Marx, E.; Koch, A., 1910. Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Indian Rhino |
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The specimen in Seckenberg is a female which came to Berlin together with a male on 19 Sep 1872. The animals did not breed and the female was sold to the zoo in Frankfurt on 10 April 1896. It got sick (bleeding from the reproductive organs) in the winter of 1907/1908. It was therefore euthanised by injecyion of 2 gr Skopolamin in a few minutes on 24 Aug 1909. The male died fourteen days later in Berlin.
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Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn
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