Jumbo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jumbo the Elephant, Jumbo the Circus Elephant
Jumbo (December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then transferred in 1865 to London Zoo in England. Despite public protest, Jumbo was sold to P. T. Barnum, who took him to the United States for exhibition in March 1882.
Key facts
- Animal.name
- Jumbo
- Animal.image
- Jumbo poster 1.jpg
- Animal.caption
- Jumbo and his keeper Matthew Scott(Circus poster, )
- Animal.species
- African bush elephant
- Animal.gender
- Male
- Animal.birth_place
- Sudan
- Animal.death_place
- St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
- Animal.death_cause
- Railway accident
- Animal.resting_place
- Various
- Animal.occupation
- Zoo and circus attraction
- Animal.years_active
- 1862–1885 in captivity
- Animal.height
- as promoted by Barnum
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Death
- Legacy
- Examination of Jumbo's skeleton
- See also
- References
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
Jumbo (December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then transferred in 1865 to London Zoo in England. Despite public protest, Jumbo was sold to P. T. Barnum, who took him to the United States for exhibition in March 1882.
The elephant's name spawned the common word "jumbo", meaning large in size. Examples of his lexical impact are phrases like "jumbo jet", "jumbo shrimp", "jumbo eggs", and "jumbotron". Jumbo's shoulder height has been estimated to have been at the time of his death, and was claimed to be about by Barnum. "Jumbo" has been the mascot of Tufts University for over one hundred years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jumbo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.