P.F. Franck with Javan rhino shot on 31 January 1934 at Sindangkerta in West Java. Specimen preserved in the Zoological Museum of Buitenzorg (Bogor). From Franck, P.F. 1934. Rhinoceros sondaicus in West-Java. Tropische Natuur 23: 76-79.
The last rhinoceros in southern Java was shot at Tasikmalaja by P.F. Franck for the Museum at Buitenzorg on 31 January 1934
P.F. Franck (birth data and place (in North Germany) unknown, died in a prisoner of war camp in India during World War II) was appointed taxidermist at the Zoological Museum in Buitenzorg in November 1922 and held that position until May 1940 when he, because of his German nationality, was interned and sent to a P.O.W.-camp in India, where he died before the end of the war. Franek’s main interest was in big game and he published several papers on that subject.
