Empress
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Philadelphia Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Empress

Identification

SSP nr	556

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 42 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1872 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1914-07-08
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Philadelphia Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1876-11-01	Philadelphia Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-03: text, picture

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

† Empress is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1914-07-08 at Philadelphia Zoo, in United States, .

Origin

Empress was born wild 1872.

Comments / pictures

Empress and Dom Pedro arrived together at the Philadelphia Zoo in November 1876.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Empress, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Philadelphia Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6417. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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