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 ♀ 24 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 updates	2022-04-18

Latest document update	2021-08-30 19:03:25

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 27 other elephants at the Samburu National Reserve: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Alpin (wild)
2. ♀ Alto
3. ♀ Anastasia
4. ♂ Ansel
5. ♀ Bora
6. ♀ Cinnamon (wild)
7. ♀ Hurricane born 2004
8. ♂ Lewis
9. ♂ Malasso (wild) born ~1999
10. ♀ Malka
11. ♀ Marie
12. ♂ Morgan
13. ♀ Noor (wild) born ~2003
14. ♂ Pilate
15. ♀ Rosalynn (wild) born 1993
16. ♀ Rosewood
17. ♂ Shadrack (wild)
18. ♀ Soutine (wild)
19. ♂ unknown
20. ♂ unknown born 2009
21. ♂ unknown born 2021-09-01?
22. ♀ unknown (twin) born 2023-11-00
23. ♀ unknown (twin) born 2023-11-00
24. ♂ Unnamed (twin) born 2022-01-00
25. ♂ Weird Tusk
26. ♀ Wendy
27. ♂ 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:**
P	I	II	III
Luna	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: Neptune Born:	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

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, (2025). Luna, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Samburu National Reserve in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8080. (archived at the Wayback machine)