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

Location

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

Wasamba arrived in 1999-02-09 to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, Wasamba lives together with 69 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. ♂ Asela born 2007?
5. 6. ♀ Ashokamala born 1998-08-07
6. 7. ♀ Bharathi born 2007
7. 8. ⚪ Binuki born 2011
8. 9. ♂ Buwaneka born 1999-12-07
9. 10. ♂ Charaka born 2006-00-00
10. 11. ♀ Dinuda born 2009-05-24
11. 12. ⚪ Diula
12. 13. ⚪ Elvina born 2011
13. 14. ♂ Haritha
14. 15. ♂ Isira born 2011
15. 16. ♂ Jadura born 1966?
16. 17. ♂ Jayathu
17. 18. ♂ Kadol born 2011
18. 19. ♀ Kamani
19. 20. ♂ Kanaka born 2009-05-24
20. 21. ♂ Kandula III (Bibile)
21. 22. ♀ Kiriya III (Kira)
22. 23. ♀ Komali (Komalee) born 1971
23. 24. ♂ Kora Aliya
24. 25. ♀ Kumari born 1965
25. 26. ♀ Mahaweli (Mahavali) born 1981
26. 27. ♀ Mathali (Mathalee) born 1970
27. 28. ♀ Mayuri born 1983
28. 29. ♂ Meega
29. 30. ♀ Meena
30. 31. ♀ Menika born 1989-08-14
31. 32. ♀ Menika II
32. 33. ♀ Nandi born 2011
33. 34. ♂ Nandimithra born 1995-09-27
34. 35. ♂ Neela born 1964
35. 36. ♀ Nikini II
36. 37. ♀ Ninja born 1985
37. 38. ♀ Noni
38. 39. ♀ Pali born 2003
39. 40. ♂ Pandu born 2005-08-00
40. 41. ♀ Punchi
41. 42. ♀ Ramiya
42. 43. ♀ Randivi
43. 44. ♂ Rangiri born 1989-08-16
44. 45. ♀ Rejina born 1982
45. 46. ♀ Sama
46. 47. ♀ Sama I born 1987-12-18
47. 48. ♂ Sampath
48. 49. ♀ Sandalee (Sandali)
49. 50. ♀ Sapumali born 1997
50. 51. ♀ Shanthi
51. 52. ♀ Shermi
52. 53. ♀ Sukumali born 1984-07-05
53. 54. ♀ Surangie
54. 55. ♂ Suranimala
55. 56. ♀ Thammenna
56. 57. ♀ Thilaka
57. 58. ⚪ Thilamalai
58. 59. ⚪ unknown born 2011
59. 60. ⚪ unknown born 2010
60. 61. ⚪ unknown
61. 62. ⚪ unknown born 2011
62. 63. ⚪ unknown born 2011
63. 64. ⚪ unknown born 2011
64. 65. ⚪ unnamed born 2021-09-11
65. 66. ♂ Unnamed born 2011-07-16
66. 67. ⚪ Unnamed born 2011-02-17
67. 68. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
68. 69. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
69. 70. ♀ Uthpala born 1999-08-06

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

1. (M) 2011-07-16 Unnamed

Origin

Wasamba was born captive-born 1999-02-09 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 (Kandula VI)
7. 1998-01-29(M) Salia (Saliya)
8. 1998-08-07(F) Ashokamala
9. 1999-08-06(F) Uthpala
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 Anuradha:

1. 1993-11-15(F) Anuradhika
2. 2007?(M) Asela

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: 1999-02-09
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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