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Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in United States


Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Typezoo
Owner
Size234 ha (580 acres)
Total nrs7000
Opened for public1927
Number of species800
Number of animals7000
Address 9990 Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 400
Zip-code 43065
Place Powell
StateOhio
Country United States
Website Website
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YouTube userYouTube
TwitterColumbusZoo
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Directors
Key People
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since
Head keepers
of elephants
Elephant keepers 2018-now: Laura Garcia (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates2025-03-17:
Latest document update2025-03-17 19:03:24
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Description

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, located at 9990 Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 400, in Powell, Ohio, United States , opened for public in 1927

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since

.

Living elephants

At the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium lives 5 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♂ Frankie born 2021-06-17
  2. ♂ Johnson born 2001-04-29
  3. ♀ Phoebe born 1987-05-15
  4. ♀ Rudy born 2002-01-29
  5. ♀ Sundara born 2008-11-09

Taxidermy specimens

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)

Cosi (Bud) Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Cosi (Bud)
Species: African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
* Born 1971 at Sierra Leone unspecified location † Dead 1991-11-10 at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Death: disease Death reason: intestinal blockage

Comments / picturesThe Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is a non-profit zoo located near Powell in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States, north of the city of Columbus. The land lies along the eastern banks of the O'Shaughnessy Reservoir on the Scioto River, at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Powell Road.

References for records about Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=342. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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