Katoto
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Basel Zoo in Switzerland

Biography

☨ ♂ Katoto
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Basel Natural History Museum, in Switzerland

Date of arrival

1972-00-00	Basel Natural History Museum, Basel, Switzerland

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 21 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1951 wild
Birth place:	in Ruaha National Park
Capture:	1952-09-21
Imported:	1952 by Basel Zoo
Death
Dead:	†1972
Death reason:	euthanised: aggressive
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Basel Zoo, in Switzerland

Date of arrival

1956-00-00	Basel Zoo from Circus Knie

1956-00-00	Circus Knie from Basel Zoo

1952-11-01	Basel Zoo from August Künzler Big Game Ranch

1952-00-00	August Künzler Big Game Ranch from Ruaha National Park

Record history
History of updates	2024-11-10: picture from Zoo Directors meeting 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2021-09-18 17:54:40
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† Katoto is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1972 at Basel Zoo, in Switzerland, . Official death reason described as aggressive.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Basel Natural History Museum, in Basel, Switzerland, since 1972-00-00.

Origin

Comments / pictures

Became aggressive and dangerous 1972.

The Skeleton is in Basel museum.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Katoto, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Basel Zoo in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3432. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Dr. Peter Dollinger, Zoo Office Bern, Switzerland.
Page 158-64,
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