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Birka — Dresden Zoo | mahoot

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Birka

Dresden Zoo · Germany

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Record completeness

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Life history

Born: 1916
Death reason: unknown:
Age (est.): ~41 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1956-05-31

At this facility

Dresden Zoo

Germany · Zoo

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Transfer history

1956-05-31
Dresden Zoo
from Zoo Circus
1947-00-00
Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen
from Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen

Sources

Jonas Livet, France

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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