Malayka (Malajka)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Basel Zoo in Switzerland

Biography

☨ ♀ Malayka (Malajka)

Identification

EEP nr	7101

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 47 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1971 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1974
Death
Dead:	†2018-01-03
Death reason:	euthanised: collapsed
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1992-03-20 (dead † 1992-03-20)	♀ stillborn
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Basel Zoo, in Switzerland

Date of arrival

1984-11-30	Basel Zoo from Circus Knie

Record history
History of updates	2024-11-10: picture from Zoo Directors meeting 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Malayka (Malajka) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2018-01-03 at Basel Zoo, in Switzerland, . Official death reason described as collapsed.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(F) 1992-03-20 -- † 1992-03-20 stillborn

Origin

Malayka (Malajka) was born wild 1971, captured 1974 .

Comments / pictures

Records about Malayka (Malajka) from EEPEuropean Studbook for African elephants state following records for the african elephant Malayka (Malajka):

7101 F ~ 1971 WILD WILD S.AFRICA ~ 1974 NONE Capture Malayka
CIRCUS ~ 1975 ______ Transfer
BASEL 30 Nov 1984 840010 Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for African elephants

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Malayka (Malajka), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Basel Zoo in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=90. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

African Elephant Europe Regional EEP Studbook Dec. 31, 2012
by Harald M. Schwammer, Sabine Fruehwirth
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
https://www.zoobasel.ch/de/aktuell/detail.php?NEWSID=1092

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