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| Title: |
Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier |
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Anderson, J. |
| Year published: |
1872 |
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
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1872 February 6 |
| Pages: |
129-132 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] |
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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 general colour of the dry skin is ashy grey; but when moist it becomes a light brown. The axillse and under surface of the groin, and the creases formed by the folds of the body and neck when these are extended, have a fleshy tint. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| This same informant also assured me that he had seen at Mogonny a Rhinoceros-head with three horns. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The head is not much tapered ; the anterior horn, low and rounded, is placed above the nostril; the posterior horn is conical and situated above the eye; the two are separated by a considerable interval. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The hindmost horn is the smallest and about two inches in height; it has, a quadrangular base, with two of the angles external (one posterior and the other anterior), and its apex is conical. It is placed between the eyes, but its posterior bas... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology - Skin
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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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology - Skin
Sumatran Rhino
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] A pendulous fold on the side of the neck, with the skin behind it thrown into small loose folds; a fold behind the shoulder, across the back from side to side, with a fold at its lower extremity across the fore leg; a lumbar fold from the groin... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology - Skin
Sumatran Rhino
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The shoulder-fold is the most strongly marked of all the folds, which are much less decidedly developed than in the two other species of Asiatic Rhinoceros. It is prolonged over the back from side to side, and below passes on to the outside of ... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology - Skin
Sumatran Rhino
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The tubercles of the skin are so small and flat that the skin is almost smooth; they are about the eighth of an inch in diameter; and each is surrounded by a shallow sulcks, in which usually four bristles are placed. The latter structures are e... |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The female which forms the subject of these observations is about 4 feet 6 inches high at the shoulders, and about 8 feet from the snout to the root of the tail |
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Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier
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