Rosie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Oxford Zoo (Gosford Hill Farm) in United Kingdom

Biography

This record may be a duplicate record with Rosie at Unknown

☨ ♀ Rosie

Identification

EEP nr	2204

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1937?
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Oxford Zoo (Gosford Hill Farm), in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1932-00-00	Oxford Zoo (Gosford Hill Farm) from Bostock & Wombwells Menagerie (Wombwell No.2 menagerie)

Record history
History of updates	2012-06-15: eep nr, duplicate?

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

This record may be a duplicate record with Rosie at Unknown

† Rosie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1937? at Oxford Zoo (Gosford Hill Farm), in United Kingdom, .

Origin

Rosie was born wild .

Comments / pictures

May this be the same Rosie as nr 2204 in the EEP studbook?

Records about Rosie from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Rosie:

2204 F ???? UNK UNK BOSTOCK ~ Jan 1932 NONE Transfer ROSIE
WHIPSNADE 18 Jan 1932 2325 Transfer
PRIVATE 5 Apr 1932 NONE ltf Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Rosie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Oxford Zoo (Gosford Hill Farm) in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3583. (archived at the Wayback machine)