Suma
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wuppertal Zoo in Germany

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Suma  dead elephant
Photo © <a href="http://www.reading-dusseldorf.org.uk/en/MaureenStevens.htm">Maureen Stevens</a> 1949
Photo © Maureen Stevens 1949
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 36 years old
Origin
Born:* 1923 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: †1959-04-23
Death reason: age: age related problems
Offspring
Total: 1 babies
1. Born 1935-06-27
(dead † 1935-06-27)		♀ stillborn EEP id: 3503
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany
Date of arrival
1946-08-22Wuppertal Zoo
from Munich Zoo
Record history
History of updates2020-05-09_ merged with previous 2208 (same elephant), records added, birth coutry, birth year, death year, +picture
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Suma is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1959-04-23 at Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as age related problems.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies
  1. (F) 1935-06-27 -- † 1935-06-27 stillborn EEP id: 3503


Origin

Suma was born wild 1923.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Suma, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wuppertal Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=663. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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