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Title: Ageing the Sumatran Rhinoceros: preliminary results
Author(s): Kitchener, A.C.
Year published: 1997
Journal: International Zoo News
Volume: 44 (1)
Pages: 24-34, pls. 1-2, figs. 1-3, tables 1-2
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Population
Sumatran Rhino
Port Lympne Zoo, 28 - 37 years. Based on estimates of tooth-wear rate and similarity in crown heights, the age of the Port Lympne female would vary between 28 and 47 years, but most probably about 28-37 years.
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World
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
Condylobasal lengths. 505 mm, BMNH 1921.2.8.3, female, Malaya 476 mm, BMNH 1901.8.15.1, female, Borneo 592 mm, BMNH 1868.4.5.1, female, Burma 514 mm, BMNH 1872.12.31.1, female, Malay Penin. 523 mm, BMNH 1921.28.4, female, Malay Penin. 482 mm, Edinburgh Z1994.131, female, Sumatra
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World
Ecology - Population
Sumatran Rhino
Examined 6 female skulls in Natural History Museum London and National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh, trying to find a method to age adult skulls. A number of skull features were noted, which seemed to be correlated with increasing age and wear of the (pre)molars in the maxillae and mandibles...
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
Female Meranti died on 4 Nov 1994, remains donated to National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh. Had been caught in late July 1987 in Riau, Sumatra and arrived in Port Lympne in April 1988
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