Ganesha (Swethavarna)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Mysore Zoo in India

1. (M) 1992-05-25 Chamundi (Magnum) EEP id: 9207

Ganesha (Swethavarna) was born wild , captured 1949 .

Ganesha was maybe partial albino, every hair on his body was white, the eyes more yellowish than brown, and his skin rather light, almost pinkish. During late 80s, his Feet and nails started to get worse, most probably because he was not taken on walks and processions as much as earlier.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Dan Koehl
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Ganesha_(Mysore) (Google Translated version)

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• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
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