Lil Girl
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Memphis Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Lil Girl

Identification

SSP nr	568

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 2009-07-06 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in Memphis Zoo

Parents:	♂ Jack (Jackson) x ♀ Asali
Death
Dead:	†2009-07-07
Death reason:	killed: by mother
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Memphis Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

2009-07-06	Memphis Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Lil Girl is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2009-07-07 at Memphis Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as by mother.

Origin

Lil Girl was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2009-07-06 at Memphis Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Lil Girl are: ♂ Jack (Jackson) (father) and ♀ Asali (mother).

Siblings through the father Jack (Jackson):

1998-04-22 -- † 1998-04-22 (M) stillborn
1999-09-12(F) Victoria
2000-09-19(M) Callee
2004-07-06(F) Kianga
2005-12-19(F) Nadirah
2007-03-18 -- † 2010-05-12 (M) Scotty
2008-06-28(M) Tsavo
2008-07-09(F) Angelina
2008-07-25(F) Zuri
2008-10-28 -- † 2008-10-28 () fetal death
2009-08-10(F) Zuri
2011-06-03 -- † 2021-04-10? (M) Lucas
2011-07-20 -- † 2019-03-26 (F) Kalina
2012-06-28 -- † 2019-03-19 (F) Nyah
2017-05-31 -- † 2017-08-30 () unknown
2019-09-02 -- † 2023-05-30 (M) Fitz
2021-07-18 -- † 2024-02-15 (F) Tsuni

Pedigree

**Lil Girls ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Lil Girl	Sire (f): Jack (Jackson) Born: 1976	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Asali Born: 1985-08-29	Sire mf: Macho (Tantar) Born: 1962	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Macho (Tantar) Born: 1962	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Juju Born: 1968	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Juju Born: 1968	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

The calf was the first born at the Overton Park Zoo. The father is assumed to be Jackson, the most prolific African elephant sire in the United States via Artificial insemination.

According to Overton Park Zoo "The calf stumbled while walking through the exhibit shortly before 10:00am Wednesday morning.

Asali was trying to assist the calf back to its Feet when she accidentally injured the newborn with her tusk."

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lil Girl, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Memphis Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4752. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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