File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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2 R.unicornis
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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one R. unicornis
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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Indian Rhino
one pair unicornis in 1913
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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Sumatran Rhino
a male sumatrensis, received from the Straits settlements in 1909, and still tame enough to allow his keeper to sit on his back.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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1 female which has been here now for about 14 years.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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Sumatran Rhino
one Rhinoceros lasiotis
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12
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Black Rhino
1 R. bicornis
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File AvailableBasu, B. 1913 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1912-13. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-46
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List of animals present on 31.3.1913 - 2 Rhinoceros unicornis
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File AvailableBasu, B. 1913 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1912-13. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-46
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Basu accompanied the collection to London, left 1 Apr 1912 on SS Afghanistan and reached 20 May 1912.
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Black Rhino
That the looseness of the horn was not an individual peculiarity is shown by its occurrence also in our young living specimen from Uganda, forming part of the King's collection.
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Black Rhino
Within the last two months the Society [in London] has lost two of its finest show animals, namely, a nearly (perhaps quite) adult female East African rhinoceros purchased in 1906, In neither case was the exact age known, but the former was probably about seven years old, Although for three mon...
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1912 Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie uring the months of May, June, July, August and September 1912. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912 October 29: 908
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A collection from Nepal, includes 1 Rhinoceros unicornis presented on 21 May by HM The King.
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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Indian Rhino
Within the last two months the Society [in London] has lost two of its finest show animals, namely, a nearly (perhaps quite) adult female East African rhinoceros purchased in 1906, and an old male Indian rhinoceros presented by the late Maharajah of Cooch Behar in 1886. In neither case was the e...
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File AvailablePocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5
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In the late spring the zoo will receive from India a large and valuable consignment of animals, the gift of his Majesty King George. Two keepers will shortly be sent to Calcutta to bring home the collection. It contains a young rhinoceros, which will help to fill the gap caused by the death of ...
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File AvailableBasu, B. 1912 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1911-12. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-29
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Exhibition of a collection of animals presented to His Majesty by the Nepal Durbar. They were accommodated in the gardens prior to their departure to London. This included 1 young rhinoceros. On 30 Dec the majesties visited the garden accompanied by Lord and Lady Harding.
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File AvailableFisher, A.H. 1912 Through India and Burmah with pen and brush. London, T. Werner Laurie, pp. i-xii, 1-358
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Indian Rhino
Calcutta Gardens. I especially enjoyed watching here a native of the Nepaul Terai, a big one-horned rhinoceros. On the evening of my visit he was energetic and lively after a splash in the tank. There was an irresistable comicality about the great unwieldy brute - a very Falstaff of quadrupeds ...
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File AvailableAnonymous 1912 The King's Nepal animals - arrival at the zoological gardens. The Times (London) 1912 May 21: 11
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Black Rhino
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1911 Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of May, 1911. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911 June 27: 985
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Black Rhino
1 Rhinoceros bicornis, male, from Nairobi, received from R.B. Woosnam for H.M. The King's African Collection, on 19 May 1911.
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1911 Remarks upon a pair of young African rhinoceroses seen at Mr Hagenbeck's Zoological Park at Stellingen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911 June 27: 987-988
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Black Rhino
Saw a fine young pair of common African rhino, obtained from British East Africa, the exact locality being unknown.
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Hagenbeck Tierpark 1911 Fuehrer durch Hagenbeck's Tierpark, Stellingen. Fifth edition, April 1911. Hamburg, Hagenbeck
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Photo of three Diceros bicornis with caption 'Young African Rhinoceroses'. Photo absent from edition of April 1909.
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File AvailableMaes, J. 1910 Le jardin zoologique d'Anvers: album - guide illustre. Antwerp, Zoological Society of Antwerp, pp. 1-32
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Indian Rhino
We have had several examples in the gardens, including the gigantic specimen which lived for over 40 years in a part of the Egyptian Temple. The present animal was imported in 1907, when it was 6 months old, for 25.000 francs.
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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One shown in Antwerp.
