Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Nelson at Houston Zoo

♂ Nelson
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Identification

SSP nr	00

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 1 years old
Management:	Unknown
Origin
Born:	* 2020-05-12 captive-born
Birth place:	in Houston Zoo
Birth weight	148.18 kgs, 326.00 lbs

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Shanti
Locations
Present / last location:	Houston Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2020-05-12	Houston Zoo

Document updated	2020-05-15: birth report
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Description

Location

Nelson is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at Houston Zoo, in United States.

Nelson arrived Houston Zoo 2020-05-12,

In Houston Zoo, Nelson lives together with 12 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♂ Baylor born 2010-05-04
♂ Duncan born 2014-02-08
♀ Joy born 2017-07-12
♀ Methai (Me Thai) born 1969
♀ Shanti born 1990-10-11
♂ Teddy born 2021-05-16
♀ Tess born 1981
♂ Thai (Thailand) born 1965
♀ Tilly born 2018-06-17
♂ Tucker born 2005-05-12
♀ Tupelo born 2010-10-03
♀ Winnie born 2021-03-10

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Origin

Nelson was born captive-born 2020-05-12 at Houston Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Nelson are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Shanti (mother).

Siblings through the mother Shanti:

2004-08-17 - † 2005-04-15 (F) Bella
2006-10-01 - † 2008-11-09 (M) Mac
2010-05-04(M) Baylor
2014-02-08(M) Duncan
2017-07-12(F) Joy

Pedigree

**Nelsons ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Nelson	Sire: Born:	Sire: Born:	Sire:
		Sire: Born:	Dame:
		Dame: Born:	Sire:
		Dame: Born:	Dame:
	Dame: Shanti Born: 1990-10-11	Sire: Onyx (Big Mac) Born: 1962 Dead: 2002-05-22	Sire:
		Sire: Onyx (Big Mac) Born: 1962 Dead: 2002-05-22	Dame:
		Dame: Bozie Born: 1975 Dead: 2002-05-22	Sire:
		Dame: Bozie Born: 1975 Dead: 2002-05-22	Dame:

Comments / pictures

29-year-old Asian elephant Shanti gave birth to a 326-pound male calf after a short labor. Immediately following his birth, the elephant team and veterinary staff saw that he was hemorrhaging severely from his umbilicus. Upon further investigation, they determined that he tore a vessel in his umbilical cord during birth. The team acted quickly to sedate the one-hour-old calf and get him into emergency surgery. The Houston Zoo veterinarians preformed the 30-minute procedure to find the torn vessel, stop the bleeding, and close the hole in the calf’s abdomen.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Nelson, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Houston Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 3 August 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8188. (archived at the Wayback machine)