File AvailableBarbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11
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Skull. Collected by: Zoological Society of London. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
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File AvailableBarbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11
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Skull. Collected by: Zoological Society of London. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
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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. Male, London Zoo, purchased 7.3.1874 to 23.1.1885, total 10 yrs 10 mo 16 days
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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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Indian Rhino
longevity in zoos. 13. Male, Antwerp Zoo, died 7.9.1898, age 36 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. 6. Paris Jardin des Plantes, early 19 th century, age 25 years (cf. E.Oustalet 1900, p. 378, 379)
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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. 9. Hamburg Zoo, purchased 1871 for ?650, killed 12.6.1900 on account of wound on its head, age at least 28 yrs 5 mo 12 days.
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File AvailableAntonius, O. 1931 Nachrichten aus Wien-Schonbrunn. Zoologische Garten 4 (6/7): 260
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Arrival of an African rhinoceros.
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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. 10. Male, Manchester Belle Vue, purchased 20.6 1876, died 1904, age at least 28 yrs 6 mo 10 days
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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. 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 4. Female, London Zoo, purchased 17.7.1850, died 14.12.1873, age 23 yrs 4...
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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. 12. Berlin Zoo, received 1872, living 1908, age 36 yrs
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File AvailableRuemmler, H.; Heck, L.; Berlin Zoo 1931 Fuehrung durch den Zoologischen Garten Berlin. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 6: 35
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An African rhinoceros seen in the Antelope House, 8 Sep 1930.
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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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Sumatran Rhino
Longevity in zoos. 3. Male (lasiotis) London Zoo, 27.4.1886-22.11.1910, total 24 yrs, 6 mo, 25 days 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 ...
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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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Black Rhino
1. Male in London Zoo, presented 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 Kassala, eastern Sudan, by Signor Casanova. In London Zoo, 11.9.1868-12.4.1891, total 22 yrs 7 mo, 1 day, age ca. 23 ? years.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1931 Afrikaansche zwarte neushoorn in Artis. Het Vaderland, staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad 17 May 1931: 2
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File AvailableSchneider, K.M. 1930 Bemerkungen uber die von Christoph Schulz 1929 eingefuhrten ostafrikanischen Tiere. Zoologische Garten 3: 19-28, figs. 1-16
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1 yr old female I heard from this young animal only a whistling reducing in strength, which it uttered with mouth closed, probably a sign that it was uncomfortable. When it heard a noise, it would lift the head to listen carefully. It used the upper lip very nicely to take twigs to the mouth. ...
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File AvailableSchneider, K.M. 1930 Bemerkungen uber die von Christoph Schulz 1929 eingefuhrten ostafrikanischen Tiere. Zoologische Garten 3: 19-28, figs. 1-16
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Black Rhino
Leipzig Zoo - 1 yr old female. The front horn was 5.8 cm in a straight line; at the basis it was 14 cm in circumference and 11 ? cm above. The posterior horn was only a hump of 1 ? cm. The area from which it would grow measured 9 ? wide and 8 ? cm long. On 26 August 1929, The front horn was 6...
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File AvailableDresden Zoo 1930 Nachrichten aus Dresden. Zoologische Garten 2 (10/12): 352-353
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With the Blumenberg transport from East Africa, the zoo received 1 male rhinoceros.
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File AvailableSchneider, K.M. 1930 Bemerkungen uber die von Christoph Schulz 1929 eingefuhrten ostafrikanischen Tiere. Zoologische Garten 3: 19-28, figs. 1-16
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In the middle of April 1929 Mr Christoph Schulz arrived with a transport of East African animals in Hamburg. With a few exceptions, the animals were taken to Leipzig, where they were shown in a special exhibit from the beginning of May 1929 and later they were shown in the zoo of Chemnitz. A yo...
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File AvailableFrankfurt am Main Zoo 1930 Nachrichten aus Frankfurt. Zoologische Garten 2 (10/12): 352, fig. 1
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Photo of a young black rhino 'Faru', imported in spring 1927 when one year old from the region of the Meru Mountain in German East Africa.
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File AvailableSchneider, K.M. 1930 Bemerkungen uber die von Christoph Schulz 1929 eingefuhrten ostafrikanischen Tiere. Zoologische Garten 3: 19-28, figs. 1-16
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In the middle of April 1929 Mr Christoph Schulz arrived with a transport of East African animals in Hamburg. With a few exceptions, the animals were taken to Leipzig, where they were shown in a special exhibit from the beginning of May 1929 and later they were shown in the zoo of Chemnitz. A yo...
