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Sclater, P.L., 1875. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the upper horn of a two-horned rhinoceros from the Valley of the Brahmapootra. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875 November 16: 566
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Asia - South Asia - Bhutan |
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Distribution - Records |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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Exhibited the upper horn of a two-horned rhinoceros shot in March 1875 by Lieut.Col. C. Napier Sturt, in the valley of the Brahmapootra, about 40-50 miles north-east of Dohbree, in company of Mr. Archibald Campbell, Deputy-Commissioner of Dohbree, and Mr. Williamson, Governor of the Towra Hills. The place where the rhino was found was near the gorge where the Sunkos River issues from the Bhotan range, and is actually within the old boundary of Bhotan. [Sunkos River, =? Sankosh River, ca. 26.46 N, 89.55 E, Dohbree = Dhuburi, 26.01 N, 89.59 E,
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