Peter (Theodor)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) in Poland

Biography

☨ ♂ Peter (Theodor)
The first elephant house in Wroclaw Zoo, with Breslaus first elephant Theodor.

Identification

EEP nr	611

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 27 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1861-07-00 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1888-11-28
Death reason:	disease:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau), in Poland

Date of arrival

1873-09-21	Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) from London Zoo

1863-09-12	London Zoo from Unknown

Record history
History of updates	2024-02-03

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

† Peter (Theodor) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1888-11-28 at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau), in Poland, .

Origin

Peter (Theodor) was born wild 1861-07-00.

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

EEP record arrival in Wroclaw 14 september

Records about Peter (Theodor) from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Peter (Theodor):

611 M ~ Jul 1861 UNK UNK SRI LANK ~ Jul 1861 NONE Birth PETER/THEO
PUBLIC ~ Jan 1863 NONE Transfer
LONDON RP 12 Sep 1863 934 Transfer
WROCLAW 14 Sep 1873 H209 Transfer
28 Nov 1888 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Peter (Theodor), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) in Poland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3757. (archived at the Wayback machine)