Hannibal
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Hannibal  dead elephant
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 53 years old
Status:Lost to follow-up
People killed:1
Origin
Born:* 1812 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead: †1865-05-06
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Unknown, in Unknown
Date of arrival
1865-00-00Unknown
from Unknown
1864-00-00Unknown
from Van Amburg Circus
1858-00-00Van Amburg Circus
from Unknown
1856-00-00Unknown
from Raymond & Warings Menagerie, Museum and Circus United
1855-00-00Raymond & Warings Menagerie, Museum and Circus United
from Van Amburg Circus
1854-00-00Van Amburg Circus 1854-00-00
from Raymond & Warings Menagerie, Museum and Circus United
1842-00-00Raymond & Warings Menagerie, Museum and Circus United
from Unknown
Unknown
from J. E. M. Hobby and Cos Menagerie and Circus
1840-00-00J. E. M. Hobby and Cos Menagerie and Circus
from The Zoological Institute
1835-00-00The Zoological Institute
from S. Butler & Co
1834-00-00S. Butler & Co
from Raymond, Weeks & Co.s American Menagerie of Wild Beasts
1832-00-00Raymond, Weeks & Co.s American Menagerie of Wild Beasts
from New York butscher
1824-00-00New York butscher
from Asia unspecified location
Record history
History of updates2018-05-08
Latest document update2020-11-06 16:30:08
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† Hannibal is a dead Lost to follow-up Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1865-05-06 at Unknown, in Unknown, .

Origin

Hannibal was born wild 1812 at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

1824: Arrived USA
1865: Died in Centerville, Maryland.

Records about Hannibal from Bob Cline

HANNIBAL 1812 - born in the wild
Male Asian 1824 - arrives in US
Bought by a butcher in New York & exhibited there
1825 - Zoological Institute in ????, New York
1832 - Raymond and Weeks Menagerie
1833 - Raymond, Weeks, and Co.
1834 - Butler and Co.
1835 to 1837 - Zoological Institute shows
1840 - J.E.M. Hobby & Co. Grand Menagerie
1841 - Humphrey & Lines United Menagerie
1842 -Waring, Raymond & Co.
1843 - Raymond & Co. Caravan
1844 to 1845 - Zoological Institute
1846 to 1853 - Raymond & Co. / Raymond & Waring Caravan
1854 - Van Amburg's Great Broadway Menagerie
1855 - Raymond and Co.
1856 to 1857 - Herr Dreisbach & Co. Menagerie and Circus
1858 to 1863 - Van Amburgh Show
1864 - Thayer, Noyes, and Van Amburgh
1865 - Thayer and Noyes Circus
Died - May 7, 1865 in Centerville, PA.

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Hannibal, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5375. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
  • https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
  • Page 10, 12, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
  • Page 286, Elephants: A Cultural and Natural History, by Karl Groning and Martin Saller
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CategoriesLost to follow-up | 1865 deaths | 1812 births | Elephants from Unknown | Unknown | Mankillers | Asian elephants


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