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Lydekker, R., 1907. The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409
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Indian Rhino |
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It was an old idea that the hide of the Indian rhinoceros was bullet-proof but this was erroneous even in regard to such weapons as the military 'brown Bess.' As trophies, sportsmen may preserve either the entire head or the horn alone; in addition to which a shield-shaped piece of skin is frequently cut from the under surface of the body, where it is thinner than elsewhere, and kept as a memento of a successful shikar.
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