 Reference Base  Notes on certain mammals occurring in the Basin of Mahanadi |
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Ball, 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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Captive - Asia |
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Captivity - Zoo Records |
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Indian Rhino |
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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 Raja told me that on the occasion of a marriage between a daughter of one of his ancestors and the Bama Raja, the bride's dowry had been a Rhino, which before that had for some years been kept at Barpali.
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