Birma
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Berlin Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Birma

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 13 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1930 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1943-11-22
Death reason:	accident: elephant house was bombed
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Berlin Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1936-00-00	Berlin Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-20: casualties

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Birma is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1943-11-22 at Berlin Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as elephant house was bombed.

Origin

Birma was born wild 1930.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Birma, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Berlin Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3789. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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