Rosewood
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Samburu National Reserve in Kenya

Biography

♀ Rosewood
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Identification

Orphans of Samburu id	Hardwoods family

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Management:	Wild elephant
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Kenya unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Samburu National Reserve, in Kenya

Date of arrival

	Samburu National Reserve
Record history
History of updates	2022-04-18

Latest document update	2021-08-30 14:57:35

Biography

Rosewood is a living Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Samburu National Reserve, in Kenya.

Rosewood arrived to the Samburu National Reserve unknown date,

Social

Rosewood lives together with 26 other elephants at the Samburu National Reserve: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Alpin (wild)
2. ♀ Alto
3. ♀ Anastasia
4. ♂ Ansel
5. ♀ Bora
6. ♀ Hurricane born 2004
7. ♂ Lewis
8. ♀ Luna born 2001
9. ♂ Malasso (wild) born ~1999
10. ♀ Malka
11. ♀ Marie
12. ♂ Morgan
13. ♀ Noor (wild) born ~2003
14. ♂ Pilate
15. ♀ Rosalynn (wild) born 1993
16. ♂ Shadrack (wild)
17. ♀ Soutine (wild)
18. ♂ unknown born 2009
19. ♂ unknown born 2021-09-01?
20. ♂ unknown
21. ♀ unknown (twin) born 2023-11-00
22. ♀ unknown (twin) born 2023-11-00
23. ♂ Unnamed (twin) born 2022-01-00
24. ♂ Weird Tusk
25. ♀ Wendy
26. ♂ Winston

and possibly other wild elephants which have no record in this database

Origin

Rosewood was born wild at Kenya unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

When the older matriarchs of the Hardwoods family were killed by poachers, Rosewood was thrust into the leadership role before she was ready. One of the youngest matriarchs in the reserves, she’s done her best to keep her traumatised and orphaned family intact.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Rosewood, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Samburu National Reserve in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8074. (archived at the Wayback machine)