Pinnawala
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pinnawala Zoo in Sri Lanka

♂ Pinnawala
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 23 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2000-06-04 captive-born
Birth place: in Pinnawala elephant orphanage
Parents: ♂ Neela x ♀ Mathali (Mathalee)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Pinnawala Zoo, in Sri Lanka
Date of arrival
2011-00-00Pinnawala Zoo
from Pinnawala elephant orphanage
Record history
History of updates2012-01-30: 
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
Google map
Random literature
Biography

Location

Pinnawala is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Pinnawala Zoo, in Sri Lanka.

Pinnawala arrived in 2011-00-00 to the Pinnawala Zoo, relocated from the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka.

Pinnawala lives together with 1 other elephants at the Pinnawala Zoo:
  1. ♂ Sanka II born 1989

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Origin

Pinnawala was born captive-born 2000-06-04 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Parentage

Parents of Pinnawala are: ♂ Neela (father) and ♀ Mathali (Mathalee) (mother).

Siblings through the father Neela:

  1. 1989-08-14(F) Menika
  2. 1993-11-15(F) Anuradhika
  3. 1994-04-10(M) Aruna
  4. 1995-09-27(M) Nandimithra
  5. 1995-10-27(M) Isuru
  6. 1997-02-07(M) Arjuna (Kandula VI)
  7. 1998-01-29(M) Salia (Saliya)
  8. 1998-08-07(F) Ashokamala
  9. 1999-02-09(M) Wasamba
  10. 1999-08-06(F) Uthpala
  11. 2001-06-23(M) Migara
  12. 2001-10-11(F) Anula (Anura)
  13. 2003(F) Pali
  14. 2007(F) Bharathi

Siblings through the mother Mathali (Mathalee):

  1. 1987-12-18(F) Sama I
  2. 1994-04-16(F) Amali
  3. 1998-01-29(M) Salia (Saliya)
  4. 2005(F) Madhavi

Pedigree

Pinnawalas ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Pinnawala

Sire (f):
Neela

Born: 1964

Sire ff:


Born:
Sire fff:
Dame ffm:
Dame fm:


Born:
Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:

Dame m:
Mathali (Mathalee)

Born: 1970

Sire mf:


Born:
Sire mff:
Dame mfm:
Dame mm:


Born:
Sire mmf:
Dame mmm:

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Pinnawala, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pinnawala Zoo in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 March 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4764. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Search more on the web for Pinnawala

(The name Pinnawala is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)


Categories2000 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Pinnawala Zoo | Sri Lanka | Asian elephants


About this documentThis document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24 with valid HTML5 Valid CSS


Elephant Encyclopedia and database
ELEPHANT
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Established 1995
ELEPHANT
DATABASE
Established 2006
Your ip: 3.238.112.41