Tamu (Tamy, Tommy) an Asian elephant at Toluca Zoo

♀ Tamu (Tamy, Tommy)
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 61 years old
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Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1960 unknown
Birth place:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1991-09-16	♀ Bireki
Locations
Present / last location:	Toluca Zoo, in Mexico

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2014-12-10	Toluca Zoo from Circo Francisco Atayde Garcia Circo Francisco Atayde Garcia 1964-00-00 from Bertram Mills Circus

Document updated	2012-11-15: changed country of origin 2018-02-27: alive in Tolouca, not dead!
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Description

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Tamu (Tamy, Tommy) is a Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Toluca Zoo, in Mexico.

Tamu (Tamy, Tommy) arrived in Toluca Zoo 2014-12-10, relocated from Circo Francisco Atayde Garcia, in Mexico.

In Toluca Zoo, Tamu (Tamy, Tommy) lives together with 3 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

Tamu (Tamy, Tommy) was born unknown 1960.

Comments / pictures

According to Gösta kruse, in his book he say the two young elephants came from Siam.Trunk call by Gosta Kruse

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Tamu (Tamy, Tommy), an Asian at Toluca Zoo in Mexico. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 March 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7474. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24