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Baldwin, J.H., 1877. The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380
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Morphology - Horn |
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Indian Rhino |
Both sexes a single horn, situated near the end of the snout, slightly curved and poitning backwards, from 15 to 20 inches in length.
The Indian Rhinoceros, male and female, has a single horn, seldom growing to more than eighteen inches in length. The horn of the rhinoceros can be removed with ease, whereas the tusks of the elephant are extracted with great difficulty.
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