Jumbo
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Rome Zoo in Italy

Biography

☨ ♂ Jumbo
Jumbo in 1978.
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Museo Civico di Zoologia, in Italy

Date of arrival

1979-10-00	Museo Civico di Zoologia, Roma, Italy

Identification

Museum accession number	MCZR OS.1313

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Characteristics:	mandible saved
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Africa unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1979-10-06
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Rome Zoo, in Italy

Date of arrival

1956-09-20	Rome Zoo from Naples Fuorigrotta Zoo

1956-00-00	Naples Fuorigrotta Zoo from Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center

Record history
History of updates	2012-07-01: picture

Latest document update	2023-05-28 03:14:42
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† Jumbo is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1979-10-06 at Rome Zoo, in Italy, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Museo Civico di Zoologia, in Roma, Italy, since 1979-10-00.

Origin

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Jumbo, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Rome Zoo in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4307. (archived at the Wayback machine)