Flora
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
H.A. Woodward & Co in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Flora

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Status:	Lost to follow-up
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Imported:	1827? by Unknown
Freight:	by ship
Death
Dead:	†1838?
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	H.A. Woodward & Co, in United States

Date of arrival

1838-00-00	H.A. Woodward & Co from Miller, Yale, and Sands

1837-00-00	Miller, Yale, and Sands from Teed, Brown and Co

1836-00-00	Teed, Brown and Co from The Zoological Institute

1835-00-00	The Zoological Institute from Gregory, Washburn and Co

1834-00-00	Gregory, Washburn and Co from Gregory, Crane and Co Menagerie

1834-00-00	Gregory, Crane and Co Menagerie 1834-00-00 from Birchard and Co. Menagerie

1832-00-00	Birchard and Co. Menagerie from Macomber and Birchard

1831-00-00	Macomber and Birchard from June, Titus, Angevine and Co

1830-00-00	June, Titus, Angevine and Co from Great India Elephant Caravan

1827-00-00	Great India Elephant Caravan from Asia unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	0000-00-00

Latest document update	2022-04-09 12:21:55

† Flora is a dead Lost to follow-up Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1838? at H.A. Woodward & Co, in United States, .

Origin

Flora was born wild at Asia unspecified location. and imported 1827? by Unknown, by ship

Comments / pictures

Imported to USA around 1827. After 1838 theres no more trace after this elephant.

Records about Flora from Bob Cline

FLORA
Female Asian 1827 - 21 years old exhibited in Maine
1831 - June, Titus, and Co. Menagerie
1832 - Birchard and Co.
1833 - Bailey, Brown & Co.
1833 - Gregory, Crane & Co.
1834 - Gregory, Washburn and Co.
1835 - Zoological Institute
1836 - Teed, Brown and Co.
1837 - Miller, Yale, and Sands
1838 - H.A. Woodward & Co.
No mention is found after 1838.

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Flora, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at H.A. Woodward & Co in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5385. (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
Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology Part Two: General History, https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
Page 9, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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