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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' |
| Author(s): |
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 - Population
Indian Rhino
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| Individuals have lived for over twenty years in the London Zoological Gardens, and it is stated that others have been kept in confinement for fully fifty years. Consequently, there is no doubt that the animal is long-lived, and it has been suggested that its term of life may reach as much as a c... |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| The longest known specimen of the front horn is in the British Museum, and has a length of 32 ? inches, with a basal girth of 17 3/8 inches ; a second specimen in the same collection measuring 27 1/8 inches in length, and 17 7/8 in circumference. |
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Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| The cow gives birth to a single young one at a time |
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Taxonomy
Indian Rhino
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| The great Indian rhinoceros is the largest of the three named Asiatic species, and specially characterised by the possession of a single horn, coupled with the fact that the fold of skin in front of the shoulder is not continued across the back of the neck, and likewise by the skin of the sides o... |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Indian Rhino
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| The rhinoceros referred to on page 31 as having lived in the London Zoological Gardens for over twenty years actually lived there from 1864 to 1904. |
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Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| As regards the height of the animal, the most authentic measurement of a wild specimen is that of a female, which stood 5 ? feet at the shoulder; but males must almost certainly attain larger dimensions. |
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Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| Yet another peculiarity of the Javan rhinoceros is to be found in the frequent, if not invariable, absence of the horn in the female. Male horns of between 10 and 11 inches in length are recorded. |
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| A male measured by General A. A. Kinloch stood 5 feet 9 inches at the shoulder, and was 10 ? feet in length from the tip of the nose to the root of the tail; the tail itself being 2 feet 5 inches in length. Larger dimensions are, however, recorded, by Mr. Rowland Ward in Records of Big Game, in... |
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Javan Rhino
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| So far as present information goes, the mainland form cannot be distinguished from those inhabiting the Malay islands, so that separate local races cannot yet be differentiated. It is, however, quite likely that this is due to the want of a good series of specimens, the British Museum having, in... |
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Javan Rhino
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| Although possessing only a single horn, the Javan rhinoceros is a very different beast, both externally and in its internal anatomy, from the preceding species. In the first place, although measurements of adult males are still required, it is a somewhat smaller and lighter-built animal, with a ... |
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