Auntie

Definition of Auntie

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Like all African elephants, this sweet one-day old babe will be raised by mom as well as his "allomothers.". credit: John Vosloo/bioGraphic

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Records about Auntie from the Gajah Glossary at https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf Auntie: [see also: Allomother] (Villiams 1950:60-61) Female--often an older daughter--that stays with a mother and helps out with the newborn baby. Auntie and Allomother are similar; in general the latter is a more prolonged assistance with the young.

M. Philip Kahl and Charles Santiapillai, Gajah Elephant Glossary, Gajah nr 23 (2004), Journal for Asian Elephant Specialist Group

Auntie is mentioned on 1 other pagesAuntie,

Auntie is mentioned on 3 elephant record pagesMeni, Shibi, Toh Koh (Thong Kham),

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2025). Auntie. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=65. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Records about Auntie from the Gajah Glossary, https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf

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