Perico
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Madrid Zoo (Casa de Fieras) in Spain

Biography

☨ ♂ Perico

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	killed: by a bison
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Fieras), in Spain

Date of arrival

1960-00-00	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Fieras) from Barcelona Zoo (Park Zoologic de Barcelona)

1956-00-00	Barcelona Zoo (Park Zoologic de Barcelona) from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2007-09-19

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

† Perico is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died at Madrid Zoo (Casa de Fieras), in Spain, . Official death reason described as by a bison.

Origin

Perico was born wild .

Comments / pictures

He died after being attacked by a bison

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Perico, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Madrid Zoo (Casa de Fieras) in Spain. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3295. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Madrid Zoo (Casa de Fieras)

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