Menika
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rotterdam Zoo in Netherlands

Biography

This record may be a duplicate record with Maneki at Unknown

☨ ♀ Menika

Identification

EEP nr	5503

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 41 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1940 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1981-10-08
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Rotterdam Zoo, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

1955-09-05	Rotterdam Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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This record may be a duplicate record with Maneki at Unknown

† Menika is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1981-10-08 at Rotterdam Zoo, in Netherlands, .

Origin

Menika was born wild 1940.

Comments / pictures

Records about Menika from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Menika:

5503 F ~ 1940 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1955 NONE Capture Menika
ROTTERDAM 5 Sep 1955 101207 Transfer
8 Oct 1981 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Menika, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Rotterdam Zoo in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=727. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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