Siribeddi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ceylon department of the commissioner of roads in Sri Lanka

Biography

☨ ♀ Siribeddi

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ceylon department of the commissioner of roads, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

1847-00-00	Ceylon department of the commissioner of roads from Ceylon Department of Civil Engineering

Record history
History of updates	2010-08-30

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

† Siribeddi is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Ceylon department of the commissioner of roads, in Sri Lanka, .

Origin

Siribeddi was born unknown .

Comments / pictures

1847: Siribeddi was used as kunkie-elephant during a keddha in Kornegalle.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Siribeddi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ceylon department of the commissioner of roads in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5977. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Page 123, The Wild Elephants and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon, by J. Emerson Tennent

Litterature about Ceylon department of the commissioner of roads

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