Identified Tuskers of Kruger National Park

[aat]

2 December 2012

Close to Satara camp I found KUMANA.
Special for me since I never saw this one before.



Wide splayed tusks and as you can see he was not really taking care of his ears… ragged and notches and holes….

[aat]

MADOLO

This bull has been named in 2008 by SANParks for the Emerging Tuskers Competition.

Characteristics
Left tusk slightly longer then right one. Small notch in the left ear and a small hole in the lower part of the earlobe.

Range
Kruger Entrance Gate - Lower Sabie - Talamati / Imbali area

Tuskers of Africa - Madolo

[Duke]

I have this sighting from way back in 2007. Could only get one shot with the point and shoot camera I had at the time. He was identified as emerging tusker Madolo and seen on the 65, just south of the waterhole.

[aat]

MAMERLE

This cow has been named by SANParks.

Characteristics
Mamerle is the largest tusker-cow in the KNP. She has a deep medium sized square notch and a v-shaped notch in the middle to lower area of the left ear lobe. At the top of the right ear she has a prominent v-shaped notch.

Range
Skukuza – Lower Sabie - Tshokwane

Tuskers of Africa - MaMerle

[Richprins]

On the S-82:

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MAKUNGWE

Characteristics
MaKungwe is a cow (female tusker). Clean ears. The left tusk is curved upwards. The right tusk is long and more straight and extremely pointing right.

Range
Lower Sabie - Crocodile Bridge

Tuskers of Africa - Makungwe

[Bushcraft]

August 28th 2010 on a morning drive from Pretoriuskop to Lower Sabi

We came across a herd of elephant and the 1 looked a little weird. I said “look at that strange elephant, it may be a tusker”, Chantal’s response was “It’s just eating a branch”, so I took her word for it and moved on, but Supernova and Melly looked a little more carefully and fortunately took a few pictures.




It was Makungwe, an emerging tusker. The only Cow, besides Chantal, that seems to have this status. Aat has updated her profile on his site, but Supernova took the photo not me.

[Dzombo]

Skukuza/Lower Sabie road H4-1, Dec. 2012

On the way back to Skukuza, just after passing Sunset Dam, we had a fantastic sighing of Makungwe. The calf that was with her appeared to be hobbling a bit. The small herd browsed a bit next to the road, then crossed, and headed south. Aat, a big Thank You for posting my photos on your website. My son is very excited by that

[mposthumus]

October 2013: Makungwe on the H10 between Lower Sabie and Nkumbe.

[aat]

MATRIX

This cow has been named by SANParks.

Characteristics
MaTrix is a tusker cow. The left tusk of MaTrix is longer then the right tusk.

Range
Tshokwane - Satara

Tuskers of Africa - MaTrix