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On the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros |
| Author(s): |
Bartlett, A.D. |
| Year published: |
1873 |
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
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1873 January 21 |
| Pages: |
104-106, pl. 11, fig. 1 |
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| Birth Victoria Docks. Nearly black and covered with short crisp black hair, its ears very hairy inside as well as outside, the tail quite-like a brush at the tip, it was thin and bony, looking much like a starved pig. |
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| Birth Victoria Docks. One thing appeared to me remarkable - the condition of the hoofs; they were turned under the feet, as will be seen by the drawings. The extreme points of the hoofs were quite soft, like the same parts of a newly born calf. It is quite evident, from the manner of the turni... |
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| About 7 o'clock in the evening of that day the keeper was surprised to hear a feeble squeaking voice proceeding from the den containing the Rhinoceros. He was soon made aware of the cause of this small voice; for upon examining the den he found the beast had produced a young one, which was still... |
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| Birth Victoria Docks. It was 3 feet in length, 2 feet high at the shoulder ; and its weight, as near as I was able to judge by lifting it, was rather over 50 lb. |
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| Birth Victoria Docks, London. Now, believing the statement of Mr. Engelecke, this animal had been captured but little over seven months on her arrival in the docks,and Mr. Engelecke told me that her captors had witnessed the act of her copulation just before she was caught in the pitfall: we may... |
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| Birth Victoria Docks. Nearly black and covered with short crisp black hair, its ears very hairy inside as well as outside, the tail quite-like a brush at the tip, it was thin and bony, looking much like a starved pig. |
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Captive - Europe
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Birth Victoria Docks. Nearly black and covered with short crisp black hair, its ears very hairy inside as well as outside, the tail quite-like a brush at the tip, it was thin and bony, looking much like a starved pig. |
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Captive - Europe
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Birth Victoria Docks. Nearly black and covered with short crisp black hair, its ears very hairy inside as well as outside, the tail quite-like a brush at the tip, it was thin and bony, looking much like a starved pig. |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Birth Victoria Docks. One thing appeared to me remarkable - the condition of the hoofs; they were turned under the feet, as will be seen by the drawings. The extreme points of the hoofs were quite soft, like the same parts of a newly born calf. It is quite evident, from the manner of the turni... |
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| Young in Victoria Docks, London
In appearance the young Rhinoceros (see Plate XI.) reminds one of a young Ass, viewing its long legs and general mode of moving its large long head and meagre looking body. The front horn on the nose is about 3/4 of an inch high; the posterior horn is not develop... |
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On the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros
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