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Barana බරණ — Kalawewa National Park | mahoot

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Barana බරණ

Kalawewa National Park · Sri Lanka

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Barana is a regal tusker and is just a few years younger than Revatha. He is also periodically seen in the same region when he is in musth. Photo: Rajiv Welikala.

Record completeness

9 of 15 key fields populated

60%

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Life history

Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death reason: accident: electrocution from illegal electric fence
Origin: Wild-caught

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Kalawewa National Park

Sri Lanka · Camp

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Kalawewa National Park

Sources

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/photosin-search-of-sri-lankas-vanishing-tuskers/

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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