Tryphaena (Tryphoena)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
London Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography

☨ ♀ Tryphaena (Tryphoena)

Identification

EEP nr	1200

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1913-10-23
Death reason:	euthanised: chloroform
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	London Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1912-06-24	London Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2022-08-24

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Tryphaena (Tryphoena) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1913-10-23 at London Zoo, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as chloroform.

Origin

Tryphaena (Tryphoena) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Came from Kuala Pilah in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

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

1200 F ???? WILD WILD MALAY ARC ???? NONE Birth TRYPHOENA
PUBLIC ~ Jan 1912 NONE Transfer
LONDON RP 24 Jun 1912 946 Transfer
23 Oct 1913 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tryphaena (Tryphoena), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at London Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3763. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

London Zoo from old photographs, by John C. Edwards 1996, pp. 115

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