File AvailableGee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3
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It will be noticed that the distribution of rhinoceros when I was there, the dry season of March and April when the burnt-off grassy areas were beginning to appear green with young shoots, was almost entirely in'or very near the riverain tracts. This was not so much due to scarcity of water and ...
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3
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Some historical evidence that the Rapti Valley was once much more thickly populated than at the start of 20th century, and possibly malaria was reason for depopulation.
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3
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Official start of the Rapti Valley Multi-Purpose Development Program to settle cultivators from the hills in the western portion of Chitawan south of Narayangarh, at a rate of 2500 people per year. By March 1959, 12000 people had been settled here on 52 + sq.miles. A further 25000 people are ex...
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3
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In January, the Mahendra Mriga Kunja (Mahendra Deer Park) or Mahendra National Park, 68 sq.miles, wasa formally opened by King Mahendra.
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3
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Democracy came. Unofficial settlers started to come into the plains.
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1959 The Great Indian rhinoceros (R. unicornis) in Nepal: Report of a fact-finding survey, April-May 1959. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 484-510, pls. 1-3, maps 1-3
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Indian Rhino
1959, Nepal, IRS 3134 indian currency ( 235) was paid to a poacher for a horn obtained in the Reu Valley
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File AvailableAnonymous 1959 Great Indian rhinoceros (in Nepal). Nature 184 (26 Dec 1959): 1986
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableRohr, W. 1959 Sorgen um Nepals einhoerner. Orion 12 December: 955-959, 7 plates, 1 map
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Indian Rhino
300 in Chitwan, 100 in Nawalpur, own estimate
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Indian Rhino
1000, based on Forest Dept. estimate
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Indian Rhino
It is encouraging to note that there is a special Rhino Protection Officer with the rank of Captain, and under him a staff of 152 consisting of 1 Asstt. (Lieutenant), 4 Subehdars, 24 Havildars, 122 Forest Guards. There are 60 chowkis, 45 in the Chitawan area and 15 in the Nawalpur area, each man...
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
In spite of this comparatively large protection force, poaching is said to be rampant and every year 20 to 30 rhino carcasses are found with their horns missing. (While I was in Nepal a skirmish had taken place between a gang of poachers who had been isolated on a hill and surrounded, but not bef...
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Indian Rhino
they are shot ca. 6-8 in the royal shoots and 20-40 by poachers annually.
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Indian Rhino
Map
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Indian Rhino
map of Chitwan showing rhino areas.
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
It consists of the valley of the Rapti River west of Hetaura after that river has turned westwards, and it is bounded on the north by the Mahabarata Mountains, on the south by the Churia or Siwalik Ranges, on the west by the Naraini River and on the east by the Ramuli River. The whole area is a ...
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
The effective rhino area today is approximately 200 square miles north of the Churia ranges, with another 200 square miles to the south of these hills - a strip 4 miles wide and 50 miles long - from Bhiknathori on the east to Tribeni, the junction-point of the Rapti and Naraini rivers, on the wes...
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File AvailableStracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
400-600 in Chitawan area, 100 in Nawalpur area, total 500-600, own observation.
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1953 The life history of the Great Indian one-horned Rhinoceros (R unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (2): 341-348, fig. 1
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Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
Total Nepal 50, [India total 300, together 350].
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File AvailableSmythies, O. 1953 Tiger lady: adventures in the Indian jungle. Melbourne, London and Toronto, William Heinemann, pp. i-xi, 1-229
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Indian Rhino
in these tall grasses of Chitawan live many rhino, two were seen.
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File AvailableSmythies, O. 1953 Tiger lady: adventures in the Indian jungle. Melbourne, London and Toronto, William Heinemann, pp. i-xi, 1-229
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Value - Related to Horn
Indian Rhino
1953, Nepal, horn costs 100-150
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1953 The life history of the Great Indian one-horned Rhinoceros (R unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (2): 341-348, fig. 1
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Weight at birth 120 lbs, Full grown foetus in Nepal
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1953 The life history of the Great Indian one-horned Rhinoceros (R unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (2): 341-348, fig. 1
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Length at birth 3 ft 4 in, Full grown foetus in Nepal
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File AvailableBurton, R.W. 1951 Game sanctuaries in Burma (pre-1942) with present status of rhinoceros and thamin. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49 (4): 729-737, pls. 1-2
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Indian Rhino
50
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1950 Wild life reserves in India: Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49 (1): 81-89, pls. 1-2, map 1, table 1
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Indian Rhino
50
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File AvailableAli, S.A. 1950 The Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis Linn) in Assam Province, India. Proceedings and Papers, International Technical Conference on the Protection of Nature 1949: 470-472
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Indian Rhino
estimated 50.
