Kamala
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Smithsonian National Zoological Park in United States

♀ Kamala
Kamala. Calgary Zoo 03/2009. Photo: © Brent Van Hooft

Identification

SSP nr	145

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 47 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1975-09-00 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1976
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1986-08-11 (dead † 2015-10-22)	♂ Calvin (Chanda) EEP id: 8612 SSP id: 147

2. Born 1990-07-14	♀ Maharani (Rani) SSP id: 307
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Smithsonian National Zoological Park, in United States

Date of arrival

2014-05-22	Smithsonian National Zoological Park from Calgary Zoo

1976-05-25	Calgary Zoo from Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)

1976-00-00	Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo) from Pinnawala elephant orphanage

1975-00-00	Pinnawala elephant orphanage from Yala Ruhunu National Park

Record history
History of updates	2009-02-28: Text 2009-03-04: Image 2014-05-22: transfer 2018-10-05: link to EleWiki submitted

Latest document update	2020-10-19 03:38:43
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Biography

Location

Kamala is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, in United States.

Kamala arrived in 2014-05-22 to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, relocated from the Calgary Zoo, in Canada.

Kamala lives together with 4 other elephants at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park:

♀ Bozie born 1975
♀ Maharani (Rani) born 1990-07-14
♂ Spike (Ganesha) born 1981-07-02
♀ Swarna born 1975

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

(M) 1986-08-11 -- † 2015-10-22 Calvin (Chanda) EEP id: 8612 SSP id: 147
(F) 1990-07-14 Maharani (Rani) SSP id: 307

Origin

Kamala was born wild 1975-09-00. and imported 1976

Comments / pictures

Orphaned and brought to Pinnawela elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka. Kamala, Swarna and a bull who died in 1991, Bandara, all arrived at the Calgary Zoo in May 1976 from the Sri Lanka National Zoo.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Kamala, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Smithsonian National Zoological Park in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 August 2022 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=437. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Brent Van Hooft, Elephant Keeper Calgary Zoo
Kathleen Hewitt, Calgary Zoo
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Kamala (Google Translated version)

Links

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Kamala at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
Link to translated version with Google Translate

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