File AvailableMiller, G.S. Jr. 1942 Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition 1936-1939, part V Mammals collected by Frederick A Ulmer Jr on Sumatra and Nias. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia 94: 107-165, pls. 3-6
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Car Bertold presented to us the skull of an immature two-horned Rhinoceros captured in Atjeh by the natives several years ago. Mr Berthold obtained a permit from Buitenzorg to keep it in captivity, but before he could reach Atjeh the natives killed it and so he preserved only the skull.
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File AvailableLoch, C.W. 1937 Rhinoceros sondaicus: the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros and its geographical distribution. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 15 (2): 130-149, pls. 3-4, table 1
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Dindings Rhinos. Writing in the 'Times of Malaya' 9 Aug. 1932, Mr. Granville M. O'Hara states that in 1905, while stationed in the Dindings as a Forest Officer, he had the good fortune to be present at the trapping of a one-horned rhinoceros. He wrote an article 'Trapping of Rhinoceros in the D...
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File AvailableLoch, C.W. 1937 Rhinoceros sondaicus: the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros and its geographical distribution. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 15 (2): 130-149, pls. 3-4, table 1
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Info from Mr. William W. Fegan of the 'Bangkok Sport and Gossip' (1933). About the year 1886 a one-horn was captured and brought alive to Bangkok from a place near Krabin, to the west of the capital. It was kept in captivity here for some time ere it passed out.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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longevity in zoos. 1. lasiotis in Calcutta Zoo (Sanyal 1872), circa 10 yrs
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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longevity in zoos. 2. Female in Madras Zoo (Flower 1914), circa 14 years, and left alive
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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Longevity in zoos. 3. Trivandrum Zoo, species no definitely stated, received March 1878, died 16.6.1900, age at least 22 yrs 2 mo. [according to H.S. Ferguson 1899-1900, p.18]
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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Longevity in zoos. 15. Kept in Bengal (Sanyal 1892), age circa 47 yrs.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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Longevity in zoos. 11. Kept in Kathmandu (Hodgson 1834), age 35 yrs
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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Longevity in zoos. Calcutta Zoo (Sanyal 1892), lived over 14 yrs.
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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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Height at birth 1 ft 11 in, Calcutta 1925
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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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Length at birth 3 ft 4 in, Kathmandu 1826
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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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Length at birth 3 ft 2 in, Calcutta 1925 - without tail
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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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Calcutta Zoo 1926, birth of male Indian rhino on 9 Oct 1925, the birth was premature and the calf survived a few hours only.
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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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Weight at birth 74 lbs, Calcutta 1925
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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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Height at birth 2 ft, Kathmandu, cf. Hodgson
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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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Tail length at birth 9 ? inch, Calcutta 1925
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File AvailableVernay, A.S. 1924 Hunting the Sumatran rhinoceros. Natural History 24 (5): 625-627, figs. 1-2
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In the July-August issue of Natural History, p. 527, allusion was made to a cable sent by Mr. Arthur S. Vernay, in which he announced that he had secured a female and young male of the rare Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). These rhinos are very carefully protected because of the...
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1922 HRH The Prince of Wales' shoots in India in 1921 and 1922 - part 1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 28 (3): 675-697, pls. 1-9, map 1, table 1
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Photograph of young Indian rhino donated by H.H. The Maharajah of Nepal to the Prince of Wales, ca. 1920. Photograph taken at the Victoria Gardens, Bombay where the collection was housed prior to despatch to England.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1916 Rhinoceros died of anthrax in Rangoon Zoo. Straits Times, Singapore 27 September 1916: 8
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A severe outbreak of anthrax has occurred at the Rangoon zoo by which a number of valuable animals has been lost. (A rhinoceros among the animals that died.)
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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A male sumatrensis, received from the Straits settlements in 1909, and still tame enough to allow his keeper to sit on his back.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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one pair unicornis in 1913
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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a male sumatrensis, received from the Straits settlements in 1909, and still tame enough to allow his keeper to sit on his back.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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1 female which has been here now for about 14 years.
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File AvailableBasu, B. 1913 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1912-13. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-46
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List of animals present on 31.3.1913 - 2 Rhinoceros unicornis
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File AvailableBasu, B. 1913 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1912-13. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-46
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Basu accompanied the collection to London, left 1 Apr 1912 on SS Afghanistan and reached 20 May 1912.
