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Title: The birth of the first Sumatran Rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Fischer, 1814) – London Docks 1872
Author(s): Rookmaaker, L.C.
Year published: 2014
Journal: Zoologische Garten
Volume: 83 (1/3)
Pages: 1-16
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Sumatran Rhino
A Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) was born in the Victoria Docks of London on board the steamer Orchis arriving from Singapore. It was the first of only eight captive births of this species ever recorded. The female had been captured in Malacca (current Malaysia) together with a ma...
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