Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Germany

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Naturmuseum Senckenberg
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Local name	Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum
Type	museum
Address	Senckenberganlage 25
Zip-code	60325
Place	Frankfurt am Main
District	Darmstadt
State	Hesse
Country	Germany
Website	Website
Related persons
Owner	Senckenberg Nature Research Society

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Record history
History of updates	2021-01-05xx

Latest document update	2021-01-05 20:22:10
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The Asian elephant Mädi, gifted to the museum by Zoo Frankfurt. Photo: Tobias Dornbusch, Germany.

Description

Naturmuseum Senckenberg, located at Senckenberganlage 25, in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany .

Taxidermy specimens

Naturmuseum Senckenberg has in its collection 3 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)

Goldschmidt-Rothschild elephant Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Goldschmidt-Rothschild elephant
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born at Congo unspecified forest † Dead 1909-00-00 at Baron Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild
Death: hunted Death reason: shot by Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild

Reisensburg Gomphoterium Accession nr: . Received: ⚪ Reisensburg Gomphoterium (fossil)
Species: Gomphotherium angustidens
* Born at Europe unspecified location † Dead at Reisensburg site
Death: Death reason: unknown (N/A)
Body, bone or dental material: complete skeleton,

Mädi Accession nr: . Received: 1981-00-00 ♀ Mädi
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1947 at Unknown † Dead 1981-01-27 at Frankfurt Zoo
Death: disease Death reason: Endocrine

Comments / picturesThe Naturmuseum Senckenberg is a museum of natural history, located in Frankfurt am Main. It is the second-largest of its type in Germany.

References for records about Naturmuseum Senckenberg

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3135. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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