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File AvailableBasu, B. 1912 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1911-12. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-29
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Exhibition of a collection of animals presented to His Majesty by the Nepal Durbar. They were accommodated in the gardens prior to their departure to London. This included 1 young rhinoceros. On 30 Dec the majesties visited the garden accompanied by Lord and Lady Harding.
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File AvailableBasu, B. 1910 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1909-10. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1-24
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Calcutta Zoo purchased two male Indian rhino from Nepal for Rs. 15,000.
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File AvailableBasu, B. 1910 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1909-10. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1-24
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Report over 1909-10. Most import addition was a couple of male Indian rhino, purchased from Nepal for Rs. 15,000 and arrived in the garden in Dec 1910. The larger of the two was mated with the female we had in our collection.
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File AvailableBeebe, W.C. 1910 The Calcutta Zoological Garden. Zoological Society Bulletin (New York) 11 (no. 41) Sept: 692-695, 5 plates
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File AvailableManners Smith, J. 1909 Haunts of the Indian rhinoceros. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19 (3): 746-747
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Prince of Wales Hunt in 1907. Chitwan area, six rhino calves were vaught. The Maharajah's object in trying to catch young rhinos was not, as might be inferred, either to sell them or to start a new form of sport (i.e. rhinoceros racing), but to turn the young ones down for breeding purposes in ...
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1906 The menagerie at the Botanic Gardens. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 46: 133-194
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Three of these were kept temporarily before shipping to the Vienna Zoo in 1901. There was one in the gardens as early as 1875. An account of one has already been published in the journal. In 1878 it was decided to dispose of the larger animals and most were sent to the Calcutta Zoo.
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File AvailableSanyal, R.B. 1905 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1904-05. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-23
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Calcutta Zoo. The Indian rhino now living in the garden, will not touch any kind of grain, but will readily eat sutoo made into a pulp with gur.
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File AvailableSanyal, R.B. 1905 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1904-05. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-23
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Calcutta Zoo. The Indian rhino now living in the garden, will not touch any kind of grain, but will readily eat sutoo made into a pulp with gur.
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File AvailableSanyal, R.B. 1905 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1904-05. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-23
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diet of Indian rhinoceros in garden.
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File AvailableWray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65
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In 1901, three were caught in the Dindings, Malaysia. One was shot and taken to Perak Museum, one died from old wound, and the third was shipped to Singapore.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. In both the front horn was very short, a mere conical process, and the only trace of the second horn was a small rough plate in the older one, and even that was absent in the second one.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to the root of the tail which was 22 inches long.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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These animals in captivity are very quiet for most of the day remaining immersed in a wallow of liquid mud and thickly coated with it after the manner of a buffalo. During the evening and night they are much more active roaming up and down the enclosure.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. They ate sweet potatoes, sugar cane, champedak, fruits and leaves, and the leaves of the Mahang Putih (Macaranga hypoleuca) and various species of Ficus, especially the Waringin (Ficus Benjamina) and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak m...
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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They ate sweet potatoes [etc] and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak much out of proportion to the size of the animal. They made no other noise except by snorting now and then but in the forests, what I suppose to be the same species makes a loud neighing sound.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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The animals were both of a quiet and inoffensive disposition, allowing themselves to be stroked and patted and readily fed from the hand although they had been quite recently caught.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. They ate sweet potatoes, sugar cane, champedak, fruits and leaves, and the leaves of the Mahang Putih (Macaranga hypoleuca) and various species of Ficus, especially the Waringin (Ficus Benjamina) and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak m...
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. In both the front horn was very short, a mere conical process, and the only trace of the second horn was a small rough plate in the older one, and even that was absent in the second one.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Sumatran Rhino
These animals in captivity are very quiet for most of the day remaining immersed in a wallow of liquid mud and thickly coated with it after the manner of a buffalo. During the evening and night they are much more active roaming up and down the enclosure.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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They drink remarkably slowly and only a small quantity at a time, eat very large quantities of food, and pass the excreta always in exactly the same spot and almost always at night as the tapir does.
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Ferguson, H.S. 1901 Report on the Trivandrum Museum and Public Gardens for the year ME 1075/ AD 1899-1900. Trivandrum, Museum and Public Gardens, pp. 1, 1-25, i-xi
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Annual Report 1899-1900 - no rhino listed.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Lately, however, two examples of R. sumatrensis have been on view at the Botanic Gardens and some notes on them may prove of interest. Both were females trapped at S'tiawan in Perak. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to...
