Babai bull (wild)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bardia National Park (BNP) in Nepal

Biography

♂ Babai bull (wild)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Management:	Wild elephant
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Bardia National Park (BNP)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Bardia National Park (BNP), in Nepal

Date of arrival

	Bardia National Park (BNP)
Record history
History of updates	2021-01-13

Latest document update	2020-11-15 17:58:01
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Biography

Babai bull (wild) is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Bardia National Park (BNP), in Nepal.

Babai bull (wild) arrived to the Bardia National Park (BNP) unknown date,

Social

Babai bull (wild) lives together with 2 other elephants at the Bardia National Park (BNP): (detailed list)

♂ Deep Gaj (wild)
♂ wild unnamed

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

Origin

Babai bull (wild) was born wild at Bardia National Park (BNP).

Comments / pictures

1997: A Herd of 17 joined by independent bulls to form a Group of 21 was recorded near to the Parks headquarters in March. The bulls were identified as Kancha gaj, Deep gaj and Babai bull. Babai bull usually visited the Karnali area jointly with the herds.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Babai bull (wild), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Bardia National Park (BNP) in Nepal. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8098. (archived at the Wayback machine)