Zombini
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) at
Brookfield Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Zombini

Identification

SSP nr	10

Description
Species:	African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 8 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1936 wild
Birth place:	in Congo unspecified forest
Capture:	1936
Death
Dead:	†1944-09-19
Death reason:	euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Brookfield Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1939-09-09	Brookfield Zoo from Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center

Record history
History of updates	2020-10-24

Latest document update	2025-02-24 03:38:04

† Zombini is a dead Female ♀ African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), , who died 1944-09-19 at Brookfield Zoo, in United States, .

Origin

Zombini was born wild 1936 at Congo unspecified forest, captured 1936 .

Comments / pictures

Zombie and Zombinie, bought as couple, arrived to the Brookfield Zoo in September 1939 from the elephant training station at Gangala-na-Bodio in the eastern Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo).

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Zombini, African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) located at Brookfield Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4495. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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