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File AvailableSchneider, K.M. 1930 Bemerkungen uber die von Christoph Schulz 1929 eingefuhrten ostafrikanischen Tiere. Zoologische Garten 3: 19-28, figs. 1-16
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Leipzig Zoo - 1 yr old female. The tail was 42 cm; On 26 August 1929, tail length 42 cm
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File AvailableSchneider, K.M. 1930 Bemerkungen uber die von Christoph Schulz 1929 eingefuhrten ostafrikanischen Tiere. Zoologische Garten 3: 19-28, figs. 1-16
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Leipzig Zoo - 1 yr old female. The circumference of the breast was measured by Mr Schulz on 5 June 1929 as 126 cm, and on 29 August 1929 it was 140 cm.
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File AvailableSchneider, K.M. 1930 Bemerkungen uber die von Christoph Schulz 1929 eingefuhrten ostafrikanischen Tiere. Zoologische Garten 3: 19-28, figs. 1-16
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Black Rhino
Leipzig Zoo, 1 year old female. The total length taken with a string, from the upper lip to the root of the tail was 157 cm, from the backside of the fronthorn to the root of the tail 143 cm. On 26 August 1929, the total length was 172 cm, from the backside of the front horn to the tail 154 cm.
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File AvailableSchneider, K.M. 1930 Bemerkungen uber die von Christoph Schulz 1929 eingefuhrten ostafrikanischen Tiere. Zoologische Garten 3: 19-28, figs. 1-16
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Black Rhino
Leipzig Zoo - 1 yr old female. Height at the shoulder measured with a stick, 84 cm. On 26 August 1929, shoulderheight 87 cm.
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File AvailableAnonymous; Hagenbeck, C. 1930 The rarest rhinoceros in the world (at Hagenbeck's Zoo, Stellingen, Germany). Science News-Letter 18 (Dec 27): 415, 1 figure
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1929 List of vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927 Centenary edition, vol. I. Mammals. London, Zoological Society of London, pp. i-ix, 1-419
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Javan Rhino
The first received was a young male purchased 7 march 1874 for ?800 from Messrs. Cross and Jamrach.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1929 List of vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927 Centenary edition, vol. I. Mammals. London, Zoological Society of London, pp. i-ix, 1-419
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Indian Rhino
London Zoo First purchased 1834 for ?1050.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1929 List of vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927 Centenary edition, vol. I. Mammals. London, Zoological Society of London, pp. i-ix, 1-419
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Javan Rhino
London Zoo. First purchased 1874 for ?800
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1929 List of vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927 Centenary edition, vol. I. Mammals. London, Zoological Society of London, pp. i-ix, 1-419
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Sumatran Rhino
London Zoo. First purchased in 1872 for ?1250; second in 1872 for ?600
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1929 List of vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927 Centenary edition, vol. I. Mammals. London, Zoological Society of London, pp. i-ix, 1-419
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London Zoo. First purchased in 1868 for ? 1000
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File AvailableDresden Zoo 1929 Nachrichten aus Dresden, 1928. Zoologische Garten 1: 450
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During 1928 the zoo bought: 1/0 young rhinoceros [species not identified]
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1929 List of vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927 Centenary edition, vol. I. Mammals. London, Zoological Society of London, pp. i-ix, 1-419
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Indian Rhino
The first received was a male purchased 24 May 1834 for ?1050 from Capt. Farquison; it died 19 Nov 1849 after 15 years 5 months 25 days.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1929 List of vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927 Centenary edition, vol. I. Mammals. London, Zoological Society of London, pp. i-ix, 1-419
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Sumatran Rhino
The first received was a female purchased 14 Feb 1872 for ?1250 from Mr William Jamrach; it died 31 Aug 1900 and was the type of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater. A second female, purchased 2 Aug 1872 for ?600 from Mr W. Jamrach was considered to be R. sumatrensis.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1929 List of vertebrated animals exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927 Centenary edition, vol. I. Mammals. London, Zoological Society of London, pp. i-ix, 1-419
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Black Rhino
The first received was a young male purchased 11 Sep 1868 for ?1000 from Mr C. Hagenbeck.
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File AvailableSchneider, R. 1929 Die Geschichte eines Nashorns: pp. 151-176

In: Schneider, R. Zeugen im Feuer: Erzaehlungen (Gesammelte Werke, Bd 4). Berlin, Reinhold Schneider-Gesellschaft.
