Tess (Tessie)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Tess (Tessie)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1940-09-27
Death reason:	disease: Tetanus and Lung problems
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1939-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1933-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from Sells-Floto Circus

1930-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus from Grants Farm

1927-00-00	Grants Farm from Grants Farm

1923-00-00	Grants Farm from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1907-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1907-00-00 from Great Wallace Brothers

1899-07-04	Great Wallace Brothers from Carl Hagenbeck Animal Exhibit (Chicago Fair)

1897-00-00	Carl Hagenbeck Animal Exhibit (Chicago Fair) from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2023-04-29

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

† Tess (Tessie) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1940-09-27 at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as Tetanus and Lung problems.

Origin

Tess (Tessie) was born wild .

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tess (Tessie), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4217. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2009/12/from-buckles.html

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