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File AvailableGee, E.P. 1950 Wild life reserves in India: Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49 (1): 81-89, pls. 1-2, map 1, table 1
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Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
Six were recently shot by two Indian diplomats.
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File AvailableRipley, D. 1950 Three adventures: exploration in Nepal. Pamphlet advertising a lecture, pp. 1-2
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File AvailableLongstaff, T. 1950 This my voyage. London, John Murray
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Nepal 1909. Guest of Colonel J. Manners-Smith. [147] Shoot at Christmas 1909. Camp was to be near Tribeni on the Gandak River, some 100 miles west of Kathmandu. [Tribeni, close to Indian border, western end of Chitwan, 27.46 / 83.91]. – [149] Indian rhino, now protected in Nepal and Assam. But ...
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File AvailableNational Archives of India 1949 Calendar of Persian correspondence, being letters which passed between some of the Company's servants and Indian rulers and notables. Delhi, National Archives, vol. 9 (1790-1791)
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Captivity
Indian Rhino
[319] Letter dated 10 October 1791 from Nawab Dilawar Jang to Mr Stuart - As requested by him the writer has been on the lookout for rhinoceros. His people caught one in the forest. As the animal is perfectly wild just now it is being tamed and will be sent down to Calcutta after the rains in th...
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File AvailableCatto, Lord 1944 The new Governor of the Bank of England (with rhino trophy from Nepal). The Tatler (London) Wednesday 26 April 1944: 15
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Smythies, E.A. 1942 Big game shooting in Nepal (with leaves from the Maharaja's sporting diary). Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-174
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Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
300-400
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Smythies, E.A. 1942 Big game shooting in Nepal (with leaves from the Maharaja's sporting diary). Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-174
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Distribution - Hunting
Indian Rhino
King George V shot a young rhino in 1911. The prince of Wales shot a rhino calf in 1921.
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Smythies, E.A. 1942 Big game shooting in Nepal (with leaves from the Maharaja's sporting diary). Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-174
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
Rhino hunting is confined to the Chitawan area in the Rapti Valley and near the Gandak River.
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File AvailableLytton, A.G.R.L. Earl of 1942 Pundits and elephants: being the experiences of five years as governor of an Indian province. London, P. Davies, pp. 1-210
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableDavis, H. 1940 Land of the eye: a narrative of the labors, adventures, alarums and excursions of the Denis-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition to Burma, China, India and the lost Kingdom of Nepal. New York, Henry Holt and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-415
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History
Indian Rhino
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File AvailableOConnor, F. 1940 Things mortal. London, Hodder and Stoughton, pp. 1-260
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File AvailableAnonymous 1939 When an elephant does battle with a tigress. The Sphere Saturday 22 July 1939: 137
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File AvailableHewett, J.P. 1938 Jungle trails in northern India, reminiscences of hunting in India. London, Methuen, pp. i-viii, 1-278
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
The jungles round Biknatori in the eastern Tarai of Nepal, to the north of Champaran District of Bengal - It was in this neighbourhood that in 1911, King George V and party had bagged 39 tigers, 18 rhinoceros and 4 bears.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1938 Rhinoceros hunt in nepal: last day of Viceroy's visit. Times of India 14 December 1938
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Conservation
Indian Rhino
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File AvailableAnonymous 1938 The Indian rhinoceros. Field Museum News (Chicago) 9 (7): 2
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Museums
Indian Rhino
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File AvailableLinlithgow (Victor Alexander John Hope) 1938 Speech by His Excellency the Viceroy at Bhikna Thori on 10 December 1938. Published in volume with other speeches, without title page: pp. 1-2 - https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207236/page/n3/mode/2up
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailablePortland, W.J.A.C.J. Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of 1937 Men, women and things: memories of the Duke of Portland. London, Faber & Faber, pp. i-xix, 1-422
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Indian Rhino
Portland, W.J.A.C.J. Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of, 1937. Men, women and things: memories of the Duke of Portland. London, Faber & Faber.

[228] The two best game shots I ever met were undoubtedly, in my opinion, the late Lord Ripon, formerly Lord de Grey, and Sir Harry Stonor, both w...
