Hussein an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
Photo: © Petra Prager, Berlin | |||
| ☨ Hussein | ID Number: | EEP Number: 8712 - | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Species: | Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) | ||
| Sex and age: | Male ♂ 40 years old | Dentition: | tusker |
| Dead date: | † 2012-06-15, | ||
| Death reason: | unknown: | ||
| Location: | Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) | ||
| Arrival | Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) 1987-10-24 from Mysore Zoo (Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens) Mysore Zoo (Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens) 1987-00-00 from Nagarhole National Park | ||
| Born: | * 1972 wild in Nagarhole National Park India | ||
| Capture: | 1974?, Nagarhole, India? | Imported: | 1987 | Freight: | Air cargo (Lufthansa?) |
| Offspring, year of birth, year of death: |
Total: 15 babies | ||
| Document updated | 2012-06-15: new record 2017-03-09: link to elepant-news.com 2017-03-09: link to www.elefanten-fotolexikon.eu 2017-03-09: link to EleWiki submitted by 89.107.209.213 2018-05-10: import records | ||
| Probably named after commander during Third Anglo–Mysore War (1790–1792), Hussein Ali Khan Sahib. Hussein was bound to be transfered to Belgium Zoo 2012, but died shortly after entering the transport crater. Reference listKoehl, D., (2020). Hussein, an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 1 October 2020 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=55. (archived at the Wayback machine)Sources used for this article is among others:
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