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Rhinoceros unicornis seen for first time in 61 BC in the shows of Pompejus
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Indian Rhino
One shown in London.
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File AvailableBasu, B. 1910 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1909-10. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1-24
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Indian Rhino
Report over 1909-10. Most import addition was a couple of male Indian rhino, purchased from Nepal for Rs. 15,000 and arrived in the garden in Dec 1910. The larger of the two was mated with the female we had in our collection.
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Indian Rhino
The specimen in Seckenberg is a female which came to Berlin together with a male on 19 Sep 1872. The animals did not breed and the female was sold to the zoo in Frankfurt on 10 April 1896. It got sick (bleeding from the reproductive organs) in the winter of 1907/1908. It was therefore euthanis...
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Indian Rhino
The specimen in Senckenberg is a female which came to Berlin together with a male on 19 Sep 1872. The animals did not breed and the female was sold to the zoo in Frankfurt on 10 April 1896. It got sick (bleeding from the reproductive organs) in the winter of 1907/1908. It was therefore euthani...
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File AvailableBeebe, W.C. 1910 The Calcutta Zoological Garden. Zoological Society Bulletin (New York) 11 (no. 41) Sept: 692-695, 5 plates
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableManners Smith, J. 1909 Haunts of the Indian rhinoceros. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19 (3): 746-747
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Indian Rhino
Prince of Wales Hunt in 1907. Chitwan area, six rhino calves were vaught. The Maharajah's object in trying to catch young rhinos was not, as might be inferred, either to sell them or to start a new form of sport (i.e. rhinoceros racing), but to turn the young ones down for breeding purposes in ...
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File AvailableBoelsche, W. 1909 Het paard in zijne natuurlijke ontwikkeling. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme and Cie, pp. i-viii, 1-216
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Sumatran Rhino
I saw a living example of this mainland form in the London Zoo. It already lived there for quite some time, and a female of the same species which died there in 1900 had lived there for 32 years. The front horn was a big and strong weapon, in comparison with the small body, and the second one w...
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File AvailableBoelsche, W. 1909 Het paard in zijne natuurlijke ontwikkeling. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme and Cie, pp. i-viii, 1-216
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Sumatran Rhino
Similar to the example drawn by M?tzel (in Hecks Thierreich), there is a Sumatran Rhinoceros which I saw many years ago in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, only it was more hairy.
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File AvailableNew York Zoological Park 1909 Decennial of the New York Zoological Park. New York, Zoological Society
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Black Rhino
Decennial celebration booklet - photo of young African Two-Horned Rhinoceros.
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File AvailableLoisel, G. 1908 The zoological gardens and establishments of Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Annual Report, Smithsonian Institution 1907: pp. 407-448, figs. 1-25
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Sumatran Rhino
In the same House are found .. a two-horned Indian rhinoceros.
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File AvailableLoisel, G. 1908 The zoological gardens and establishments of Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Annual Report, Smithsonian Institution 1907: pp. 407-448, figs. 1-25
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Black Rhino
In the same House are found .. a very young African rhino.
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File AvailableSanborn, E.R. 1908 Interesting animal surgery. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 30: 432-433, fig. 1
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Indian Rhino
On 28 May 1908, an interesting and unusual operation was performed on our Indian Rhinoceros 'Mogul' by Dr George G. van Mater, of Brooklyn, for cataracts in both eyes. The operation is termed 'needling' and is primarily a rupturing of the crystalline lens, allowing the humor to escape into the a...
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File AvailableLoisel, G. 1908 The zoological gardens and establishments of Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Annual Report, Smithsonian Institution 1907: pp. 407-448, figs. 1-25
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Indian Rhino
In the same House are found .. an enormous single-horned Indian Rhino. Another young Indian rhinoceros is in the Prince of Wales collection.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1908 Notes on zoological collections visited in Europe, 1907. Cairo, National Printing Department (Zoological Gardens, Giza, Special report no 2.), pp. 1-71
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Indian Rhino
saw 4 Indian rhino en route to Hamburg, at Port Said in April 1907. In charge of Capt. Johansen, who brought them from India to Carl Hagenbeck at Hamburg [one seen in Antwerp, another in Manchester].