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File AvailableBrook Northey, W. 1937 The land of the Gurkhas or the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. Cambridge, W. Heffer
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File AvailableScott, G.D. 1937 Kingly sport. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 1937 August 6: 318
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableDay, J.Wentworth 1935 King George V as a sportsman: an informal study of the first country gentleman in Europe. London etc., Cassell, pp. 1-300
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File AvailableAnonymous 1935 The royal shoot in Nepal in 1911. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 1935 May 3: xiv, figs. 1-2
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File AvailableOConnor, F. 1935 A trip to Nepal. Country Life 78 (1935-06-15): 613-615
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File AvailablePrater, S.H. 1934 The wild animals of the Indian Empire and the problem of their preservation, part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37 (1) Supplement: 57-96, pls. 15-36
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
In Nepal, the Indian Rhinoceros is found only in the country to the east of the Gandak river known as Chitawan where strict preservation by the Nepal Government has saved it from extinction.
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File AvailableDaukes, C. 1934 Capturing a Nepal rhino (price of rhino horn). Field 163 (4242), 1934 April 14: 802
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableSinha, K. 1934 Shikar in hills and jungles. Calcutta, Newman & Co.
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableDaukes, C. 1933 Capturing a Nepal rhino. Field, the country gentleman's newspaper 162 (4213), 1933 September 23: 769-770
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableAnonymous 1933 The King's gift to the Zoo: rhinoceros from Nepal. The Times (London) 1933 May 6: 9
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Captivity
Indian Rhino
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File AvailableAnonymous 1933 Young rhinoceros for the Zoo. The Times (London) 1933 July 1: 9
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Captivity
Indian Rhino
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File AvailableAnonymous 1933 Young rhinoceros for the Zoo. The Times (London) 1933 July 1: 9
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Captivity
Indian Rhino
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File AvailableKennion, R.L. 1932 Diversions of an Indian political. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood
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File AvailableAnonymous 1931 Das aussterbende Panzernashorn [bought in Nepal by Jurgen Johannsen for Hagenbeck]. Volksbote 7 May 1931: 10
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Captivity
Indian Rhino
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File AvailableOConnor, F. 1931 On the frontier and beyond: a record of thirty years' service. London, J. Murray , pp. i-xiv, 1-335
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File AvailableGladstone, H.S. 1930 Record bags and shooting records: together with some account of the evolution of the sporting-gun, markmanship and the speed and weight of birds. New and enlarged edn.. London, H.F. & G. Witherby
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableBuck, F.; Anthony, E. 1930 Bring 'em back alive. New York, Grosset and Dunlap
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Captivity
Indian Rhino
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File AvailableLandon, P. 1928 Nepal. London, Constable and Co, vol. 1
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableKennion, R.L. 1928 The rhinoceros in Nepal. Field, the country gentleman's newspaper 151 (3922), 1928 Feb 23: 333
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableRonaldshay, G.E. 1928 The life of Lord Curzon: being the authorised biography of George Nathaniel, K.G. Vol. 2 Viceroy of India. London, Ernest Benn
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableAli, S.A. 1927 The breeding of the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 31 (4): 1031
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
2 ft 9 inch, Fully developed foetus in Nepal
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File AvailableAli, S.A. 1927 The breeding of the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 31 (4): 1031
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Weight at birth 120 lbs, Full grown foetus in Nepal
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File AvailableAli, S.A. 1927 The breeding of the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 31 (4): 1031
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Length at birth 3 ft 4 in, Full grown foetus in Nepal
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File AvailableAli, S.A. 1927 The breeding of the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 31 (4): 1031
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Tail length at birth 9 inch, Fully developed foetus in Nepal.
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File AvailableVernay, A.S. 1927 El rinoceronte de Nepal y sus lugares nativos. Alrededor del mundo (Madrid) 1927 November 19: 16-17
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableChicago Field Museum of Natural History 1926 Annual report of the Director to the Board of Trustees for the year 1926. Chicago, FMNH
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Museums
Indian Rhino
[74] In 1925 successful termination of James Simpson-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition. Before returning, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Mr Kermit Roosevelt, accompanied by their wives, made several successfl hunting trips in the central and upper provinces of India. On these trips they secured for th...
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File AvailableRoosevelt, Belle 1926 Rhinoceros shot in Nepal. Sunday Star, Washington D.C. 1926-05-02 (gravure section)
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Distribution
Indian Rhino
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
12 ft greatest girth - female shot by O'Connor, Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Indian Rhino
Hunting by Prince of Wales. In Dec 1921, several rhinos shot near Dhoba, Nepal.
