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Tom Thumb

Bronx Zoo · United States

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Life history

Born: 1851
Birth place: in Anuradhapura forest
Death reason: killed: Executed by electrocution
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1887-00-00

At this facility

Bronx Zoo

United States · Zoo

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Transfer history

1887-00-00
Bronx Zoo
from Barnum & Bailey Circus
1885-00-00
Barnum and London Circus
from Barnum and London Circus
1882-00-00
Central Park Zoo
from Central Park Zoo
P. T. Barnum
from P. T. Barnum
1851-05-04
Port of Colombo
from Port of Colombo
1851-00-00
Anuradhapura forest
from Anuradhapura forest

Sources

The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, http://www.circushistory.org/Bandwagon/BW.htm'>Bandwagon
Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus – Dokumentation Teil 2: Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Alexander Haufellner, Jürgen Schilfarth, Georg Schweiger

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Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.