Mali an Asian elephant at Melbourne Zoo

♀ Mali
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 11 years old
Id numberLocal id Number: B00002ASMP Number: 70
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2010-01-16 captive-born
Birth place: through
artificial insemination in Melbourne Zoo
Parents: ♂ Bong Su x ♀ Chaba
Locations
Present / last location:Melbourne Zoo, in Australia
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
2010-01-15Melbourne Zoo
Document updated2010-01-16: New elephant
2010-02-24: name
2010-12-03: nr
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Description

Location

Mali is a Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Melbourne Zoo, in Australia.

Mali arrived in Melbourne Zoo 2010-01-15,

In Melbourne Zoo, Mali lives together with 6 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Chaba born 1993
    2. ,
  2. ♀ Kulab born 2000
    3. ,
  3. ♂ Luk Chai born 2009-07-04
    4. ,
  4. ♂ Man Jai born 2013-12-08
    5. ,
  5. ♀ Mek Kapah born 1973
    6. ,
  6. ♀ Num-Oi born 2001
    7. , (see detailed list).

Origin

Mali was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2010-01-16 at Melbourne Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Mali are: ♂ Bong Su (father) and ♀ Chaba (mother).

Siblings through the father Bong Su:

  1. 2010-03-10(M) Pathi Harn
  2. 2010-09-10(M) Ongard
  3. 2013-01-17 -- † 2013-12-03 (M) Sanook
  4. 2013-12-08(M) Man Jai

Siblings through the mother Chaba:

  1. 2013-12-08(M) Man Jai

Pedigree

Malis pedigree:
P I II III

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Bong Su

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Chaba

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In March 2008, fifteen year old Dokkoon was artificially inseminated by elephant fertility experts from Berlin and zoo vets with sperm from the zoos bull, Bong Su. She was confirmed pregnant in June via ultrasound. She was the first elephant in Australia to conceive a calf through AI and gave birth in January 2010 to a female calf.

The new calf, born to seventeen year old first time mother Dokkoon, set several records. She was the first elephant born in the 147-year history of the Melbourne Zoo and the first elephant born via artificial insemination in Australia. She was the second elephant born in Australia, following the birth of a male calf in July 2009 at the Taronga Zoo. She joined the current herd of three females, her dam, and her sire, Bong Su.



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Mali, an Asian at Melbourne Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 7 March 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5571. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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