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Pocock, 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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Morphology - Horn |
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There is one more point. I have never seen it recorded, although it may be known to sportsmen, that the horn of a rhinoceros is not tightly fixed like the tusk of an elephant or the horn of a buffalo, but can be moved backwards and forwards to a certain extent upon its root, like a loose tooth. I noticed this in the African rhinoceros that has just died, when it first reached the Gardens five years ago, and I verified it on the dead animal. 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. In the Indian animal the horn was worn to a mere stump, giving no grip or leverage whereby its mobility could be tested.
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