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Indian Rhino
In 1901 an animal shot by Curzon at Morang.
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
Near Bikna thori, 9 rhinos were shot, including 2 shot by Prince of Wales.
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
Rhino are still very numerous in the Nepal terai, especially in Chitawan and along the Rapti River.
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Circumference 11 ft 1 in behind shoulder; maximum girth 12 ft 6 inches - unusually big rhino measured by Shumshere Jung, Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Culture
Indian Rhino
Flesh and blood are considered pure and highly acceptable to Manes (forefathers). Urine is considered antiseptic. Horn is hung in a vessel as a charm against ghosts, eveil spirit and disease.
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Indian Rhino
Nepal. Urine is considered antiseptic.
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Height at shoulder 6 ft 4 in. - unusually big rhino measured by Shumshere Jung, Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Length of body 10 ft 7 inches - unusually big rhino measured by Shumshere Jung, Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Height about 6 feet - Prince of Wales Hunts in Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Embryo (Foetus)
Indian Rhino
Nepal. Fully developed calf in utero Length between pegs, 4 ft 1 inch Head and body, 3 ft 4 in Girth, 2 ft 9 in Weight, 120 lbs.
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Indian Rhino
Height at shoulder 5 ft 9 inch at withers, female shot by O'Connor, Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Indian Rhino
2 ft 1 inch - unusually big rhino measured by Shumshere Jung, Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Indian Rhino
Neck 7 ft 6 inch - unusually big rhino measured by Shumshere Jung, Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Indian Rhino
Length of horn 15 ? inch - unusually big rhino measured by Shumshere Jung, Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Indian Rhino
Length of horn 21 ? inches, circumference 24 3/4 inch at base - animal shot by Curzon in 1901 at Morang, Nepal
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 HRH The Prince of Wales's sport in India. London, William Heinemann, pp. i-xxx, 1-285
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Indian Rhino
Length of body 9 ft 10 inches - Prince of Wales Hunts in Nepal
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1925 Screening of movie Jungle Life in India. New York Evening Post Tuesday 7 April 1925
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Tuesday 7 April 1925. The Vernay-Faunthorpe Erxpedition film entitled "Jungle Life in India" will be shown at Aeolian Hall on Saturday [11 April] by Mr Arthur S. Vernay, in aid of the Women's Auxillary of the New York Polyclinic Hospital. Among those who are working for the success ...
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1925 The Prince as angler and shot: sporting occasions. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 1925 May 9: 326-327
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableLevi, S. 1925 Le Maharaja du Nepal, Grand-Officier de la Legion d'Honneur. L'Illustration, Journal Universal 83 (1925-01-17): 56-59
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Jacomb-Hood, G.P. 1925 With brush and pencil. London, John Murray, pp. i-x, 1-351
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George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857-1929), illustrator
(p.237) 1911-12-18 Monday (1), arrived at railhead Bikna Thori. After lunch beat for rhino. With Sir Edward Henry in howdah. Found 3 rhino. One killed by King with a beautiful shot, severing the jugular vein. Another wounded. The third one was ...
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1924 The disappearance of wildlife in India. Natural History 24 (2): 204-207, fig. 1
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Indian Rhino
Skin. Sex: Male. Locality: Nepal. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1924 The disappearance of wildlife in India. Natural History 24 (2): 204-207, fig. 1
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Indian Rhino
Skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Nepal. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1
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Indian Rhino
Its survival in Nepal is due solely to the fact that in that country it is considered royal game and is rigorously preserved.
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1
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That enlightened ruler, my friend His Highness Maharajah Sir Chandra Shumshere Jung of Nepal, fully appreciated the importance of the expedition. He first arranged that we should visit the tract of country where His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and staff had recently shot tiger and rhino, ...
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1
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Indian Rhino
In the Morang District of the Nepal Tarai this rhinoceros was plentiful not many years ago, but now not a single specimen is, I believe, to be found within two hundred miles.
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1
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Indian Rhino
Even in Nepal, the rhino is rapidly diminishing in numbers.
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File AvailableFaunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1
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Indian Rhino
Vernay stalked her on foot and shot her through the neck, at a range of about twenty yards, killing her with one bullet. The neck shot is the most deadly for rhino, aim being taken between the deep neck creases, which are such a marked feature of this curious animal, about two-thirds of the way ...
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