Yossi an African savanna elephant at Ramat Gan Zoo

Yossi is a Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), living in Ramat Gan Zoo, in Israel.

Yossi arrived in Ramat Gan Zoo unknown date, relocated from Tel Aviv Zoo, in Israel.

In Ramat Gan Zoo, Yossi lives together with 9 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Warda born 1958
,
2. ♂ Motek born 1960
,
3. ♀ Bahati born 1961
,
4. ♀ Aviva born 1969
,
5. ♀ La Petite born 1985-00-00
,
6. ♀ La Belle born 2006-03-11
,
7. ♀ Latangi born 2013-08-02
,
8. ♀ Lalana born 2013-10-02
,
9. ♂ Philo born 2020-03-18
, (see detailed list).

Offspring

Total: 23 babies

1. (M) 1987-02-19 -- † 2000-05-01 Junior
2. (F) 1987-04-04 -- † 1987-08-05 Helinka
3. (F) 1987-04-04 Tammi (Tami) EEP id: 8704
4. (F) 1987-10-11 -- † 2013-04-10 Stuvite (Stavit) EEP id: 8706
5. (M) 1987-12-01 -- † 1987-12-07 Izik
6. (F) 1989-04-30 Yosepha (Josepha) EEP id: 8902
7. (M) 1990-01-21 -- † 1999-08-29 Nipple
8. (F) 1990-02-25 -- † 2009-08-20 Yoki EEP id: 9002
9. (M) 1991-01-13 -- † 2017-04-08 Limbo EEP id: 9101
10. (M) 1994-05-24 Osh EEP id: 9402 SSP id: 541
11. (F) 1994-07-27 -- † 2013-04-10? Issa EEP id: 9401
12. (M) 1994-12-01 -- † 2014-06-19 Nissim EEP id: 9403
13. (F) 1996-10-21 -- † 2004-02-04 Beauty EEP id: 9601
14. (M) 1997-06-03 Niko EEP id: 9702
15. (F) 1998-01-06 -- † 1998-01-06 noname
16. (M) 1999-09-30 Nino EEP id: 9906
17. (M) 2001-02-04 Leon (Yoni) EEP id: 20002
18. (M) 2001-05-03 Pembé (Babar) EEP id: 20005
19. (M) 2002-01-18 Akili EEP id: 20011
20. (M) 2004-05-06 Izik Jonathan EEP id: 20029
21. (M) 2005-05-25 Noah EEP id: 20036
22. (M) 2006-01-31 Boten EEP id: 20044
23. (M) 2007-09-04 Jumanee

Origin

Yossi was born captive-born 1974-08-11 in Tel Aviv Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Yossi are: ♂ Timbo (father) and ♀ Bahati (mother).

Siblings through the father Timbo:

1. 1977-11-17 -- † 2011-09-06 (F) Lara (Amy)
2. 1978-01-17 -- † 2008-07-00 (F) Shara (Sara)

Siblings through the mother Bahati:

1. 1989-04-30(F) Yosepha (Josepha)
2. 1996-10-21 - † 2004-02-04 (F) Beauty
3. 2001-05-03(M) Pembé (Babar)
4. 2006-01-31(M) Boten

Pedigree

Weighing 7 tons and with a shoulder height of 3.70 metres, Jossi is one of the largest zoo elephants in the world, according to the open-air Safari Zoo Ramat-Gan near Tel Aviv. In 2007 he killed the oldest cow in the herd.

Video

Sources used for this article is among others:

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Ramat Gan Zoo
• More elephants from: Israel
• More elephants that was born: 1974-08-11
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Yossi at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
• Link to translated version with Google Translate)

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• elefanten.wikia
• Google Internet search
• Google Books
• elephanttag.org and Asian Elephant Studbook 2003-2005, AZA North America (PDF)
• Asianelephant.net
• Buckles Blog
• circushistory.org
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