Tamo an African savanna elephant at Kronberg Zoo

♂ Tamo
Tamo and head elephant keeper Filipe von Gilsa
Tamo and head elephant keeper Filipe von Gilsa
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 13 years old
Id numberEEP Number: 200800
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2008-01-13 captive-born
Birth place: in Wuppertal Zoo
Birth weight 97.00 kgs, 213.40 lbs
Parents: ♂ Tusker x ♀ Sweni
Locations
Present / last location:Kronberg Zoo, in Germany
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
2013-04-17Kronberg Zoo
from Wuppertal Zoo
Document updated2013-04-17:transfer

2013-05-01: corrected arrival date to 17
2018-04-08: link to EleWiki submitted
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Description

Location

Tamo is a Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), living in Kronberg Zoo, in Germany.

Tamo arrived in Kronberg Zoo 2013-04-17, relocated from Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany.

In Kronberg Zoo, Tamo lives together with 3 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Kariba born 2006-03-17
    2. ,
  2. ♀ Lilak born 1971
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Zimba born 1982
    4. , (see detailed list).

Origin

Tamo was born captive-born 2008-01-13 at Wuppertal Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Tamo are: ♂ Tusker (father) and ♀ Sweni (mother).

Siblings through the father Tusker:

  1. 2005-06-03(F) Bongi
  2. 2005-10-09(M) Kibo
  3. 2007-07-13(F) Tika
  4. 2010-08-06(M) Tuluba
  5. 2011-01-16(M) Uli
  6. 2011-01-20(M) Shawu
  7. 2012 -- † 2012 (F) stillborn
  8. 2013-05-13(M) Moyo
  9. 2013-08-11?(F) Pina Nessie
  10. 2014-08-14(M) Jogi
  11. 2016-03-17(F) Tuffi
  12. 2017-12-00 -- † 2017-12-00 (unknown) noname
  13. 2019-04-20(M) Gus
  14. 2020-03-06(F) Tsavo

Siblings through the mother Sweni:

  1. 2012 - † 2012 (F) stillborn
  2. 2014-08-14(M) Jogi
  3. 2017-12-00 - † 2017-12-00 (unknown) noname
  4. 2020-03-06(F) Tsavo

Pedigree

Tamos pedigree:
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Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Tamo, an African savanna at Kronberg Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3405. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories2008 births | Elephants from Kronberg Zoo | Germany | African savanna elephants


This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24


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