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1908 Notes on zoological collections visited in Europe, 1907. Cairo, National Printing Department (Zoological Gardens, Giza, Special report no 2.), pp. 1-71
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Black Rhino
Two African rhinos in 1907.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1908 Notes on zoological collections visited in Europe, 1907. Cairo, National Printing Department (Zoological Gardens, Giza, Special report no 2.), pp. 1-71
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Indian Rhino
one young Indian rhino.
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File AvailableLydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409
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Sumatran Rhino
The type specimen of the hairy race of the Sumatran rhinoceros was a female, captured at Chittagong in the year 1868. When discovered by native hunters she was embedded in a quicksand, and well-nigh exhausted by her struggles to reach terra firma. By attaching ropes to her neck she was safely e...
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File AvailableLydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409
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Indian Rhino
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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File AvailableBerridge, W.S. 1907 Animals at the [London] Zoo [Sumatran and Black rhino]. Gowans's Nature Books No. 14 London & Glasgow, Gowans & Gray Ltd.: 1-71, with 60 plates
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All Rhino Species
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File AvailableVelvin, E.; Sanborn, E.R. 1907 Wild animal celebrities. Moffat, Yard & Co. New York, pp. 87-93, 1 plate
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Black Rhino
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File AvailableRobinson, E. Kay 1907 Young Indian rhinoceros - Zoo series #23. The Country-Side 4 (91) 9 Feb 1907: 184, 1 stereograph image
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1906 Report on the additions to the Society's menagerie during the months June, July, August and September 1906. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906 June 9: 758-760
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Black Rhino
An African Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros bicornis) deposited on 24 July 1906.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1906 The menagerie at the Botanic Gardens. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 46: 133-194
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Sumatran Rhino
Three of these were kept temporarily before shipping to the Vienna Zoo in 1901. There was one in the gardens as early as 1875. An account of one has already been published in the journal. In 1878 it was decided to dispose of the larger animals and most were sent to the Calcutta Zoo.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1906 Report on a mission to Europe, 1905. Cairo, National Printing Department (Zoological Gardens, Giza, Special report no 1.), pp. 1-43
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Indian Rhino
The old male Indian rhino which had been purchased on 20 June 1876 had died since my last visit, but I saw his skin, stuffed and mounted.
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1906 Report on the additions to the Society's menagerie during the months June, July, August and September 1906. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906 June 9: 758-760
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Indian Rhino
A collection of Indian animals presented by HRH The Prince of Wales on 9 June 1906 includes an Indian Rhinoceros.
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File AvailableDorsman, L. 1906 Wat er in Londen voor een natuurliefhebber te zien valt, 2: De 'Zoo'. Levende Natuur 11: 73-75
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Indian Rhino
Saw an enormous Indian Rhinoceros.
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File AvailableHeck, L.; Heinroth, O. 1906 Fuehrer durch den Berliner Zoologischen Garten. Berlin, Zoologischer Garten
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Indian Rhino
The Indian Rhino lives in the park since 1872, and sheds his horn every 5-6 years.
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File AvailableHeck, L.; Heinroth, O. 1906 Fuehrer durch den Berliner Zoologischen Garten. Berlin, Zoologischer Garten
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Black Rhino
The specimen of R. bicornis was brought from the Massaisteppe in East Africa by C.g. Schillings, born in 1902.
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File AvailableSanborn, E.R. 1906 The new rhinoceros. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 22: 285-286, fig. 1
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Black Rhino
The only specimen of the now rare two-horned black rhinoceros which has come to America in the last eight years, with one exception, has been purchased by the Society and is now one of the valued possessions of the Zoological Park. Learning of the arrival in Europe, from the Kilimanjaro District...
