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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 |
| Author(s): |
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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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Indian Rhino
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| They sometimes will travel long distances to reach rice and corn fields, and do immense mischief, so much so that there is a Government reward of twenty rupees to anyone shooting a rhinoceros. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceri are usually found in swamps where the reeds and grass are very dense, remaining hidden, often asleep, during the day: at night they come out to feed on the edge of the forest. |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Indian Rhino
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| If left unmolested they are, usually speaking, harmless, but when wounded, dangerous, especially to a sportsman on foot. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
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| Rhinoceri are in the habit of depositing their ordure in one particular spot. I have several times come across these places: apparently, from the heap of soil and the rankness of the grass around, they had been used for very many years, and on examination I invariably found fresh traces of the b... |
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Behaviour - Fighting
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceri are in the habit of depositing their ordure in one particular spot. I have several times come across these places: apparently, from the heap of soil and the rankness of the grass around, they had been used for very many years, and on examination I invariably found fresh traces of the b... |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Indian Rhino
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| We usually came across them on the edge of some inland jheel or lake, where the water was surrounded by dense reeds, grass, and jungle. The animals like to roll and wallow in the soft mud, and generally speaking their hides are thickly coated with a layer of clay. |
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| Height, from 5 1/4 to 5 ? feet |
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