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On the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros |
| Author(s): |
Bartlett, A.D. |
| Year published: |
1873 |
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
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1873 January 21 |
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104-106, pl. 11, fig. 1 |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| About 7 o'clock in the evening of that day the keeper was surprised to hear a feeble squeaking voice proceeding from the den containing the Rhinoceros. He was soon made aware of the cause of this small voice; for upon examining the den he found the beast had produced a young one. |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The steamship Orchis arrived at the Victoria Docks from Singapore on Decernber 7, 1872, having on board an adult female Sumatran Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). [Left Singapore on 21 september] About 7 o'clock in the evening of that day the keeper was surprised to hear a feeble squeakin... |
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| transport R. lasiotis. It has occurred to me since that she was probably in the sulks; for I remember the account of the Hairy-eared Rhinoceros when being removed in Calcutta; she turned sulky and lay down in the street, and it was with the greatest difficulty she was dragged or rather slid alon... |
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Morphology - Size
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| Birth young in Victoria Docks. It was 3 feet in length, 2 feet high at the shoulder ; and its weight, as near as I was able to judge by lifting it, was rather over 50 lb. |
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| Birth Victoria Docks. It was 3 feet in length, 2 feet high at the shoulder ; and its weight, as near as I was able to judge by lifting it, was rather over 50 lb. |
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On the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros
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