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File AvailableAnonymous; Hornaday, W. T. 1906 Costly baby (Black rhino, "Victoria") in Park. New York Daily Tribune June 4th, 1906: page 4, 1 plate
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Black Rhino
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File AvailableFinn, F.; Berridge, W.S. 1906 Latest notes from the Zoo - a baby rhinoceros. The Country-Side 3 (58) 23 Jun 1906: 103, 1 image
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableScherren, H. 1905 The Zoological Society of London - a sketch of its foundation and development, and the story of its Farm, Museum, Gardens, Menagerie and Library. London, Cassell and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-252
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Javan Rhino
In 1874 the Javan or Sondaic rhinoceros was exhibited for the first time. This small representative of the Indian Rhinoceros was probably at that time the only individual of the species in Europe.
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File AvailableSiedler, M. 1905 Altes und Neues aus dem Schoenbrunner Zoologischen Garten in Wien. Zoologische Garten A.F. 46 (9): 260-272
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Sumatran Rhino
in Elephant House 2 young double horned rhinos (Rhinoceros bicornis [sic]) , Jenny and Mary, 2 females.
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File AvailableBoettger, O. 1905 Das doppelhorninge Nashorn (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Zoologische Garten A.F. 46 (12): 375-376
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Sumatran Rhino
The two animals still kept in Vienna maybe came from this source, i.e. the capture of animals in the Dindings, Malaysia.
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File AvailableScherren, H. 1905 The Zoological Society of London - a sketch of its foundation and development, and the story of its Farm, Museum, Gardens, Menagerie and Library. London, Cassell and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-252
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Black Rhino
In 1868, a young male African Rhinoceros, believed to be the first received in Europe since the days of the Romans, was purchased from Hagenbeck, who received it from Casanova. It was in excellent health and quite tame. Till the Elephant House was finished, the animal was kept in the Giraffe Ho...
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File AvailableScherren, H. 1905 The Zoological Society of London - a sketch of its foundation and development, and the story of its Farm, Museum, Gardens, Menagerie and Library. London, Cassell and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-252
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Indian Rhino
Jim, the famous Indian Rhinoceros, which had been presented in July 1864, died in December 1904, having been more than 40 years in the Gardens, of which he was the oldest inhabitant.
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File AvailableScherren, H. 1905 The Zoological Society of London - a sketch of its foundation and development, and the story of its Farm, Museum, Gardens, Menagerie and Library. London, Cassell and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-252
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Indian Rhino
In 1834 an Indian Rhinoceros was purchased for a thousand guineas. It was said to be about 4 years old. The Council reported that it 'was scarcely inferior in its dimensions to the larger specimen yet recorded as having existed in Europe.'
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File AvailableSanyal, R.B. 1905 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1904-05. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-23
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Indian Rhino
diet of Indian rhinoceros in garden.
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File AvailableKnottnerus-Meyer, T. 1905 Neues vom Zoologischen Garten zu Berlin. Zoologische Garten A.F. 46 (4): 109-115
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Indian Rhino
An Indian rhino in the garden since 1872.
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File AvailableKnottnerus-Meyer, T. 1905 Neues vom Zoologischen Garten zu Berlin. Zoologische Garten A.F. 46 (4): 109-115
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Black Rhino
Again there is an African rhinoceros (Rhinoceros bicornis). It was brought from German East Africa by Schillings together with two goats and donated to the zoo. It has developed very well.
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File AvailableWray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65
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Sumatran Rhino
In 1901, three were caught in the Dindings, Malaysia. One was shot and taken to Perak Museum, one died from old wound, and the third was shipped to Singapore.
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File AvailableScherren, H. 1905 The Zoological Society of London - a sketch of its foundation and development, and the story of its Farm, Museum, Gardens, Menagerie and Library. London, Cassell and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-252
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Sumatran Rhino
Two rhinoceroses were purchased in 1872, both at first believed to be the Sumatran form. One, for which Jamrach was paid ? 1250 was obtained in Chittagong in 1868.
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File AvailableRenshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218
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Black Rhino
The black R. bicornis brought into Cassala (purchased in 1868 by the Zoological Society of London) did not die till 1891, when it succumbed to cancer and not to old age. The forward inclination of the anterior horn is not however confined to the white rhinoceros. The example of the black specie...
