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Title: |
Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier |
Author(s): |
Anderson, J. |
Year published: |
1872 |
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
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1872 February 6 |
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129-132 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Taxonomy - Taxa
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 hai... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The ears are full and more rounded than pointed, and fringed with long, rather drooping hairs. |
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Subject:
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The ears are full and more rounded than pointed, and fringed with long, rather drooping hairs. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The eye is small. |
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Location:
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The upper lip is anteriorly pointed and prehensile. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The tail has numerous transverse folds, and reaches nearly to a line with the groin, having long hair on the anterior and posterior borders of its lower third. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The skin is ashy grey, |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The skin is ashy grey, and covered with bristles about one inch in length, and its tubercles are small and flat. |
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Location:
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
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 hai... |
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Location:
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] On the upper half of the trunk the bristles posterior to the shoulder-fold are almost white in some lights, with a rufous tint in others, while those anterior to the shoulder-fold are dark brown; on the lower half of the trunk and on the limbs ... |
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