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Thomas, O., 1901. Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158
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Captive - Europe |
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Captivity - Zoo Records |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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On August 31st, 1900, there died in the Gardens of the Society the famous female Rhinoceros from Chittagong. As the animal was captured in January 1868, its age at death was more than 32 years. The first reference to this specimen is an account of its external characters given by the late Dr. Anderson, the Superintendent of the Calcutta Museum (P.Z.S. 1872, p. 129). Then followed (t.c. p. 185) an announcement of its purchase for ?1250. In March of the same year (1.c. p. 493, pl. xxiii.) our Secretary gave the history of the specimen's capture, and a figure of it, and in a footnote assigned to it the name of R. lasiotis, given after comparison with a Malaccan example of R. sumatrensis which arrived in August. In November (t, c. p. 790) he gave his full reasons for separating the two forms, accompanied by figures of the heads, and of the Malaccan specimen.
As might have been expected, after so many years in confinement, the animal had become very much diseased, and after its death it was found that the skull and the head-skin were alone worth preservation, and it is on these that my observations have been taken.
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