Kewa
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Leipzig Zoo in Germany

♀ Kewa

Identification

EEP nr8302

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies: Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:Female ♀ 40 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1983-00-00 captive-born
Birth place: in Myanmar unspecified location
Imported:1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink
Freight:By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam.
Offspring
Total: 6 babies

1. Born 1998-01-17
(dead † 1998-01-17)
stillborn EEP id: 9812

2. Born 2001-11-02 Temi EEP id: 200104

3. Born 2005-05-08 Yuma (Yoma) EEP id: 200508

4. Born 2008-12-13 Thuza EEP id: 200811

5. Born 2012-06-01 Pantha EEP id: 201209

6. Born 2016-01-01 Edgar EEP id: 201601
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Leipzig Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

2020-09-24Leipzig Zoo
from Tierpark Berlin

1990-09-13Tierpark Berlin
from Soest Zoo

Soest Zoo
from E.A.G. van den Brink

E.A.G. van den Brink
from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)

Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)
from Myanmar unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2022-01-17

Latest document update2022-10-22 18:15:08
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Location


Kewa is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Leipzig Zoo, in Germany.

Kewa arrived in 2020-09-24 to the Leipzig Zoo, relocated from the Tierpark Berlin, in Germany.

Kewa lives together with 8 other elephants at the Leipzig Zoo:
  1. Akito born 2022-09-25
  2. Astra born 1980-00-00
  3. Don Chung born 1982-11-00
  4. Edgar born 2016-01-01
  5. Pantha born 2012-06-01
  6. Rani born 2009-07-03
  7. Thuza born 2008-12-13
  8. Voi Nam born 2002-04-05

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Offspring


  1. (M) 1998-01-17 -- † 1998-01-17 stillborn EEP id: 9812
  2. (F) 2001-11-02 Temi EEP id: 200104
  3. (M) 2005-05-08 Yuma (Yoma) EEP id: 200508
  4. (F) 2008-12-13 Thuza EEP id: 200811
  5. (F) 2012-06-01 Pantha EEP id: 201209
  6. (M) 2016-01-01 Edgar EEP id: 201601

Origin


Kewa was born captive-born 1983-00-00 at Myanmar unspecified location. and imported 1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink, By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam.


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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Kewa, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Leipzig Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=469. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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