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Ganesha (Swethavarna) — Mysore Zoo | mahoot

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Ganesha (Swethavarna)

Mysore Zoo · India

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Life history

Born: 1949
Death reason: age: arthritis
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1951-00-00

At this facility

Mysore Zoo

India · Zoo

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Transfer history

1951-00-00
Mysore Zoo
from Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Bahadur
1949-00-00
Dubare forest
from Dubare forest

Sources

Dan Koehl
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Ganesha_(Mysore) (Google Translated version)

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