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1928 Kathleen, the rhinoceros calf. Field 152 (3945), 1928 August 2: 203, fig. 1
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Arrival of young female Kathleen, captured on Mt. Kenya, presented by G.L. Bailey; it was hand-reared.
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1928 Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the months of May, June, July, August and September 1928. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1928 (2): 1036
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Black Rhino
Received one young Rhinoceros bicornis, female, from Mount Kenya, presented by G.L. Bailey on 9 July 1928.
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1928 Kathleen, the rhinoceros calf. Field 152 (3945), 1928 August 2: 203, fig. 1
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Black Rhino
Arr. Of young female Kathleen, captured on Mt. Kenya, presented by G.L. Bailey; it was hand-reared.
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File AvailableWieschke, R. 1927 Nashoerner. Mitteilungen der Frankfurt Zoo 1927: 5-8, figs. 1-5
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Black Rhino
One shown since pentecost 1927, 1 yr old male, 'Faru'. It was caught by Christoph Schulz in the former Deutsch-Ost-Afrika [Tanzania]. It plays the whole day with the animals with which it came, a monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans), a young riverhog (koiropotamus porcus daemonis) and a longear-goa...
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File AvailableWieschke, R. 1927 Nashoerner. Mitteilungen der Frankfurt Zoo 1927: 5-8, figs. 1-5
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Indian Rhino
formerly the zoo had an Indian rhino.
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File AvailableWieschke, R. 1927 Nashoerner. Mitteilungen der Frankfurt Zoo 1927: 5-8, figs. 1-5
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One of two animals seen after WWI in this zoo.
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1925 Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the months of November and December 1924. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1925 (1): 327
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1 Rhinoceros unicornis from Nepal, presented by The Maharaja of Nepal, on 13 Dec 1924
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File AvailableAnonymous 1924 New rhinoceros at the Zoo: a gift from Nepal. The Times (London) 1924 December 15: 6
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File AvailableAnonymous 1924 New rhinoceros at the Zoo: a gift from Nepal. The Times (London) 1924 December 15: 6
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1923 Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the months of November and December 1922. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923 February 6: 175
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1 Rhinoceros bicornis, female, from Arusha, Tanganyika Territory, purchased on 15 Dec 1922.
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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 AvailableDeVere Stackpole, H. 1922 (The heart of) 'Brutus' (a Black rhino calf). Pearson's Magazine 48 (11) Nov: 21-23
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File AvailableBequaert, J. 1916 Parasitic muscid larvae collected from the African elephant and the white rhinoceros by the Congo expeditions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35: 377-387, figs. 1-3
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In 1885, Brauer was able, for the first time, to examine the gastric larvae from a specimen of Rhinoceros sumatrensis, which died in the Zoological Garden at Hamburg. He recognized that they were distinct from Gasterophilus and placed them in a new genus Gyrostigma, under the name of G. sumatren...
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File AvailableGnecchi, F. 1916 Appunti di numismatica romana: CXI e CXII: La faune e la flora nei tipi monetali. Rivista italiana di numismatica 29: 11-82, pls. 1-4
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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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purchased in May 1907 a young R. unicornis
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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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2 R.unicornis
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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 R. unicornis
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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 Rhinoceros lasiotis
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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 R. bicornis
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File AvailableDavid, H.; Spinazzola, V. 1913 Ancora del rinoceronte marmoreo del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Bolletino d'Arte 7: 342-344
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File AvailableReinauch, S. 1913 Le rhinoceros de Pompei. Revue Archeologique (4) 21: 105-106
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File AvailableBirt, T. 1913 Kritik und Hermeneutik nebst Abriss des antiken Buchwesens. Munchen, C.H. Beck, pp. i-xi, 1-395
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Indian Rhino
Old male London Zoo at death. Greatest girth, 12 ft
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Black Rhino
That the looseness of the horn was not an individual peculiarity is shown by its occurrence also in our young living specimen from Uganda, forming part of the King's collection.
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Black Rhino
Within the last two months the Society [in London] has lost two of its finest show animals, namely, a nearly (perhaps quite) adult female East African rhinoceros purchased in 1906, In neither case was the exact age known, but the former was probably about seven years old, Although for three mon...
