Living
Rock
Male
Guangzhou Chimelong Qingyuan Safari Park
China
All range states
Range state·Southeast Asia
China (Yunnan)
Yunnan's last wild herds along the Myanmar border
China's Asian elephants survive only in Yunnan Province, near the Myanmar border. A growing population in recent years reflects strong protection — but habitat fragmentation around Xishuangbanna remains the primary long-term threat.
SubspeciesIndian elephant (E. m. indicus)TrendIncreasingWild~300
Asian range
~300
Wild population
Estimated in range
124
Database records
From elephant.se
119
Living
87 named
33
Camps
Distinct facilities
8HEC / year
Database
Featured records
Recently updated named elephants in China (Yunnan).
Living
Ama
Male · 54 yrs
Nanning Zoo
China
Living
Lele
Male · 14 yrs
Longkou Zoological and Botanical Garden
China
Living
Apai
Male · 43 yrs
Shanghai Zoo
China
XinXin
Female · b. 2023
Badaling Wildlife World
China
Living
Liu Yi
Male · 27 yrs
Chengdu Zoo
China
Sire Ji Sheng · Dam Xian Nai
Living
Jing Sheng
Female · 38 yrs
Xian Qinling Zoological Park
China
Sire Ang De · Dam Mamaji
Living
Ji Sheng
Male · 48 yrs
Chengdu Zoo
China
Sire Ang De · Dam Mamaji
Facilities
Camps & facilities
Top elephant.se locations by record count — many linked to our curated sanctuary directory.
Xishuangbanna Yunnan Asian elephant breed…
China
6 named·29 living·camp
Puer prefecture
China
4 named·4 living·camp
Kangle garden resort
China
0 named·3 living·camp
Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park
China
1 named·3 living·camp
Guangzhou Chimelong Qingyuan Safari Park
China
1 named·2 living·camp
Badaling Wildlife World
China
1 named·1 living·camp
Data source
Individual elephant records are synced from elephant.se by Dan A. J. Koehl, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. We reformatted the data for search and filtering; the original records remain authoritative.
Records synced weekly into MySQL on mahoot.xyz.