Uthpala
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka

Location

Uthpala is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka.

Uthpala arrived in 1999-08-06 to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, Uthpala lives together with 68 other elephants at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage:

1. 2. ♀ Amali born 1994-04-16
2. 3. ♀ Anuradhika born 1993-11-15
3. 4. ♀ Anusha
4. 5. ♀ Ashokamala born 1998-08-07
5. 6. ♀ Bharathi born 2007
6. 7. ⚪ Binuki born 2011
7. 8. ♂ Buwaneka born 1999-12-07
8. 9. ♂ Charaka born 2006-00-00
9. 10. ♀ Dinuda born 2009-05-24
10. 11. ⚪ Diula
11. 12. ⚪ Elvina born 2011
12. 13. ♂ Haritha
13. 14. ♂ Isira born 2011
14. 15. ♂ Jadura born 1966?
15. 16. ♂ Jayathu
16. 17. ♂ Kadol born 2011
17. 18. ♀ Kamani
18. 19. ♂ Kanaka born 2009-05-24
19. 20. ♂ Kandula III (Bibile)
20. 21. ♀ Kiriya III (Kira)
21. 22. ♀ Komali (Komalee) born 1971
22. 23. ♂ Kora Aliya
23. 24. ♀ Kumari born 1965
24. 25. ♀ Mahaweli (Mahavali) born 1981
25. 26. ♀ Mathali (Mathalee) born 1970
26. 27. ♀ Mayuri born 1983
27. 28. ♂ Meega
28. 29. ♀ Meena
29. 30. ♀ Menika born 1989-08-14
30. 31. ♀ Menika II
31. 32. ♀ Nandi born 2011
32. 33. ♂ Nandimithra born 1995-09-27
33. 34. ♂ Neela born 1964
34. 35. ♀ Nikini II
35. 36. ♀ Ninja born 1985
36. 37. ♀ Noni
37. 38. ♀ Pali born 2003
38. 39. ♂ Pandu born 2005-08-00
39. 40. ♀ Punchi
40. 41. ♀ Ramiya
41. 42. ♀ Randivi
42. 43. ♂ Rangiri born 1989-08-16
43. 44. ♀ Rejina born 1982
44. 45. ♀ Sama
45. 46. ♀ Sama I born 1987-12-18
46. 47. ♂ Sampath
47. 48. ♀ Sandalee (Sandali)
48. 49. ♀ Sapumali born 1997
49. 50. ♀ Shanthi
50. 51. ♀ Shermi
51. 52. ♀ Sukumali born 1984-07-05
52. 53. ♀ Surangie
53. 54. ♂ Suranimala
54. 55. ♀ Thammenna
55. 56. ♀ Thilaka
56. 57. ⚪ Thilamalai
57. 58. ⚪ unknown born 2011
58. 59. ⚪ unknown
59. 60. ⚪ unknown born 2011
60. 61. ⚪ unknown born 2011
61. 62. ⚪ unknown born 2011
62. 63. ⚪ unknown born 2010
63. 64. ♂ Unnamed born 2011-07-16
64. 65. ⚪ Unnamed born 2011-02-17
65. 66. ⚪ unnamed born 2021-09-11
66. 67. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
67. 68. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
68. 69. ♂ Wasamba born 1999-02-09

Offspring

1. (M) 2009-04-04 Udara

Origin

Uthpala was born captive-born 1999-08-06 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Parentage

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
7. 1998-01-29(M) Salia (Saliya)
8. 1998-08-07(F) Ashokamala
9. 1999-02-09(M) Wasamba
10. 2000-06-04(M) Pinnawala
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 Rejina:

1. 1995-09-27(M) Nandimithra
2. 2004-05-10(M) Kosala (Kosara)
3. 2011() Binuki
4. 2021-09-11() unnamed

Pedigree

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

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

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Pinnawala elephant orphanage
• More elephants from: Sri Lanka
• More elephants that was born: 1999-08-06
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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