Tara
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) in India

Biography

☨ ♀ Tara

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 79 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1910? wild
Birth place:	in India unspecified location
Capture:	1935-04-15
Death
Dead:	†1989-05-27
Death reason:	age:
Offspring
min 3 (Krishnamurty claim 12, and one set of twins 20-5-60)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC), in India

Date of arrival

1935-00-00	Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)
Record history
History of updates	2023-02-16

Latest document update	2024-06-30 10:41:27
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† Tara is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1989-05-27 at Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC), in India, .

Offspring

min 3 (Krishnamurty claim 12, and one set of twins 20-5-60)

Origin

Comments / pictures

1960: Gave birth to twins.

Gave birth to a baby at 62 years. (Sukumar et al. Zoo Biology 1997)

1989: Died 27 May 1989

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tara, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6041. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)

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