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| Title: |
An anatomical description of a male rhinoceros |
| Author(s): |
Thomas, H.L. |
| Year published: |
1801 |
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
| Volume: |
91 (1) |
| Pages: |
145-152, pl. 10 |
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Captive - Europe
Morphology
Indian Rhino
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| Pidcock Menagerie. The skin, it is well known, is extremely hard and tuberculated, though smoother, and easily cut through by a common knife, on the underparts of the body: a considerable degree of sliding motion was observable between it and the surface underneath; this arose from the great qua... |
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Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| Pidcock, London . He was fed upon hay and oats, also potatoes, and other fresh vegetables. |
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Morphology - Skull
Indian Rhino
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| The incisor teeth were only four in number, two situated in each jaw: these are placed a considerable distance from each other: besides them, I observed, in the head of another rhinoceros, five years old, and where the soft parts had been removed, two smaller teeth placed one on each side those o... |
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An anatomical description of a male rhinoceros
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