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Reference Base  The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new ... |
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The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet' |
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Lydekker, R. |
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1907 |
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London, Rowland Ward |
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pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Ecology - Habitat
Indian Rhino
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| In the jungles of Assam the Indian rhinoceros not only dwells, but is as completely concealed as is a rabbit in a cornfield. To those who have never seen Indian grass jungles, it may seem incredible that such a huge animal should be hidden by such covert, but when it is realised that the grass of... |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Compared with the typical Sumatran animal (R. sumatrensts typicus), a specimen from Chittagong formerly living in the London Zoological Gardens was distinguishable by its superior dimensions, paler and browner hair, shorter and more fully tufted -tail, and the strongly developed fringe on the mar... |
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| The horn, although never attaining dimensions approaching those of the front horn of the African species, is well developed in both sexes;
As a rule, the length, of the horn does not exceed about a foot. A length of 24 inches is, however. recorded in a specimen formerly in the possession of Dr.... |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| As though suggestive of a transition towards the smooth-skinned rhinoceroses of Africa, the. folds in the skin of the present species are much less pronounced than in the other Asiatic kinds; and of the three main folds, only one, namely, that situated behind the shoulder, is continued across the... |
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Morphology - Skull
Indian Rhino
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| The Indian rhinoceros usually has one pair of upper and two of lower incisors; the outermost pair of' the latter being large, tusk-like, and projecting from the angles of the lower jaw, so as to make formidable weapons of offence. The cheek-teeth are characterised by their flat plane of wear and... |
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Morphology - Skull
Javan Rhino
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| The cheek-teeth, however, although numerically the same as in the Indian rhinoceros, show a simpler pattern, while their crowns wear into ridges instead of a uniformly flat plane. This may be taken to indicate that the present species feeds chiefly upon twigs and leaves. |
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| The present species is of the same dusky-grey colour as the last, and its hide is equally devoid of hair. |
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Morphology
Indian Rhino
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| With the exception of a fringe on the margins of the ears, and some bristly hairs on the tail, the coarse and massive skin is completely nude; the tubercles attaining their maximum development on the shoulders, thighs, and hind-quarters, where they not unfrequently measure an inch in diameter. O... |
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Indian Rhino
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| With the exception of a fringe on the margins of the ears, and some bristly hairs on the tail, the coarse and massive skin is completely nude; the tubercles attaining their maximum development on the shoulders, thighs, and hind-quarters, where they not unfrequently measure an inch in diameter. |
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Indian Rhino
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| It was an old idea that the hide of the Indian rhinoceros was bullet-proof but this was erroneous even in regard to such weapons as the military 'brown Bess.' As trophies, sportsmen may preserve either the entire head or the horn alone; in addition to which a shield-shaped piece of skin is freque... |
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