Tupelo an Asian elephant at Houston Zoo

♀ Tupelo
Tupelo, right from her mother Tess HTTP code: 200 image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.

Identification

SSP nr	735

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 11 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 2010-10-03 captive-born
Birth place:	in Houston Zoo
Birth weight	124.00 kgs, 272.80 lbs

Parents:	♂ Thai (Thailand) x ♀ Tess
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 2021-03-10	♀ Winnie SSP id: 00
Locations
Present / last location:	Houston Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

	Houston Zoo

Document updated	2011-03-17: youtube film 2016-01-05: SSP nr 2021-02-11: pregnant 2021-03-11: Updated as not pregnant
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Location

Tupelo is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), located at Houston Zoo, in United States.

Tupelo arrived Houston Zoo unknown date,

In Houston Zoo, Tupelo lives together with 11 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♂ Baylor born 2010-05-04
♂ Duncan born 2014-02-08
♀ Joy born 2017-07-12
♀ Methai (Me Thai) born 1969
♂ Nelson born 2020-05-12
♀ Shanti born 1990-10-11
♀ Tess born 1981
♂ Thai (Thailand) born 1965
♀ Tilly born 2018-06-17
♂ Tucker born 2005-05-12
♀ Winnie born 2021-03-10

detailed list

Offspring

(F) 2021-03-10 Winnie SSP id: 00

Origin

Tupelo was born captive-born 2010-10-03 at Houston Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Tupelo are: ♂ Thai (Thailand) (father) and ♀ Tess (mother).

Siblings through the father Thai (Thailand):

(F) stillborn
1983-04-21 -- † 1983-05-17 (F) Shani
1984-02-01 -- † 1988-08-26 (M) Bopper (Beau Thai)
1984-12-18 -- † 1984-12-18 (F) stillborn
1987-12-31 -- † 1998-08-30 (M) Kiba
1988-12-07 -- † 1991-09-02 (F) Pearl
1991-07-17 -- † 2004-09-05 (F) Kimba
1991-10-25 -- † 1991-10-25 (F) stillborn
1993-07-27 -- † 1993-07-27 () stillborn
1993-12-29 -- † 2000-01-01 (F) Singgah
1995-07-28 -- † 1995-07-28 () stillborn
2003-12-28 -- † 2003-12-29 (F) none
2004-08-17 -- † 2005-04-15 (F) Bella
2006-10-01 -- † 2008-11-09 (M) Mac
2010-05-04(M) Baylor
2014-02-08(M) Duncan
2014-06-30 -- † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
2014-06-30 -- † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
2018-06-17(F) Tilly

Siblings through the mother Tess:

1998-07-30 - † 1999-03-22 (F) Annie
2005-05-12(M) Tucker
2014-06-30 - † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
2014-06-30 - † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
2018-06-17(F) Tilly

Pedigree

**Tupelos pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Tupelo	Sire: Thai (Thailand)	Sire:	Sire:
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	Dame: Tess	Sire:	Sire:
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Comments / pictures

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Tupelo, an Asian elephant at Houston Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 12 May 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6220. (archived at the Wayback machine)