Goldschmidt-Rothschild elephant
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Baron Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild in Germany

Biography

☨ ♂ Goldschmidt-Rothschild elephant
Goldschmidt-Rothschild elephant as museum specimen.
Photo: Tobias Dornbusch, Germany
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Naturmuseum Senckenberg, in Germany

Date of arrival

	Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Congo unspecified forest
Death
Dead:	†1909-00-00
Death location:	Congo
Death reason:	hunted: shot by Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Baron Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, in Germany

Date of arrival

1909-00-00	Baron Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild from Baron Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild

Record history
History of updates	2021-09-01

Latest document update	2021-09-01 21:01:15

† Goldschmidt-Rothschild elephant is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1909-00-00 at Baron Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, in Germany, . Official death reason described as shot by Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Naturmuseum Senckenberg, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Origin

Goldschmidt-Rothschild elephant was born wild at Congo unspecified forest.

Comments / pictures

Shot by Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild in Congo. Gifted as taxidermy to Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Goldschmidt-Rothschild elephant, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Baron Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8060. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Tobias Dornbusch, Germany

Litterature about Baron Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild

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Categories1909 deaths | Naturmuseum Senckenberg Taxidermy | Elephants from Baron Rudolph von Goldschmidt-Rothschild | Germany | African savanna elephants

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