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Tonki (Tonky) — Ueno Zoo | mahoot

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Tonki (Tonky)

Ueno Zoo · Japan

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Record completeness

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Life history

Born: 1920
Birth place: in India unspecified location
Death reason: malnutrition: anorexia, starved to death
Age (est.): ~23 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1924-10-00

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Ueno Zoo

Japan · Zoo

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Transfer history

1924-10-00
Ueno Zoo
from Tokyo Harbour
India unspecified location
from India unspecified location

Sources

Fred Litten, Munich, Germany

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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