Plai Chang Thae พลายทองแท้
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Surin elephant study center (Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village) in Thailand

Biography

☨ ♂ Plai Chang Thae พลายทองแท้

Local name:	พลายทองแท้

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Dentition
Incisives	tusker
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:	in Thailand unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†2012?
Death location:	Surin elephant study center (Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village)
Death reason:	unknown: Septisemia
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Surin elephant study center (Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village), in Thailand

Date of arrival

	Surin elephant study center (Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village) from Thailand unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2025-04-17:

Latest document update	2021-04-08 09:31:04
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† Plai Chang Thae (local name:พลายทองแท้) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2012? at Surin elephant study center (Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village), in Thailand, . Official death reason described as Septisemia.

Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Chang Thae was born unknown at Thailand unspecified location.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Plai Chang Thae, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Surin elephant study center (Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village) in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4249. (archived at the Wayback machine)