Neptun
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Vienna Zoo in Austria

Biography

☨ ♂ Neptun

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Africa unspecified location
Imported:	1870? by Firma Carl Hagenbeck
Death
Dead:	†1883-04-02
Death reason:	euthanised: poisoned with Potassium cyanide
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Vienna Zoo, in Austria

Date of arrival

1870-07-04	Vienna Zoo from Port of Trieste

1870-00-00	Port of Trieste from Alexandria Port

1870-00-00	Alexandria Port from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

1870-00-00	Firma Carl Hagenbeck from Suez Port

1870-00-00	Suez Port from Suez Port

1870-00-00	Suez Port 1870-00-00 from Lorenzo Casanova expeditions

	Lorenzo Casanova expeditions from Africa unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2021-09-15 17:10:38
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† Neptun is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1883-04-02 at Vienna Zoo, in Austria, . Official death reason described as poisoned with Potassium cyanide.

Origin

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Neptun, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Vienna Zoo in Austria. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3661. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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