1972-07-19 (M) stillborn
1978-04-21(F) Aygul

Siblings through the mother Palma:

1968-05-15 - † 1968-05-15 (M) killed
1969-07-23 - † 1993-08-26 (M) Batyr
1972-07-19 - † 1972-07-19 (M) stillborn
1978-04-21(F) Aygul

Pedigree

**Almass ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Almas	Sire (f): Dubas Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Palma Born: 1959	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

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Contradictory records:

EEG state death reason as (german) Pasterelese, but that term is not existing, why the author probably means Pasteurellose (in english Pasteurellosis).

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Almas, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo) in Kazakhstan. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=308. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Peter Stolk, Netherlands

Litterature about Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo)

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