 | Anonymous 1883 Sport in Nepaul [Frederick Oliver Robinson, 4th Earl de Grey shooting in Nepal]. Times of India 1883 February 19 |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Distribution - Hunting
Indian Rhino
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| Maharaja Jang Bahadur was very succesful this year; they killed several and wounded a large number of rhinoceros. Generally the elephants are afraid of them. |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Nepal - hide. Out of the skin, after being cleaned and cured, they make capital water-buckets. |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| The great beat for rhinoceros is along the valley of the Rapti River, in the neighbourhood of Chitaun (at or near the confluence of the Rapti and the Manhauri rivers). |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| Maharaja Jang Bahadur was very successful this year; they killed several and wounded a large number of rhinoceros. Generally the elephants are afraid of them. |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Morphology - Horn
Indian Rhino
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| The horns of rhinos of the eastern Terai and Chittagong are much the longer, finer in texture and better coloured, having little or no white in them, and, from being harder, take a finer polish. |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| The horn of the male is larger and rougher at the base but is not generally so long as that of the female. |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Value - Related to Horn
Indian Rhino
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| Out of the horns they manufacture: from the spreading base they make richly carved cups or urgas, which are susceptible of high finish and polish; from the thinner upright part they make kandles for kookeries. |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Behaviour - Fighting
Indian Rhino
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| The male uses his horn much more than the female in fighting, rubbing against trees &c. and generally manages to break or wear the end off so as to shorten it. |
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| Inglis, J. 1878 Sport and work on the Nepaul frontier or twelve years sporting reminiscences of an indigo planter. London, MacMillan and Co, pp. i-xv, 1-361 |
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