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1912 Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie uring the months of May, June, July, August and September 1912. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912 October 29: 908
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Indian Rhino
A collection from Nepal, includes 1 Rhinoceros unicornis presented on 21 May by HM The King.
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Indian Rhino
Within the last two months the Society [in London] has lost two of its finest show animals, namely, a nearly (perhaps quite) adult female East African rhinoceros purchased in 1906, and an old male Indian rhinoceros presented by the late Maharajah of Cooch Behar in 1886. In neither case was the e...
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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In the late spring the zoo will receive from India a large and valuable consignment of animals, the gift of his Majesty King George. Two keepers will shortly be sent to Calcutta to bring home the collection. It contains a young rhinoceros, which will help to fill the gap caused by the death of ...
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Indian Rhino
Old male in London Zoo at death. It was impossible to weigh him entire, but all that could be collected of his cut-up remains, including the food contents of his intestines, scaled 3612 lbs avoirdupois - that is to say, nearly 1400 lb less than one that died in the gardens in 1854, whose weight ...
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Indian Rhino
Male in London Zoo, 31 years old. The dimensions of this animal after death were as follows: Height at withers, 5 ft 10 ? inch Height at croup, 6 ft ? inch The height being taken between two upright broomsticks tangential to the spine and the soles of the feet. In Ward's Records of Big game ...
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Indian Rhino
Old male in London Zoo at death. The dimensions of this animal after death were as follows: Length from nose to root of tail, 10 ft 3 inch
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File AvailableDalton, R.; Hamer, S.H. 1912 The provincial token-coinage of the 18th century illustrated, part IV: Middlesex. London, Stationers Hall, pp. i-iv, 89-120
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File AvailableMatthews, A. 1912 Rhinoceros: first in England, 1684. Notes and Queries (11) 5: 46
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1911 Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of May, 1911. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911 June 27: 985
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1 Rhinoceros bicornis, male, from Nairobi, received from R.B. Woosnam for H.M. The King's African Collection, on 19 May 1911.
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1911 Remarks upon a pair of young African rhinoceroses seen at Mr Hagenbeck's Zoological Park at Stellingen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911 June 27: 987-988
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Saw a fine young pair of common African rhino, obtained from British East Africa, the exact locality being unknown.
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Hagenbeck Tierpark 1911 Fuehrer durch Hagenbeck's Tierpark, Stellingen. Fifth edition, April 1911. Hamburg, Hagenbeck
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Photo of three Diceros bicornis with caption 'Young African Rhinoceroses'. Photo absent from edition of April 1909.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1911 Death of an African rhinoceros. The Times (London) 1911 December 18: 15
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File AvailableAnonymous 1911 Rhinoceros for the King's collection: arrival at the Zoological Gardens. The Times (London) 1911 May 22: 15
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File AvailableAnonymous 1911 Death of an African rhinoceros. The Times (London) 1911 December 18: 15
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File AvailableAnonymous 1911 Rhinoceros for the King's collection: arrival at the Zoological Gardens. The Times (London) 1911 May 22: 15
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File AvailableA.F.R. 1911 The first rhinoceros in England. Notes and Queries (11) 3: 286
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Mounted skin, skeleton. Collected by: Zoo Frankfurt, 1909. In coll. Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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File AvailableMaes, J. 1910 Le jardin zoologique d'Anvers: album - guide illustre. Antwerp, Zoological Society of Antwerp, pp. 1-32
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We have had several examples in the gardens, including the gigantic specimen which lived for over 40 years in a part of the Egyptian Temple. The present animal was imported in 1907, when it was 6 months old, for 25.000 francs.
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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One shown in Antwerp.
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Female Rhinoceros unicornis euthanized in Frankfurt Zoo on 24 Aug 1909. Immediately after the death of the animal, it was put on its side and we began with the sculpturing in plaster. That was hard work. To make a model of one side of the animal was sufficient. Due to the animal's size, this ...
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Female Rhinoceros unicornis in Frankfurt Zoo on 24 Aug 1909 euthanized with injection of 2 gr of Skopolamin.
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File AvailableMaes, J. 1910 Le jardin zoologique d'Anvers: album - guide illustre. Antwerp, Zoological Society of Antwerp, pp. 1-32
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Animal in Antwerp Zoo from 1907 was bought for 25,000 francs.
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Height at shoulder 1,33 m, female in Berlin Zoo, 1872 . At death in 1909 (Frankfurt Zoo) this same animal was 1,68 m high.
