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Miss Kumbuk — Basel Zoo | mahoot

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Miss Kumbuk

Basel Zoo · Switzerland

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Life history

Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death reason: unknown:
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1886-04-30

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Basel Zoo

Switzerland · Zoo

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Transfer history

1886-04-30
Basel Zoo

Sources

Jonas Livet, France
http://www.orchifant.de/34.html
https://www.baslerstadtbuch.ch/stadtbuch/1974/1974_1381.html

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