Murugan
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Amsterdam Artis Zoo in Netherlands

Biography

☨ ♂ Murugan
Photo: Christoffer Brack, Wüppertal, Germany. Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073098771893, 1979

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 50 years old
Status:	sick
Origin
Born:	* 1953-01-23 captive-born
Birth place:	in Muthanga elephant camp (East Wayanad)
Death
Dead:	†2003-06-04
Death reason:	euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Amsterdam Artis Zoo, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

1954-11-25	Amsterdam Artis Zoo from Muthanga elephant camp (East Wayanad)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2021-10-28 07:08:20
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† Murugan is a dead sick Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2003-06-04 at Amsterdam Artis Zoo, in Netherlands, .

Origin

Comments / pictures

Came as official gift from Pandit Nehru to Amsterdam.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Murugan, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Amsterdam Artis Zoo in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=710. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Gerald Postma, Netherlands
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Christoffer Brack, Wüppertal, Germany. Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073098771893

Litterature about Amsterdam Artis Zoo

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