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Title: Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals
Author(s): Flower, S.S.
Year published: 1931
Journal: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume: 1931 (1)
Pages: 145-234
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Male in London Zoo, obtained on 12.2.1868 when quite young in Kassala, eastern Sudan, by Signor Casanova. In London Zoo, 11.9.1868-12.4.1891.
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Asia - South Asia - Bangladesh
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Sumatran Rhino
4. Female 'Begum', type of lasiotis, captured in Jan. 1868 sixteen hours march south of Chittagong. She was then considered 'adult' or 'at least 2 years old'
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
Longevity in zoos. 1. Male, London Zoo, purchased 7.3.1874 to 23.1.1885, total 10 yrs 10 mo 16 days
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Captive
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
Zoo animals with maximum longevity: 1. Male in London Zoo, 19.5.1911-20.7.1924, total 13 yrs 2 months 1 day 2. Male in London Zoo, obtained on 12.2.1868 when quite young in Sudan. In London Zoo, 11.9.1868-12.4.1891, total 22 yrs 7 mo, 1 day, age ca. 23 ? years.
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Indian Rhino
Data. 1. Male, London Zoo, purchased when said to be 4 years old, 24.5.1834, died 19.9.1849, 15 yrs 3 mo 25 days, age c. 19 yrs 2. Male, London Zoo, presented 9.6.1906, died 4.1.1924, age 17 yrs 6 mo, 25 days 3. Traivandrum Zoo, species no definitely stated, received March 1878, died 16.6.190...
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Captive - Europe
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Indian Rhino
longevity in zoos. 13. Male, Antwerp Zoo, died 7.9.1898, age 36 yrs
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
Longevity in zoos. 4. Female 'Begum', type of lasiotis, captured in Jan. 1868 sixteen hours march south of Chittagong. She was then considered 'adult' or 'at least 2 years old', arrived London Zoo 14.2.1872, died 31.8.1900, after 28 years, 6 months and 16 days, total longevity in captivity 32 y...
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World
Ecology - Population
All Rhino Species
Though most rhinoceros lead, in captivity, short lives of less than ten years, there is no doubt that these animals have great potential longevity, as is proved by those examples that have lived to thirty, and even to over forty years. Actually 27 selected individuals show an average life of alm...
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Captive - Europe
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Indian Rhino
Longevity in zoos. 6. Paris Jardin des Plantes, early 19 th century, age 25 years (cf. E.Oustalet 1900, p. 378, 379)
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Captive - Asia
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Sumatran Rhino
longevity in zoos. 1. lasiotis in Calcutta Zoo (Sanyal 1872), circa 10 yrs
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