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File AvailableRenshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218
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White Rhino
1891. Messrs. Eyre and Coryndon, in August, 1892, saw a bull, cow and calf all together: the next day they met a large cow, a half-grown individual, and a calf. The calf died in captivity after a few days.
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File AvailableRenshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218
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White Rhino
In captivity the white rhinoceros has proved a most disappointin animal, dying even when taken quite young from no obvious cause. None of the calves which have been captured from time to time have survived long enough to be taken down country, to say nothing of being brought to Europe, so that t...
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File AvailableRenshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218
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Black Rhino
The forward inclination of the anterior horn is not however confined to the white rhinoceros. The example of the black species in the Berlin Zoological Gardens has the front horn pointing forwards an angle of 45 degrees.
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File AvailablePeel, C.V.A. 1903 The zoological gardens of Europe: their history and chief features. London, F.E. Robinson, pp. i-xiv, 1-256
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Indian Rhino
In 1794 the large and valuable collection of the Palais de Versailles was offered to the Jardin des Plantes, and accepted on its behalf by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. This collection contained 5 specimens which had never been seen in Paris before - namely, a quagga, now unhappily extinct, a harte...
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File AvailablePeel, C.V.A. 1903 The zoological gardens of Europe: their history and chief features. London, F.E. Robinson, pp. i-xiv, 1-256
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Indian Rhino
one Indian rhino.
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File AvailablePeel, C.V.A. 1903 The zoological gardens of Europe: their history and chief features. London, F.E. Robinson, pp. i-xiv, 1-256
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Sumatran Rhino
house contained Indian and Sumatran rhino.
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File AvailablePeel, C.V.A. 1903 The zoological gardens of Europe: their history and chief features. London, F.E. Robinson, pp. i-xiv, 1-256
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Indian Rhino
a fine Indian rhino.
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File AvailablePeel, C.V.A. 1903 The zoological gardens of Europe: their history and chief features. London, F.E. Robinson, pp. i-xiv, 1-256
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House contained Indian and Sumatran rhino.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1903 Some familiar friends at the [London] Zoological Gardens [Tom the Indian rhinoceros]. The King and his Navy and Army Supplement 1903 September 19: 596-597, 11 plates
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File AvailableDando, W.P. 1903 The London Zoo - A study in animal photography. The Booklovers Magazine 2 (1) July: 63-73, 16 images
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File AvailableKnottnerus-Meyer, T. 1902 Der Zoologische Garten zu Antwerpen. Zoologische Garten A.F. 43 (6): 176-186
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one Sumatran rhino.
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File AvailableGaebler, B. 1901 Ein Gang durch den Zoologischen Garten zu Frankfurt aM. Zoologische Garten A.F. 42 (7): 193-204
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this species present
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File AvailableGaebler, B. 1901 Ein Gang durch den Zoologischen Garten zu Frankfurt aM. Zoologische Garten A.F. 42 (7): 193-204
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Indian Rhino
one example died last year
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Ferguson, H.S. 1901 Report on the Trivandrum Museum and Public Gardens for the year ME 1075/ AD 1899-1900. Trivandrum, Museum and Public Gardens, pp. 1, 1-25, i-xi
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Indian Rhino
Annual Report 1899-1900 - no rhino listed.
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File AvailableHeck, L. 1901 Fuehrer durch den Berliner Zoologischen Garten. Berlin, Zoologischer Garten
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Indian Rhino
The Indian Rhino lives in the park since 1872, and sheds his horn every 5-6 years.
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File AvailableGaebler, B. 1901 Ein Gang durch den Zoologischen Garten zu Frankfurt aM. Zoologische Garten A.F. 42 (7): 193-204
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File AvailableGaebler, B. 1901 Ein Gang durch den Zoologischen Garten zu Frankfurt aM. Zoologische Garten A.F. 42 (7): 193-204
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Indian Rhino
one example died last year
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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Sumatran Rhino
Lately, however, two examples of R. sumatrensis have been on view at the Botanic Gardens and some notes on them may prove of interest. Both were females trapped at S'tiawan in Perak. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to...
