Contessa
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
International Animal Exchange (Ferndale) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Contessa

Identification

SSP nr	476

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Status:	Lost to follow-up
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	International Animal Exchange (Ferndale), in United States

Date of arrival

1966-05-02	International Animal Exchange (Ferndale) from Lincoln Park Zoo

1963-04-24	Lincoln Park Zoo from Miami Rare Bird Farm (Alton Freeman)

Record history
History of updates	2022-09-30

Latest document update	2020-10-22 05:58:53

† Contessa is a dead Lost to follow-up Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at International Animal Exchange (Ferndale), in United States, .

Origin

Contessa was born wild .

Comments / pictures

The North American Regional Studbook lists this elephant as Lost-to-Follow up, or a "documented animal whose current location is unknown." Elephant.se will assume this elephant is dead until more information is provided or discovered.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Contessa, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at International Animal Exchange (Ferndale) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6454. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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