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Omysha — Zurich Zoo | mahoot

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Omysha

Zurich Zoo · Switzerland

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Identification

EEP nr: 201406

Life history

Born: 2014-06-17
Birth place: in Zurich Zoo
Death reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Age (est.): ~8 years
Origin: Captive-born
Arrived: 2014-06-17

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Zurich Zoo

Switzerland · Zoo

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Transfer history

2014-06-17
Zurich Zoo

Sources

Elisabeth Hiendl
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Omysha (Google Translated version)

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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