Joca
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica in Brazil

Biography

☨ ♂ Joca
Joca as museum specimen. This image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Pontificia Catholic University Museum, in Brazil

Date of arrival

1995-00-00	Pontificia Catholic University Museum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 20 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1975 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1995-10-03
Death reason:	disease: ingested a bottle pet thus causing an infection in the digestive and respiratory pipe
Offspring
Total: 4 babies

1. Born 1983-05-23 (dead † 1983-05-23)	⚪ stillborn

2. Born 1987-07-06	♀ Axé

3. Born 1992-04-19	♂ Chocolate

4. Born 1996-09-17 (dead † 1996-09-17)	⚪ stillborn
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica, in Brazil

Date of arrival

1977-08-00	Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica
Record history
History of updates	2023-11-26

Latest document update	2021-07-04 19:03:25
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† Joca is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1995-10-03 at Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica, in Brazil, . Official death reason described as ingested a bottle pet thus causing an infection in the digestive and respiratory pipe.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Pontificia Catholic University Museum, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, since 1995-00-00.

Offspring

Total: 4 babies

() 1983-05-23 -- † 1983-05-23 stillborn
(F) 1987-07-06 Axé
(M) 1992-04-19 Chocolate
() 1996-09-17 -- † 1996-09-17 stillborn

Origin

Joca was born wild 1975.

Comments / pictures

Joca was claimed to be the only male African elephant to ever breed in South America.

Joca died from a toxemic or septicemic shock due to an inflamatory Pulmonary process - cronic bronchopneumonia, with acute relapse focus.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Joca, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica in Brazil. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4588. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Henrique Leite
Peter Stolk, Netherlands

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