Ramon
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rotterdam Zoo in Netherlands

Biography

☨ ♂ Ramon
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Museum locations
Present / last location:	Rotterdam Natural History Museum, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

1998-04-24	Rotterdam Natural History Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Identification

EEP nr	7011
SSP nr	755

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 28 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1970-12-07 captive-born
Birth place:	in Hannover Zoo

Parents:	♂ Moti (Mohti) x ♀ Mapalay
Death
Dead:	†1998-04-24
Death reason:	disease: Cerebral hemorrhage
Offspring
Total: 9 babies

1. Born 1984-06-16	♀ Bernhardine (Bernhardini) EEP id: 8408

2. Born 1985-04-12 (dead † 1985-04-12)	♀ killed EEP id: 8514

3. Born 1990-11-25	♀ SheRa EEP id: 9008 SSP id: 756

4. Born 1993-03-04 (dead † 1993-03-04)	♀ stillborn EEP id: 9301

5. Born 1995-03-01 (dead † 1998-07-13)	♀ Indira EEP id: 9500

6. Born 1998-02-13	♂ Timber EEP id: 9801

7. Born 1998-03-01	♂ Maxim EEP id: 9802

8. Born 1999-04-05	♀ Indra EEP id: 9902

9. Born 2000-01-26 (dead † 2000-01-26)	♂ noname EEP id: 20001
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Rotterdam Zoo, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

1971-12-19	Rotterdam Zoo from Hannover Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Ramon is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1998-04-24 at Rotterdam Zoo, in Netherlands, . Official death reason described as Cerebral hemorrhage.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Rotterdam Natural History Museum, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, since 1998-04-24.

Offspring

Total: 9 babies

(F) 1984-06-16 Bernhardine (Bernhardini) EEP id: 8408
(F) 1985-04-12 -- † 1985-04-12 killed EEP id: 8514
(F) 1990-11-25 SheRa EEP id: 9008 SSP id: 756
(F) 1993-03-04 -- † 1993-03-04 stillborn EEP id: 9301
(F) 1995-03-01 -- † 1998-07-13 Indira EEP id: 9500
(M) 1998-02-13 Timber EEP id: 9801
(M) 1998-03-01 Maxim EEP id: 9802
(F) 1999-04-05 Indra EEP id: 9902
(M) 2000-01-26 -- † 2000-01-26 noname EEP id: 20001

Origin

Ramon was born captive-born 1970-12-07 at Hannover Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Ramon are: ♂ Moti (Mohti) (father) and ♀ Mapalay (mother).

Siblings through the father Moti (Mohti):

1964-06-07 -- † 1964-06-07 (M) stillborn
1964-09-24 -- † 1978? (F) Loti
1965-05-19 -- † 2023-12-16 (F) Tima
1968-02-18 -- † 1968-04-07 (M) Tibur
1968-03-19 -- † 2021-01-15? (F) Delhi
1968-11-10 -- † 1968-11-10 (F) killed
1970-03-07 -- † 1994-06-29 (M) Assam
1971-05-12(F) Sara
1973-01-23(F) Indra
1973-06-28 -- † 1975 (F) Suma (Rhani)

Siblings through the mother Mapalay:

1968-11-10 - † 1968-11-10 (F) killed
1973-06-28 - † 1975 (F) Suma (Rhani)

Pedigree

**Ramons ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Ramon	Sire (f): Moti (Mohti) Born: 1948	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Mapalay Born: 1954	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Named after the elephant headkeeper in Hannover Zoo, Wolfgang Ramin.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ramon, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Rotterdam Zoo in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=335. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

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