Gray, J.E., 1854. On a new species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854 November 28: 250-251, fig. 1
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The late Mr. Cross, of Exeter Change and the Surrey Zoological Gardens, much prized a specimen of the horn of a Rhinoceros, which for many years formed part of his collection, and which he considered as indicating the existence of a hitherto unrecorded species of that genus.
At the distribution of his effects, it has become the property of the British Museum; and it is so unlike any other horn of a Rhinoceros that has come under my inspection, that I am induced to believe that Mr. Cross was probably right in his conjecture; and I am inclined to describe the horn, and name the species Rhinoceros Crossii, provisionally, after my late friend, an honour he well deserves, from the unvarying kindness which he showed to all who were willing to make use of the collection in his possession for scientific purposes: this was the more liberal, when we consider that both these institutions entirely depended on public encouragement for their support. But he has yet a greater claim to respect; he was the most enterprising importer and purchaser of animals of modern times, and at the same time most successful in keeping them alive and in health.
Rhinoceros Crossii.
Horn black; trunk very slender, tapering, smooth, rather compressed at the end, curved nearly into a semicircle; base rather thick, subquadrangular, rugose.
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