Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Tupelo at Houston Zoo

♀ Tupelo
Tupelo, right from her mother Tess HTTP code: 200 This 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 12 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
♂ Teddy born 2021-05-16
♀ 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
2021-05-16(M) Teddy

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
2021-05-16(M) Teddy

Pedigree

**Tupelos ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Tupelo	Sire: Thai (Thailand) Born: 1965	Sire: Born:	Sire:
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	Dame: Tess Born: 1981	Sire: Born:	Sire:
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Comments / pictures

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Tupelo, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Houston Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 August 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6220. (archived at the Wayback machine)