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Ditta — Leipzig Zoo | mahoot

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Ditta

Leipzig Zoo · Germany

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Record completeness

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Life history

Born: 1921
Death reason: unknown:
Age (est.): ~58 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1966-09-01

At this facility

Leipzig Zoo

Germany · Zoo

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Transfer history

1966-09-01
Leipzig Zoo
from Circus Busch-Nürnberg (Jakob Busch)

Sources

Peter Stolk, Netherlands

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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