Safari
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Toluca Zoo in Mexico

Biography

☨ ♀ Safari

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 59 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1960 unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2019-05-03
Death reason:	anesthesia: oedema, arthritis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Toluca Zoo, in Mexico

Date of arrival

2014-12-10	Toluca Zoo from Circo Francisco Atayde Garcia

1964-00-00	Circo Francisco Atayde Garcia from Bertram Mills Circus

Record history
History of updates	2022-03-19

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Safari is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2019-05-03 at Toluca Zoo, in Mexico, . Official death reason described as oedema, arthritis.

Origin

Safari 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 list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Safari, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Toluca Zoo in Mexico. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7475. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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