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
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† 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, (2024). Peter (Theodor), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) in Poland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3757. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

EEG Magazine nr 16, Dec 2009, by http://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/'>European Elephant Group

London Zoo from old photographs

Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau)
More elephants from: Poland
More elephants that was born: 1861-07-00
More elephants that died: 1888-11-28
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

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