Bambina
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus Strassburger in Netherlands

Biography

☨ ♀ Bambina
Bambina as museum specimen. Photo: from the magazine Karlskoga-kuriren 1958
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Museum of Karolinska skolan, in Sweden

Date of arrival

1927-00-00	Museum of Karolinska skolan, Örebro, Sweden

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ less than 1927 years old (maximum age)
Characteristics:	cranium
Origin
Born:	* >1907 wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1927
Death location:	Circus Strassburger Örebro?
Death reason:	disease: anemiia, Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis))?
Burial:	1947-00-00, at Franciskuslunden in Örebro, Sweden.
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus Strassburger, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

	Circus Strassburger
Record history
History of updates	2023-11-02

Latest document update	2021-11-15 11:27:01

† Bambina is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1927 at Circus Strassburger, in Netherlands, . Official death reason described as anemiia, Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis))?.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Museum of Karolinska skolan, in Örebro, Sweden, since 1927-00-00.

Origin

Bambina was born wild >1907 at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Died on tour in Karlskoga or örebro, Sweden.

Her grave and a stone statue is at the animal cemetry Franciskuslunden in Örebro, Sweden.

1927-07-27:Big loss for Cirkus Strassburger. During Cirkus Strassburger's visit to Örebro, one of the company's nine elephants died. A German veterinarian who was telegraphed late arrived to save the precious animal. The cause of death was anemia, in addition to the animal, an 18- to 20-year-old female, also suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Before the elephant was buried, about 200 kg was recovered on behalf of Karolinska University. weighing the head, which after necessary processing must be incorporated into the university's zoological museum either stuffed or as a Skull.

Original Swedish:
Stor förlust för Cirkus Strassburger. Under Cirkus Strassburgers besök i Örebro har en av sällskapets nio elefanter avlidit. En tysk veterinär som eftertelegraferats kom för sent för att rädda det dyrbara djuret. Dödsorsaken var anemi, varjämte djuret, en 18-à 20-årig hona, även led av lungtuberkulos. Innan elefanten grävdes ned tillvaratogs för Karolinska läroverkets räkning, det omkring 200 kg. vägande huvudet, som efter nödig bearbetning skall införlivas med läroverkets zoologiska museum endera uppstoppat eller som kranium.

Västmanlands Folkblad

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bambina, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus Strassburger in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3652. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.franciskuslunden.se
http://cirkus-dk.dk/htm/dk/nyheder2004.htm
http://leontina.blogg.se/2009/august/franciskuslunden.html
Westberg, H. Elefanthuvudet på läroverkets zoologiska museum. Murgrönan 1929 (utgiven av naturvetenskapliga föreningen "HEDERA"), s 6–11.

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