Tonji (Makena)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Montgomery Zoo in United States

Biography
♀ Tonji (Makena)

Identification

SSP nr558

Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 18 years old
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 2007-11-07 captive-born
Birth place: in Montgomery Zoo

Parents: Sdudla x ♀ Tina (Tanya)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Montgomery Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

2007-11-07Montgomery Zoo
Record history
History of updates2025-03-17:

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography


Tonji (Makena) is a living Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Montgomery Zoo, in United States.

Tonji (Makena) arrived in 2007-11-07 to the Montgomery Zoo,

Social

Tonji (Makena) lives together with 2 other elephants at the Montgomery Zoo: (detailed list)

  1. Star (Timba) born 1982
  2. Tina (Tanya) born 1984


Origin

Tonji (Makena) was born captive-born 2007-11-07 at Montgomery Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Tonji (Makena) are: ♂ Sdudla (father) and ♀ Tina (Tanya) (mother).

Siblings through the father Sdudla:

  1. 2008-08-14 -- † 2008-09-13 (M) noname
  2. 2012-12-23() Mpumi (Mpumelelo)
  3. 2013-07-29(F) Mavi

Pedigree


Tonji (Makena)s ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Tonji (Makena)

Sire (f):
Sdudla

Born: 1990

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Tina (Tanya)

Born: 1984

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Comments / pictures

Makena means “happy one” in Swahili, an African language.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tonji (Makena), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Montgomery Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3306. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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