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Anderson, J., 1872. Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132

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Location: Asia - South Asia - India
Subject: Morphology
Species: Sumatran Rhino


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[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] A most striking feature of this individual, and one which I have not seen exemplified in three adult heads of this species from Burmah which I. have examined, nor have seen referred to in any description of the species, is the long drooping hair of the margins of the ears. In adult males and females the margins of the ears are fringed with strong erect black hairs tipped with brown, and almost one inch, or slightly more, in length; but in this individual these hairs are neatly five inches long, with their terminal not so bristly as their basal portions-and with this result, that the former droops downwards over the latter. It appears to me that the more delicate portion of the hairs is worn off as the animal increases in years, probably by the friction to which the ears are subjected in the creature's wanderings through the dense jungle to which it is so partial. The hairs are longest and most numerous immediately behind the tip, and shortest on the anterior margin, the three basal inches of which are all but nude. The insides of the ears are covered with very short greyish hairs about the sixteenth of an inch in length.

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