unknown
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
British Indian Army in India

Biography

☨ ⚪ unknown

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in India unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1868
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	British Indian Army, in India

Date of arrival

	British Indian Army
Record history
History of updates	2021-12-23

Latest document update	2021-12-23 19:55:30

† unknown is a dead Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1868 at British Indian Army, in India, .

Origin

unknown was born wild at India unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Died during the British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia, when the British Indian Army under general Napier rescued the british prisoners of Emperor Theodore of Abyssinia.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). unknown, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at British Indian Army in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5527. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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