Dihing
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in India

Biography

☨ ♂ Dihing

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2012-04-08
Death reason:	disease: severe hemorrhagic enteritis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), in India

Date of arrival

	Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC)
Record history
History of updates	2021-12-04

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Dihing is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2012-04-08 at Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), in India, . Official death reason described as severe hemorrhagic enteritis.

Origin

Dihing was born .

Comments / pictures

Dihing was found when he was only 6 months old near the Dihing River in the Tinsukia region.

2012-04-05: Dihing became very ill on the 5th and didn’t eat at all for the next two days.
2012_04-08: Sadly on the night of 8th April he passed away. A post-mortem showed severe hemorrhagic enteritis. Tissue samples have been sent for investigation and we are currently awaiting the results.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Dihing, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7407. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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