File AvailableEvans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161
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Sumatran Rhino
Adult female shot by a friend - anterior horn 4 3/4 inch
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File AvailableEvans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
Adult female shot by a friend - height at shoulder 4 ft 6 in
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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
Maximum recorded length of anterior horn (mohohu) 62 ? inches: of anterior horn (kabaoba) 56 ? inches. Maximum recorded length of posterior horn two feet. Mounted specimen Tring Museum - anterior 1 ft 11 inch, posterior 8 inch Young adult male in BMNH - anterior 1 ft 7 inch, posterior 7 inch...
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File AvailableEvans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
Adult female shot by a friend - length of tail 1 ft 8 in
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File AvailableEvans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
Adult female shot by a friend - length from muzzle to root of tail 7 ft 9 in
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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
Mounted specimen in Tring (Coryndon, 1893) - 6 ft. 9 inch Adult male mounted in BMNH, height 6 ft 6 inch.
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File AvailableEvans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
Adult female shot by a friend - girth behind shoulder 6 ft 6 in
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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
16 feet measured from the base of the anterior horn to the tip of the tail. Mounted specimen Tring Museum, base of anterior horn to tip of tail 16 ft. Young adult male in BMNH, base of horn to top of tail 14 ft 6 inch
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File AvailableOtto, E. 1903 Pflanzer- und Jaegerleben auf Sumatra. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. 1-185
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Sumatran Rhino
The first horn was shining black and about 20 cm long, the second was quite small. Another animal: front horn 11 cm, second horn 5 cm.
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File AvailableScherren, H. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a horn of Rhinoceros simus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 November 17: 316
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White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum cottoni . Horn property of B.Y. Mahom from Soudan. Measured along the anterior curve 36 1/4 inches, circumference at the base 19 3/4 inches
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File AvailableSclater, P.L. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the horns of a rhinoceros from the White Nile. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 November 3: 194-195, fig. 21
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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White Rhino
Illustrates front horn of white rhino shot near Lado, Sudan, measuring 31 inches in a straight line from the base to the end.
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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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Captive - Asia
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Sumatran Rhino
Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to the root of the tail which was 22 inches long.
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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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Sumatran Rhino
Type of R. lasiotis. The following are its measurements, given in inches for comparison with those published by Sir W. Flower in 1878: Length from occipital crest to end of nasals, in straight line 23 5/8. With tape over curve of nasals 24.5 ; greatest zygomatic breadth 12 7/8 ; interor...
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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
Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to the root of the tail which was 22 inches long.
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File AvailableNehring, A. 1901 Ein Schaedel des Rhinoceros simus im Naturhist. Museum zu Hamburg. Zoologische Anzeiger 24: 225-228, fig. 1
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White Rhino
Skull in mus. Hamburg. Individual not quite adult, as the last upper molar is not fully erupted. Total length 830 mm, that means it is larger than the adult skull figured by Blainville (Osteographie, Ongulogrades, taf. IV), as well as two skulls measured by Gray (Cat. Mammalia, 1869, p. 324). W...
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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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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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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 a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. It was about 8 to 9 feet in length (guessed).
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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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Captive - Europe
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. Greatest circumference of body was 3,96 m.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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White Rhino
Larger than the other species, in fact the largest of all land-animals after the elephant.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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White Rhino
Female rather smaller than the male
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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
The Bangkok Times for 11 November 1897 mentions a rhino being shot by Mr. C. Ephraums - no species indicated - few details: animal was seen at a sulphur spring within 6 miles of Ipoh, Perak, it was an old male, 6 feet high at the shoulder and about 8 feet in length; his horn measured 13 inches an...
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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
The Bangkok Times for 11 November 1897 mentions a rhino being shot by Mr. C. Ephraums - no species indicated - few details: animal was seen at a sulphur spring within 6 miles of Ipoh, Perak, it was an old male, 6 feet high at the shoulder and about 8 feet in length; his horn measured 13 inches an...
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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White Rhino
Ear to nose-tip 35.0 inch
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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White Rhino
Ear from notch - 9.0 inch
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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
Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. At arrival it was 114 cm, at death it was 173 cm.
