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Maya — Heidelberg Zoo | mahoot

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Maya

Heidelberg Zoo · Germany

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Record completeness

9 of 15 key fields populated

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Life history

Born: 1973
Death reason: disease: hart problems
Age (est.): ~33 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 2005-11-15

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Heidelberg Zoo

Germany · Zoo

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Transfer history

2005-11-15
Heidelberg Zoo
from Circus Giovanni Althoff
1981-00-00
Circus Carl Althoff
from Circus Carl Althoff

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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