Indra
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rostock Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Indra

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 3 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1978 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1981
Death reason:	disease: Magnesium deficiency
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Rostock Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

	Rostock Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2013-11-20

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Indra is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1981 at Rostock Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as Magnesium deficiency.

Origin

Indra was born wild 1978.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Indra, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Rostock Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=868. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Article by Olaf Tietz, head elephantkeeper Zoo Rostock, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus magazine, nr 9-2006, p 30

Litterature about Rostock Zoo

Random literature As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases

Links

(The name Indra is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)

About this documentWebsite online since 1995. This document was created: . Latest update: 2020-10-18 06:25:24 included characters with valid HTML5