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Reference Base  Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of Ind... |
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Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17 |
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Wroughton, R.C. |
| Year published: |
1915 |
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
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23 (4) |
| Pages: |
695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Iris, dark brown |
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Inside of ears, lower throat, and under part around limbs tinged with dull flesh colour. General colour slate black, although appearing lighter during life owing to a thin and probably permanent coating of dry mud. |
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Iris, dark brown |
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Skin folds not very marked though easily felt, particularly on the shoulders. |
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Tail very much compressed laterally at end. |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar
Length of head, tip of nose to between ears, up and down horns, 760 mm
idem, not up and down horns, 680 mm |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar
Extreme length, tip of nose / up and down horns to tip of tail, 3265 mm
Tip of nose to root of tail, up and down horns, 2600 mm
Tip of nose to root of tail, not up and down horns, 2520 mm |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Length of anterior horn, around front curve, 130 mm |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sumatrensis Cuvier, 1817. Refne Anim. 1, p.240; Blanford, Mammalia, no.336.
Synonyms:
Rhinoceros crossei Gray 1854
Ceratorhinus niger, C. blythii Gray, 1873 |
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar
Height from shoulders to tip of longest toe, 1440 mm
Height of withers to tip of longest toe, 1530 mm |
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