Moskwitsch
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Baku Zoo in Azerbaijan

Biography

☨ ♂ Moskwitsch

Identification

EEP nr	4801

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 22 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1948-08-03 captive-born
Birth place:	in Moscow Zoo

Parents:	♂ Shango x ♀ Molly
Death
Dead:	†1970-05-04
Death reason:	disease: rheumatoid arthritis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Baku Zoo, in Azerbaijan

Date of arrival

1961-04-00	Baku Zoo from USSR Government Circus

1952-00-00	USSR Government Circus from Moscow Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2024-01-14

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

† Moskwitsch is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1970-05-04 at Baku Zoo, in Azerbaijan, . Official death reason described as rheumatoid arthritis.

Origin

Moskwitsch was born captive-born 1948-08-03 at Moscow Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Moskwitsch are: ♂ Shango (father) and ♀ Molly (mother).

Comments / pictures

Between 1952 and 1961 at an unknown circus in Russia.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Moskwitsch, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Baku Zoo in Azerbaijan. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=670. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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