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to the root of the tail which was 22 inches long.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1
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Javan Rhino
A young female, just dead, was brought to the Siamese Museum on 10 Feb 1897, which I was told had been brought from the Laos country, and had died on reaching Bangkok. No horn.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30
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Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, 'I went to see a big rhinoceros in apitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. [dimensions] The great thing that struck me was her extraordinary tameness. She had only been caught three days, but fed readily f...
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File AvailableLanier, M.L. 1892 L'Asie (Combats d'animaux et chasse a Baroda). Paris, Belin Freres
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Skeleton. Collected by: Calcutta Zoo, 1889. In Indian Museum, Calcutta, India. Catalogue number: s
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Skeleton. Collected by: Calcutta Zoo, 1889. In Indian Museum, Calcutta, India. Catalogue number: e
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Skull, skeleton. Sex: Female. Collected by: Zoological Gardens, Calcutta, 1880. In Indian Museum, Calcutta, India. Catalogue number: d
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Mounted skeleton. Sex: Female. Locality: Barrackpore Park. Collected by: Medical College Museum, 1879. In Indian Museum, Calcutta, India. Catalogue number: b
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Coll. Indian Museum - Rhinoceros sondaicus. r. Skull, Male juv., Zoological Gardens.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Cat. Indian Museum - Rhinoceros unicornis, b. Skeleton, mounted, Female, 'Barrackpore Park', Medical College Mus.[Ex.], 1879.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Cat. Indian Museum - Rhinoceros unicornis. l. Skull, Rajah R. Mullick, 1871.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Coll. Indian Museum d. Skeleton, Male, Babu H. M. Roy, 1884. e. Skeleton, skin, M juv., Purchased, 1880 f. Skeleton, skin, F juv., W. Rutledge, 1881. g. Skeleton, skin, M juv., W. Rutledge, 1879. h Skeleton, skin, F juv., W. Rutledge, 1880 j. Skull, M juv., W. Rutledge, 1875.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Coll. Indian Museum - Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. e. Skeleton, Zoological Gardens, 1889; s. Skeleton, Zoological Gardens (1889).
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Coll. Indian Museum - Rhinoceros unicornis, d. Skull skeleton, Female, Zoological Gardens, 1880
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File AvailableNoll, F.C. 1889 Die Zoologischen Garten zu Kalkutta und Bombay. Der Zoologische Garten A.F. 30: 62-63
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Annual Report 1887/88. Important additions were 1 Indian and 1 Javan rhinoceros.
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File AvailableNoll, F.C. 1889 Die Zoologischen Garten zu Kalkutta und Bombay. Der Zoologische Garten A.F. 30: 62-63
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Annual Report 1887/88. Important additions were 1 Indian and 1 Javan rhinoceros.
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File AvailableBuckland, C.T. 1889 Birth of a rhinoceros at Calcutta. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 1889 March 2: 308
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Sumatran Rhino
I enclose an extract from the 'Calcutta Englishman' newspaper notifying the birth of a rhinoceros at the Calcutta Zoological Gardens. 'Rhinoceros. - At the Zoological Garden, Alipore, on the 30th January, Rhinoceros Lasiotis, the wife of Rhinoceros Sumatrensis, of Caboul, of a son.' I am told t...
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File AvailableBuckland, C.T. 1888 Ein Nashorn in der Gefangenschaft geboren. Zoologische Garten A.F. 29: 191
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Sumatran Rhino
In the zoo of Calcutta a male calf was born on 30 Jan 1888. The mother was Rhinoceros lasiotis, the father Rhinoceros sumatrensis. Unfortunately the latter was traded with Emir Abdul Rahmann of Afghanistan, but it is to be hoped that it will be returned to Calcutta.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1881 Capture of rhinoceros for the Calcutta Zoo. Star, Sydney (4097) 8 June 1881: 1
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File AvailableCalcutta Zoo 1878 List of animals in the Zoological Gardens, Calcutta. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Press, pp. 1-31
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Indian Rhino
Adult female Rhinoceros indicus, presented by the Maharajah of Dumraon, 7 April 1877.
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File AvailableCalcutta Zoo 1878 List of animals in the Zoological Gardens, Calcutta. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Press, pp. 1-31
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Javan Rhino
a. juvenile R. sondaicus, purchased, 17 Nov 1877.
