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Reference Base  Announcement of the arrival in the Society's menagerie of... |
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Announcement of the arrival in the Society's menagerie of a Javan rhinoceros |
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Sclater, P.L. |
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1874 |
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
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1874 March 17 |
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182-183, pl. 2 |
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Javan Rhino
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| The lateral shoulder-fold in R.sondaicus is continued upwards over the back of the neck, so as to cut off an independent shield which covers the nape of the neck and is shaped something like a saddle. In R.unicornis this nape-shield is continuous with the larger shield which covers the shoulders... |
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Indian Rhino
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| The lateral shoulder-fold in R.sondaicus is continued upwards over the back of the neck, so as to cut off an independent shield which covers the nape of the neck and is shaped something like a saddle. In R.unicornis this nape-shield is continuous with the larger shield which covers the shoulders... |
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| R. sondaicus is also much inferior in size to R. unicornis, and has a much longer extensile upper lip. |
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Javan Rhino
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| On 7 March 1874, the Council had purchased of Messrs. Cross and Jamrach, for 850 pounds, a young male Javan Rhinoceros imported from Batavia [Java]. |
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Javan Rhino
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| The lateral shoulder-fold in R.sondaicus is continued upwards over the back of the neck, so as to cut off an independent shield which covers the nape of the neck and is shaped something like a saddle. In R.unicornis this nape-shield is continuous with the larger shield which covers the shoulders... |
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Javan Rhino
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| R. sondaicus is also much inferior in size to R. unicornis, and has a much longer extensile upper lip. |
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Indian Rhino
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| The lateral shoulder-fold in R.sondaicus is continued upwards over the back of the neck, so as to cut off an independent shield which covers the nape of the neck and is shaped something like a saddle. In R.unicornis this nape-shield is continuous with the larger shield which covers the shoulders... |
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Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
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| On 7 March 1874, the Council had purchased of Messrs. Cross and Jamrach, for ?850, a young male Javan Rhinoceros imported from Batavia [Java]. |
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Javan Rhino
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| The lateral shoulder-fold in R.sondaicus is continued upwards over the back of the neck, so as to cut off an independent shield which covers the nape of the neck and is shaped something like a saddle. In R.unicornis this nape-shield is continuous with the larger shield which covers the shoulders... |
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Indian Rhino
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| R. sondaicus received in London on 7 March 1874. This was believed to be the first example of this rhinoceros that had ever been brought alive to Europe, although Mr. Blyth (JASB p.152) had put forward atheory that one of the Indian Rhinoceroses exhibited in England some time since had belonged ... |
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