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Xian Nai — Chengdu Zoo | mahoot

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Xian Nai

Chengdu Zoo · China

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Life history

Born: 1980
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Age (est.): ~46 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 2009-04-23
Management: Free contact

At this facility

Chengdu Zoo

China · Zoo

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Transfer history

2009-04-23
Chengdu Zoo
from Chongqing Zoo

Sources

https://elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/profile/asien/china/chengdu-zoo/xian-nai/
Jonas Livet, France, http://asianelephant.net/chengdu/chengdu.htm

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