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File AvailableBall, V. 1877 Notes on certain mammals occurring in the Basin of Mahanadi. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1877 July: 168-172
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Indian Rhino
As Rhinoceros sondaicus . It has occurred to me as possible that the rumours [of the animals existence near the Mahanaddy River] may have got abroad from the fact of there having formerly been tame specimens in the possession of some of the Raja. At Barpali in the Dak in-tir of Sambalpur, the Ra...
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File AvailableMurton, H.J. 1877 Report on the Zoological Department. Botanic Gardens, Singapore, Hand-written report 1 Aug thru 26 Sept 1877: 1-4
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File AvailableSclater, P.L. 1876 Exhibition and remarks upon a skin of a young rhinoceros from the Sunderbunds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876 November 7: 751
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Javan Rhino
Mr Sclater exhibited the skin of a young rhinoceros belonging to Mr. W. Jamrach, female, captured in the Sunderbunds in May 1876 and brought immediately to calcutta, where it only lived 24 hours.
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File AvailableMurton, H.J.; Krohn, W. 1876 Report on the Zoological Department for 1875. Annual Reports on the Botanic Gardens, Singapore 1875-1890, Singapore Govt Office: 1-2, 1 table
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File AvailableWood Mason, J. 1875 Meeting of 1st December 1875. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1875: 229-230
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Javan Rhino
Meeting of Asiatic Society of Bengal on 1 December 1875. Some disappointment was delt at Mr Wood-Mason's announcement that the living specimen of Rhinoceros sondaicus which was to have been exhibited at the meeting, was indisposed, and could not attend. Photographs were shown. The animal died t...
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File AvailableAnonymous 1874 Addition to Zoological Society. Illustrated London News 1874 April 18: 377-378
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Javan Rhino
The Zoological Society have lately made an important addition to their living collection in the Regent's Park, in the shape of a new rhinoceros, belonging to the species called by naturalists the Sondaic or Javan rhinoceros. The present specimen, which is believed to be the only individual of th...
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File AvailableYoung Nimrod 1874 Shipment of rhinoceros from Calcutta to London. Oriental Sporting Magazine (new series) 7 (79, July): 340
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Indian Rhino
Young Nimrod informs us that the tubercled rhino (mentioned p.240) having seen at Mr. Routledge's depot in Calcutta is not the Javanese or Soonderbund rhinoceros, but is an altogether new and distinct species. One of these beasts has since been shipped for England, and so we may look out for ...
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File AvailableAnonymous 1871 H.E. The governor on tour (Baroda, Jan. 11). Times of India 13 January 1871: 2
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File AvailableAnonymous 1871 A rhinoceros hunt in the People's Park. Madras Mail 9 December 1871: 1
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File AvailableBowen, G.W. 1871 A rhinoceros hunt in the People's Park. Madras Mail 11 December 1871: 1
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Sanyal, R.B. 1870 List of animals wanted by the Zoological Garden, Calcutta. Calcutta, Zoological Gardens, pp. 1-10
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Javan Rhino
Calcutta Zoo wants to acquire smaller one-horned rhinoceros.
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File AvailableKiechel, S. 1866 Die Reisen

In: Haszler, K.D. Die Reisen des Samuel Kiechel, aus drei Handschriften herausgegeben. Stuttgart, Bibliothek des Literarischen Vereins (vol. 86): pp. i, 1-484
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Constantinopel, 1588

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In einem andern Stall gleich neben düsem wurde gedachtem herrn ampassator düe frömbde thüer, so aus India gebracht worden, gewisen. Das wahr ein Renozerus, wölchs thüer mitt dem helvant streitten soll; solches ist an der Gestallt, gröse unndt farb eine...
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File AvailableBriggs, H.G. 1849 The cities of Gujarashtra: their topography and history illustrated, in the journal of a recent tour; with accompanying documents. Bombay: printed at The Times' Press, by James Chesson, pp. i-viii, 1-292
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File AvailableZollinger, M. 1848 The religion of the Sassak [rhinoceros in Bali]. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia 2: 165-170
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File AvailableGeoffroy St. Hilaire, I. 1842 Description des collections de Victor Jacquemont: Mammiferes et oiseaux. Paris, [no publisher], pp. 1-87, i-iv
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Indian Rhino
Victor Jacquemont did not see the rhinoceros in nature, but observed it in the menagerie of the Governor General of India. The animal was kept chained on one foot to a tree on the edge of a meadow. It came from the mountains on the other side of the Ganges.
