Plai Somboon
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Maetaeng Elephant Park in Thailand

Biography
♂ Plai Somboon

Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* unknown
Birth place:
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 2001-11-15 Tong Suk (Jungle Boy)

2. Born 2005-02-14 Tong Jaan
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Maetaeng Elephant Park, in Thailand

Date of arrival

Maetaeng Elephant Park
Record history
History of updates2025-01-28:
2025-03-14:

Latest document update2025-02-28 08:52:27
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Biography


Plai Somboon is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Maetaeng Elephant Park, in Thailand.

Somboon arrived to the Maetaeng Elephant Park unknown date,

Social

Somboon lives together with 54 other elephants at the Maetaeng Elephant Park: (detailed list)

  1. 3. ♀ Baanchuen
  2. 4. ♀ Baanyen
  3. 5. ♂ Boon Baramee born 2025-03-23
  4. 6. ♀ Mae Boon Maa
  5. 7. ♀ Mae Boon Roy born 1970
  6. 8. ♀ Boonma
  7. 9. ♀ Mae Boonmee born 1975
  8. 10. ♀ Boonsri born 2018-07-07
  9. 11. ♀ Bu-nga
  10. 12. ♂ Buathong
  11. 13. ⚪ Bumbim
  12. 14. ♀ Mae Chan
  13. 15. ♀ Dome
  14. 16. ⚪ Hong
  15. 17. ⚪ Hong II
  16. 18. ♀ Mae Jaan
  17. 19. ♀ Kamdee
  18. 20. ♀ Pang Kamlai-ngern
  19. 21. ♀ Kamnoi
  20. 22. ♂ Kanoon
  21. 23. ♀ Kuson
  22. 24. ♂ Lankham born 2011
  23. 25. ♀ Mae Luang born 1972
  24. 26. ♀ Maekham
  25. 27. ♂ Mare
  26. 28. ♀ Maruay
  27. 29. ♀ Mom-nha
  28. 30. ♂ Mongkol
  29. 31. ♀ Nam Muei born 1988
  30. 32. ♂ Nam Tang born 2009-10-07
  31. 33. ♂ Nam Tang born 2013-10-11
  32. 34. ♀ Namai
  33. 35. ♀ Namchok
  34. 36. ♀ Mae Noi born 1980
  35. 37. ♀ Pang Noilampang
  36. 38. ♀ Nong Mai born 1995
  37. 39. ♂ Nonglek
  38. 40. ♀ Pata
  39. 41. ♂ Permsup
  40. 42. ♀ Mae Ploy
  41. 43. ♀ Poonsub
  42. 44. ♂ Pu Luang born 1985
  43. 45. ♂ Pu Noi
  44. 46. ♀ Siriporn born 1970
  45. 47. ♀ Somjai
  46. 48. ♀ Somwang
  47. 49. ♂ Sornram
  48. 50. ♀ Suda born 2003
  49. 51. ♀ Surec
  50. 52. ♀ Tangmo
  51. 53. ♀ Tantawan
  52. 54. ♂ Tanwa born 2013-12-17
  53. 55. ♀ Thongkoon
  54. 56. ♀ Wandee

Offspring

Total: 2 babies
  1. (M) 2001-11-15 Tong Suk (Jungle Boy)
  2. (F) 2005-02-14 Tong Jaan


Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Somboon was born unknown .

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Plai Somboon, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Maetaeng Elephant Park in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6460. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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