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Reference Base  The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western ... |
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| Title: |
The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed |
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Baldwin, J.H. |
| Year published: |
1877 |
| Publisher: |
London, Henry S. King and Co |
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| Pages: |
pp. i-xxiv, 1-380 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| The Indian Rhinoceros is found in Assam, where it is still plentiful, and also in the Bhootan jungles. |
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Indian Rhino
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| The Indian Rhinoceros is found in Assam, where it is still plentiful, and also in the Bhootan jungles. |
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| During the campaign of 1865, an advance guard, when marching very early one morning between Bala and Buxa, suddenly came upon a huge 'Gainda' standing in the middle of, and completely blocking, the narrow path. The animal, however, quickly wheeled round, and disappeared in the jungle. Later, a ... |
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Indian Rhino
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| We often hunted this huge animal in the neighbourhood of Tezpore, where it was by no means rare; an exceedingly fine specimen was shot by my brother officers, near the margin of the Lowqua Lake in the month of April 1865. |
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| A young tea-planter near Tezpore had charge of a fine elephant for the use of his garden, but occasionally took him out for shooting purposes. On returning one evening from the. jungle, he came across two rhinoceri. He fired at and struck one, and followed it up into a swamp; suddenly he came u... |
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Morphology
Indian Rhino
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| Ears. - Rather long and rounded. When erect they point forwards. |
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Morphology
Indian Rhino
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| Eyes - Small and twinkling. |
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Morphology
Indian Rhino
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| Neck - Very short and thick, and overlapped by two or three heavy folds of thick skin. Body -Very broad, and much rounded. Back slightly hollow. |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| If left unmolested they are, usually speaking, harmless, but when wounded, dangerous, especially to a sportsman on foot. They will occasionally, in this condition, like the buffalo, charge an elephant with their eyes closed, and inflict severe wounds. I have never seen this happen, but I rememb... |
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Morphology - Horn
Indian Rhino
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| Both sexes a single horn, situated near the end of the snout, slightly curved and poitning backwards, from 15 to 20 inches in length.
The Indian Rhinoceros, male and female, has a single horn, seldom growing to more than eighteen inches in length. The horn of the rhinoceros can be removed with ... |
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