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The Zoological Institute · United States

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Life history

Born: 1831
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death reason: accident: died in the fire when the ship Royal Tar sank outside Maine
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1836-00-00

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The Zoological Institute

United States · Zoo

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Transfer history

1836-00-00
The Zoological Institute
from New England Caravan
1835-00-00
Macomber & Welch Zoological Institute
from Macomber & Welch Zoological Institute
1834-00-00
Purdy, Welch & Co
from Purdy, Welch & Co
1833-00-00
Macomber and Co.
from Macomber and Co.
1831-00-00
Boston Harbour
from Boston Harbour
1831-05-14
Asia unspecified location
from Asia unspecified location

Sources

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants, https://classic.circushistory.org/Query/Query08g.htm
https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
https://www.pressherald.com/2020/10/25/on-this-date-in-maine-history-oct-25/
Ryan Easley, USA, 2021

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