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Reference Base  HRH The Prince of Wales' shoots in India in 1921 and 1922... |
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HRH The Prince of Wales' shoots in India in 1921 and 1922 - part 1 |
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Ellison, B.C. |
| Year published: |
1922 |
| Journal: |
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
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28 (3) |
| Pages: |
675-697, pls. 1-9, map 1, table 1 |
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| File: |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Hunting
Indian Rhino
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| Hunt by Prince of Wales in Jan. 1907 - 28 rhinos were bagged, 14 male and 14 female. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Prince of Wales hunts. Rhinoceros are still very numerous in the Nepal Terai, especially so in Chitawan and along the Rapti river. In January 1907, 28 rhinos were bagged, 14 males and 14 females, yet the forests in Chitawan were in 1909 so full of them that no appreciable diminution in the stoc... |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Ecology - Habitat
Indian Rhino
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| Nepal. Commenting on the habits of the animal General Kaiser writes, ?Though it prefers swamps and high grass the great Indian Rhinoceros is also found in wooded jungles, up ravines and low hills; along the numerous rivers it has its particular places for the evacuation of excreta. Along the ru... |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| Nepal. the cow produces one at birth. |
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Ecology - Population
All Rhino Species
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| Writers have commented on the longevity of the Rhinoceros, a hundred years being given as the age. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| A fully developed calf in utero taken from an animal shot during the Prince's shikar in Nepal measured as follows: Girth, 2 ft 9 inches |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros are still very numerous in the Nepal Terai, especially so in Chitawan and along the Rapti river. In January 1907, 28 rhinos were bagged, 14 males and 14 females, yet the forests in Chitawan were in 1909 so full of them that no appreciable diminution in the stock had been made. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| A female shot by Col. O'Connor during the Xmas camp, after the Prince had left Nepal, taped 5 ft 9 inches in height at withers, greatest girth 12 ft. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| Information by General Kaiser. Measurement of a rhino which appeared to him as ?unusually' big.-
Girth behind shoulder, 11feet 1 inch
Maximum girth, 12 feet 6 inch |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Hunting
Indian Rhino
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| As regards shooting rhino in Nepal the importance of a vital shot has been already commented upon. Selous, in his ' Hunters Wanderings in Africa' in writing about rhino says :-' As with elephants it is very unsatisfactory work following up a wounded rhino as they do not go and lie down but walk ... |
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