On the death of Henry in 1580, Philip II of Spain claimed the throne, uniting the Spanish and Portuguese crowns, and inherited the rhinoceros whom he transferred to the menagerie of Casa de Campo, close to Madrid. Sebastian was succeeded by Henry I the following year. As a safety measure the horn was removed (this later grew back, but seems to have been removed on a regular basis). In 1577, the rhinoceros arrived at the port of Lisbon intended for the menagerie of Sebastian I of Portugal, probably as a gift from the viceroys of Portuguese India. According to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española, abada is an alternative word for rhinoceros. She was the first rhinoceros seen in Europe since the one sent as a present from the King of Portugal, Manuel I, to Pope Leo X in 1515, who died in a shipwreck off the coast of Italy in early 1516, immortalised as Dürer's Rhinoceros.Ībada was probably meant as a general term for the rhinoceros, as it derives from the Malay word ( badak) for the animal and may have been in use in Spain and Portugal from around 1530, but since this was the only example of the species in Europe it served as a proper name as well.
Abada (before 1577–1588), also known as Bada or Ibada, was the name given to a female Indian rhinoceros kept by the Portuguese kings Sebastian I and Henry I from 1577 to 1580 and by Philip II of Spain from about 1580 to 1588.