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File AvailableJacquemont, V. 1841 Voyage dans l'Inde pendant les annees 1828 a 1832: Journal. Paris, Firmin Didot freres, vol. 1, pp. 1-3, i-iii, 1-526
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Indian Rhino
Barrackpore, Calcutta in 1829. The animal came from the mountains on the other side of the Ganges, where I am assured, the animals are used in the works of agriculture.
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File AvailableJacquemont, V. 1841 Voyage dans l'Inde pendant les annees 1828 a 1832: Journal. Paris, Firmin Didot freres, vol. 1, pp. 1-3, i-iii, 1-526
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Indian Rhino
in 1829. In the menagerie of Barrackpour, I visited the rhinoceros. It is an adult specimen of the Unicornis species. He came from the mountains on the other side of the Ganges. His size is the same as the one in the Paris Museum. It is chained around his legs to a tree. It eats plants. Hi...
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File AvailableRuschenberger, W.S.W. 1839 A voyage round the world, including an embassy to Muscat and Siam, in 1835-36 and 37. Southern Literary Messenger 5 (1): 26-34
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File AvailableHodgson, B.H. 1834 On the mammalia of Nepal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834 August 26: 95-104
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Indian Rhino
Length at birth 3 ft 4 in, Kathmandu 1826
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File AvailableHodgson, B.H. 1834 On the mammalia of Nepal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834 August 26: 95-104
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Indian Rhino
One, taken mature, was kept at Katmandoo for 35 years withoit exhibiting any symptoms of approaching decline. An individual was born in Katmandoo eight years ago.
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File AvailableHodgson, B.H. 1834 On the mammalia of Nepal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834 August 26: 95-104
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Indian Rhino
Height at birth 2 ft, Kathmandu 1826
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File AvailableHodgson, B.H. 1826 Ueber das zu Nepaul beobachtete junge Nashorn. Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde 15 (325): 264
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Growth of male born in Kathmandu 3 days 1 month 14 months 19 month at 19 months Height + 5 inch + 1 ft 7 inch + 4 inch height 4 ft 4 inch Length + 5 3/4 inch + 2 ft + 1 ft 4 ? inch = length 7 ft 4 ? inch Girth + 3/4 inch + 2 ...
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File AvailableHodgson, B.H. 1826 Remarks on the rate of growth and habits of the Rhinoceros indicus, communicated with notes by Dr Abel. Asiatic Journal 22: 193-197
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Growth of male born in Kathmandu 3 days 1 month 14 months 19 month at 19 months Height + 5 inch + 1 ft 7 inch + 4 inch height 4 ft 4 inch Length + 5 3/4 inch + 2 ft + 1 ft 4 ? inch = length 7 ft 4 ? inch Girth + 3/4 inch + 2 ...
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File AvailableHodgson, B.H. 1825 Remarks on the procreation of the rhinoceros. Quarterly Oriental Magazine: review and register 3 (5): 155-156
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Indian Rhino
Male born in Kathmandu. When 3 days old, it was distinguished in exterior character from its mother by a bright pink suffusion which pervaded its hide, and by the absence of the nasal horn. When a month old, he found the pink tinge gradually subsiding into an uniform dark colour, whilst the inc...
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File AvailableHodgson, B.H. 1825 Remarks on the procreation of the rhinoceros. Quarterly Oriental Magazine: review and register 3 (5): 155-156
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Indian Rhino
Male born in Kathmandu. When 3 days old, it was distinguished in exterior character from its mother by a bright pink suffusion which pervaded its hide, and by the absence of the nasal horn. When a month old, he found the pink tinge gradually subsiding into an uniform dark colour, whilst the inc...
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File AvailableHodgson, B.H. 1825 Remarks on the procreation of the rhinoceros. Quarterly Oriental Magazine: review and register 3 (5): 155-156
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Indian Rhino
Hodgson observed the habits of a male and female rhinoceros kept in the Menagerie of the Raja of Nipal. He states that about 18 months prior to May 1824 a male and female voluntarily associated and that the result after an interval from 17 to 18 months was a fine male cub. Hodgson first saw the ...
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File AvailableChardin, J. 1711 Voyages en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient. Amsterdam, Jean Louis de Lorme, vol. 3, pp. 1-254, index
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