Kito
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Dvur Kralove Zoo in Czech Republic

Biography

☨ ♂ Kito

Museum locations
Present / last location:	Naturalis Biodiversity Center, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

	Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Identification

EEP nr	20013

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 15 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2002-12-06 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in Colchester Zoo

Parents:	♂ Tembo x ♀ Tanya
Death
Dead:	†2017-03-13
Death reason:	disease: heart failure
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Czech Republic

Date of arrival

2009-06-03	Dvur Kralove Zoo from Colchester Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Kito is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2017-03-13 at Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Czech Republic, . Official death reason described as heart failure.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, in Leiden, Netherlands.

Origin

Kito was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2002-12-06 at Colchester Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Kito are: ♂ Tembo (father) and ♀ Tanya (mother).

Comments / pictures

Kito, meaning "precious one" was the first elephant to be born in the UK through Artificial insemination.

Kito on elephant-news.com

Articles where Kito is mentioned on elephant-news.com
Date	Links which opens in new window
2008-03-02	Jambo's leaving date is confirmed as tuesday 4th march! see kito and jambo playing together in their paddocks! - Elephant News
	Popular elephant bids farewell to zoo - Elephant News
2008-03-05	Jambo's leaves colchester zoo on his journey to spain - Elephant News
2008-09-12	Elephants show how to have fun - Elephant News
2009-01-27	Opal the elephant is pregnant - Elephant News
2009-01-30	Elephant paternity mix-up at zoo - Elephant News

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kito, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Dvur Kralove Zoo in Czech Republic. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=56. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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