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File AvailableThomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158
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On August 31st, 1900, there died in the Gardens of the Society the famous female Rhinoceros from Chittagong. As the animal was captured in January 1868, its age at death was more than 32 years. The first reference to this specimen is an account of its external characters given by the late Dr. A...
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File AvailableBeavan, A.H. 1901 Imperial London. London, J.M. Dent and New York, E.P. Dutton
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All Rhino Species
Some years ago, a rhinoceros appeared very poorly, and a few gallons of soap-suds had to be given him, but as this seemed to depress him, his spirits were revived by a bottle of whisky in plenty of water.
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File AvailableBolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336
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Indian Rhino
The Indian rhinoceros lived in the gardens, calculated upto 31.12.1892 for a period of 22 years, 9 months and 7 days and is alive.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1
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Javan Rhino
A young female, just dead, was brought to the Siamese Museum on 10 Feb 1897, which I was told had been brought from the Laos country, and had died on reaching Bangkok. No horn.
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File AvailableBolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336
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Indian Rhino
One Indian Rhinos lived for 8 yrs 9 months and 16 days in the zoo up to 31.12.1878
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File AvailableBolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336
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Indian Rhino
The rhinoceros had to be euthanized. It came on 14 March 1870 when young, and lived here 30 years and 3 months. It was a male from India.
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File AvailableRidley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30
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Sumatran Rhino
Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, 'I went to see a big rhinoceros in apitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. [dimensions] The great thing that struck me was her extraordinary tameness. She had only been caught three days, but fed readily f...
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File AvailableBolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336
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Sumatran Rhino
Zoo Hamburg. One Sumatran Rhinos lived for 4 yrs 2 months and 6 days in the zoo.
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File AvailableEpstein, L. 1899 Ein Ausflug nach den zoologischen Garten von Holland und Belgien. Zoologische Garten A.F. 40: 5-12
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Sumatran Rhino
one specimen of Rhinoceros sumatrensis.
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File AvailableWunderlich, L. 1897 Fuehrer durch den Zoologischen Garten zu Koln. Zoologische Garten A.F. 38 (10): 317-318
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Indian Rhino
an indian rhino
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File AvailableSmithsonian Institution 1896 Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to July 1895. Smithsonian Annual Report 1894-1895: 68-73
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Sumatran Rhino
animals in the collection on 30 June 1894: 1 Sumatran rhino, donor Adam Forepaugh Show.
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File AvailableSeitz, A. 1896 Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Garten in Frankfurt a.M. Zoologische Garten A.F. 37 (5): 143-149
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Indian Rhino
The rhinoceros arrived on 10 April 1896. It had been transported to Frankfurt by rail in a box measuring 2.4 x 2 m. The box is the property of Breslau Zoo and was built for the transport of large and difficult animals. The weight of the box is about 40 Centner. The rhino walked easily into th...
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File AvailableBreslau Zoo 1896 Geschaeftsbericht des Breslauer Zoologischen Gartens fuer das Jahr 1895. Zoologische Garten A.F. 37 (9): 278-283
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Indian Rhino
Indian rhino died, it was 42 years old.
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File AvailableSclater, P.L. 1896 On continental menageries. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896 November 17: 783-785
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Sumatran Rhino
At Amsterdam, a young female Sumatran Rhinoceros from Borneo (Rhinoceros sumatrensis).
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File AvailableKnight, C. 1896 Two old-world beasts (female Sumatran rhinoceros in London Zoo). The Sketch 1896 November 4: 64-65, 2 plates
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Sumatran Rhino
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File AvailableSmithsonian Institution 1894 Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to July 1894. Smithsonian Annual Report 1893-1894: appendix pp. 68, 69, 73
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Sumatran Rhino
animals in the collection on 30 June 1895. 1 Sumatran rhino. - [absent from Annual Report to 1897]
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