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

Biography
♀ Luna


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Identification
Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 23 years old
Management:Wild elephant
Origin
Born:* 2001 wild
Birth place: in Samburu National Reserve
Parents: ♂ x ♀ Neptune
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Samburu National Reserve, in Kenya
Date of arrival
Samburu National Reserve
Record history
History of updates2022-04-18
Latest document update2021-08-30 19:03:25
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Biography

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

Luna arrived to the Samburu National Reserve unknown date,

Social

Luna lives together with 25 other elephants at the Samburu National Reserve:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. 1. ♀ Alpin (wild)
  2. 2. ♀ Alto
  3. 3. ♀ Anastasia
  4. 4. ♂ Ansel
  5. 5. ♀ Bora
  6. 6. ♀ Cinnamon (wild)
  7. 7. ♀ Hurricane born 2004
  8. 8. ♂ Lewis
  9. 9. ♂ Malasso (wild) born ~1999
  10. 10. ♀ Malka
  11. 11. ♂ Morgan
  12. 12. ♀ Noor (wild) born ~2003
  13. 13. ♂ Pilate
  14. 14. ♀ Rosalynn (wild) born 1993
  15. 15. ♀ Rosewood
  16. 16. ♂ Shadrack (wild)
  17. 17. ♀ Soutine (wild)
  18. 18. ♂ unknown
  19. 19. ♂ unknown born 2021-09-01?
  20. 20. ♂ unknown born 2009
  21. 21. ♀ unknown (twin) born 2023-11-00
  22. 22. ♀ unknown (twin) born 2023-11-00
  23. 23. ♂ Unnamed (twin) born 2022-01-00
  24. 24. ♀ Wendy
  25. 25. ♂ Winston
and possibly other wild elephants which have no record in this database


Origin

Luna was born wild 2001 at Samburu National Reserve.

Parentage

Parents of Luna are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Neptune (mother).

Pedigree

Lunas ancestral Pedigree:
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Comments / pictures

Luna was orphaned at age nine when she lost almost her entire family during the Poaching epidemic.

In 2013, Save the Elephants fitted Luna with a satellite-tracking collar to understand the strategies that orphaned elephants use to survive in the wild. Luna’s late mother Neptune was one of the first females collared and tracked by Save the Elephants more than 20 years ago, so it seemed fitting her daughter should follow in her steps.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Luna, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Samburu National Reserve in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8080. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories2001 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Samburu National Reserve | Kenya | African savanna elephants


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