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Length of body 2,80 m - female in Berlin Zoo ca. 1872. At death in 1909 (Frankfurt Zoo) the animal was 3,25 m long.
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Female in Frankfurt Zoo in winter 1907/1908 showed bleeding from reproductve organs and the situation deteriorated. Animal was euthanized in 1909. Post mortem revealed that the uterus had a large abscess, and the whole organ had a weight of one Zentner. There was also a Fibromyom of the Uterus...
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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One shown in London.
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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The specimen in Seckenberg is a female which came to Berlin together with a male on 19 Sep 1872. The animals did not breed and the female was sold to the zoo in Frankfurt on 10 April 1896. It got sick (bleeding from the reproductive organs) in the winter of 1907/1908. It was therefore euthanis...
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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The specimen in Senckenberg is a female which came to Berlin together with a male on 19 Sep 1872. The animals did not breed and the female was sold to the zoo in Frankfurt on 10 April 1896. It got sick (bleeding from the reproductive organs) in the winter of 1907/1908. It was therefore euthani...
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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In 1503 an Indian rhino came to Portugal, drawn by D?rer who only knew it from a drawing himself.
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File AvailableVries, R.W.P. de 1910 Catalogus van den hoogstbelangrijken Atlas van Amsterdam in teekening en prent. Topographie - Geschiedenis - Portretten. Eerste gedeelte der verzamelingen D.C. Meijer Jr. waarvan de veiling zal gehouden worden te Amsterdam. Amsterdam, De vries, pp. i-viii, 1-178
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Dutch text of entry in Sales catalogue
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No. 2298
1741. ‘Deze Rhinoceros is den 25. Sept. 1741 te Amsterdam levend te zien geweest.’ M. Suppl. 3786
Teekening in kleuren door W. van Royen, naar het leven, H. 23, Br. 32,5. Bijgevoegd de ets van J.E. Ridinger, in folio.
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File AvailableBoelsche, W. 1909 Het paard in zijne natuurlijke ontwikkeling. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme and Cie, pp. i-viii, 1-216
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I saw a living example of this mainland form in the London Zoo. It already lived there for quite some time, and a female of the same species which died there in 1900 had lived there for 32 years. The front horn was a big and strong weapon, in comparison with the small body, and the second one w...
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File AvailableBoelsche, W. 1909 Het paard in zijne natuurlijke ontwikkeling. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme and Cie, pp. i-viii, 1-216
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Similar to the example drawn by M?tzel (in Hecks Thierreich), there is a Sumatran Rhinoceros which I saw many years ago in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, only it was more hairy.
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File AvailableLoisel, G. 1908 The zoological gardens and establishments of Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Annual Report, Smithsonian Institution 1907: pp. 407-448, figs. 1-25
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Manchester Zoo - heating. The house in which the elephants are kept, also that for rhinos and hippopotamus, is never heated during the winter.
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File AvailableLoisel, G. 1908 The zoological gardens and establishments of Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Annual Report, Smithsonian Institution 1907: pp. 407-448, figs. 1-25
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In the same House are found .. a two-horned Indian rhinoceros.
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File AvailableLoisel, G. 1908 The zoological gardens and establishments of Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Annual Report, Smithsonian Institution 1907: pp. 407-448, figs. 1-25
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In the same House are found .. a very young African rhino.
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File AvailableLoisel, G. 1908 The zoological gardens and establishments of Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Annual Report, Smithsonian Institution 1907: pp. 407-448, figs. 1-25
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In the same House are found .. an enormous single-horned Indian Rhino. Another young Indian rhinoceros is in the Prince of Wales collection.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1908 Notes on zoological collections visited in Europe, 1907. Cairo, National Printing Department (Zoological Gardens, Giza, Special report no 2.), pp. 1-71
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Two African rhinos in 1907.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1908 Notes on zoological collections visited in Europe, 1907. Cairo, National Printing Department (Zoological Gardens, Giza, Special report no 2.), pp. 1-71
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one young Indian rhino.
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File AvailableLydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409
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The type specimen of the hairy race of the Sumatran rhinoceros was a female, captured at Chittagong in the year 1868. When discovered by native hunters she was embedded in a quicksand, and well-nigh exhausted by her struggles to reach terra firma. By attaching ropes to her neck she was safely e...
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File AvailableLydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409
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The rhinoceros referred to on page 31 as having lived in the London Zoological Gardens for over twenty years actually lived there from 1864 to 1904.
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