Rani
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Munich Zoo in Germany

1. (F) 1951-07-28 -- † 1951-07-28 stillborn (twin) EEP id: 5103
2. (F) 1951-08-10 -- † 1951-08-10 stillborn (twin) EEP id: 5107

Rani was born wild .

Rani was the first documented captove elephant who had twins. The first stillbirth was born 28th of July, but Rani died 10th of August, and by the Autopsy another dead baby was found.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

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• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Munich Zoo
• More elephants from: Germany
• More elephants that died: 1951-08-10
• All breeding cows
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• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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