Jumbo
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Vienna Zoo in Austria

Biography

☨ ♀ Jumbo
Jutta Kirchner' > From left to right: Jumbo, Drumbo, Sabi (and Dan Koehl) in Vienna Zoo. Jutta Kirchner

Identification

EEP nr	5901

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 43 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1962 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1964? by E.A.G. van den Brink
Death
Dead:	†2005-02-13
Death reason:	age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Vienna Zoo, in Austria

Date of arrival

1964-02-13	Vienna Zoo from E.A.G. van den Brink

Record history
History of updates	2021-09-18: Importer van den Brink

Latest document update	2021-09-18 10:46:23
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† Jumbo is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2005-02-13 at Vienna Zoo, in Austria, .

Affiliated people

1: Dan Koehl (head-keeper from 1998 to 1998 )

Origin

Jumbo was born wild 1962. and imported 1964? by E.A.G. van den Brink

Comments / pictures

According to Vienna Zoo records Jumbo was born 1959.

Jumbo came to Vienna Zoo 1964 from animal dealer van den Brink. In the eighties she killed a new bought baby elephant with her tusk, just after it rushed out of its transport cage.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Jumbo, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Vienna Zoo in Austria. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=64. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Kurt Kolar, Vienna Zoo
Henning Burger, Vienna Zoo
African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

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List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Vienna Zoo
More elephants from: Austria
More elephants that was born: 1962
More elephants that was imported: 1964?
More elephants that died: 2005-02-13
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

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