August
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Paris Zoo Vincennes in France

Biography

☨ ♂ August


Identification

EEP nr	2901

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 5 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1929-10-06 captive-born
Birth place:	in Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Roma II
Death
Dead:	†1934-01-03
Death reason:	accident: burning fire in Paris stables
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Paris Zoo Vincennes, in France

Date of arrival

1932-04-01	Paris Zoo Vincennes from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

Record history
History of updates	2012-06-16:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† August is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1934-01-03 at Paris Zoo Vincennes, in France, . Official death reason described as burning fire in Paris stables.

Origin

August was born captive-born 1929-10-06 at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen).

Parentage

Parents of August are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Roma II (mother).

Pedigree

**Augusts ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
August	Sire (f): Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Roma II Born:	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Father unknown, conceived in asia.

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

2901 M 6 Oct 1929 WILD ROMA-2 HAMBURG 6 Oct 1929 NONE Birth August
PARIS ZOO 1 Apr 1932 NONE Transfer
3 Jan 1934 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). August, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Paris Zoo Vincennes in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=784. (archived at the Wayback machine)