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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
Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. It was 3,25 m long
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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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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. It measured 4 feet 3 inches at shoulder, measured with a standard.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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White Rhino
Mounted male - tail 26.0 inch.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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White Rhino
Mounted male - head and body 13 ft. 1 in.
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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
Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. Weight at time of death was 4300 german pounds; the intestines weighed 1100 pounds
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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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Captive - Europe
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Indian Rhino
Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. Weight at time of death was 4300 german pounds; the skin 470 pounds. Skin was 2,1 cm thick at the thickest place.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
South Africa. From a mounted specimen; tail 28.0 inch
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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White Rhino
The horns of the mounted example measure 35.0 and 7.0 respectively, the largest single horn recorded, 62.5, was obtained by the late Roualeyn Gordon Cumming and is now in the possession of Colonel W. Gordon Cumming; a pair belonging to Mr. Selous measures 37.4 and 17.8 respectively.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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White Rhino
Mounted male - height at shoulder 6 ft 1.5 inch. Selous gives 6 ft 6 in for a individual measured by him.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
South Africa. Average horns measure, the anterior from 18 to 20 in. and the posterior from 7 to 8 in. respectively. Ward notices a head from Zululand, of which the anterior horn reached 41.5, while the posterior was only 10; while in another case the anterior was 32.5, and the posterior 19.0, t...
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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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Captive - Europe
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. Weight at time of death was 4300 german pounds; the intestines weighed 1100 pounds, the skin 470 pounds.
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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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World
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Javan Rhino
The Bangkok Times for 11 November 1897 mentions a rhino being shot by Mr. C. Ephraums - no species indicated - few details: animal was seen at a sulphur spring within 6 miles of Ipoh, Perak, it was an old male, 6 feet high at the shoulder and about 8 feet in length; his horn measured 13 inches an...
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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White Rhino
a skull of a male measures 30.5 in extreme length from the occipital crest to the tips of the nasals, 27.0 from the condyle to the premaxillae; and 13.4 in the greatest width.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
From a mounted specimen; length of a skull from the tip of the nasals to the occipital crest 22.5; from premaxillae to occipital condyle 22.5; extreme breadth 12.5.
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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
The Bangkok Times for 11 November 1897 mentions a rhino being shot by Mr. C. Ephraums - no species indicated - few details: animal was seen at a sulphur spring within 6 miles of Ipoh, Perak, it was an old male, 6 feet high at the shoulder and about 8 feet in length; his horn measured 13 inches an...
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
South Africa. From a mounted specimen; length of ears 7.5 inch; from ear opening to nose-tip 25.0 inch
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
South Africa. From a mounted specimen; head and body 10 ft. 2 inch
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
South Africa. From a mounted specimen; height at shoulder 5 ft. 0.5 inch
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File AvailableTruter, P.J.; Somerville, W. 1899 Journal in the form of a report addressed, with due respect, to His Excellency Lieutenant General Francis Dundas, Acting Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Castle, Town, and Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope in Southern Africa: pp. 359-436

In: Theal, G.M. Records of the Cape Colony from May 1801 to February 1803. Cape Town, Government of the Cape Colony: vol. 4, pp. i-viii, 1-505
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Black Rhino
Male shot near Kuruman - from the head to the tail 10 feet 7 inches (322 cm)
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File AvailableNeumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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Black Rhino
northern Kenya, Male shot at El Gereh, Matthews Range, 7 Sep 1895 Total length over back from tip of upper lip to root of tail, 11 feet Total length in straight line opposite side, 10 feet Total length over back from tip of upper lip to end of tail, 13 ft 4 inch Perpendicular height in straig...
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File AvailableNeumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
northern Kenya, Male shot at northern end of Lake Rudolph, 21 Dec 1895 Total length without tail, in straight line, 9 ft Height at shoulder in straight line, 4 ft 9 inch
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File AvailableNeumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
northern Kenya, Female shot at northern end of Lake Rudolph, 24 Dec 1895 Total length without tail, in straight line, 8 ft 3 inch Height at shoulder in straight line, 4 ft 7 inch
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File AvailableNeumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
Northern Kenya, Female shot under Mt. Wyiro, 26 May 1896, Height at shoulder in straight line, 4 ft 10 inch
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File AvailableNeumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
Northern Kenya, Male shot at El Gereh, Matthews Range, 7 Sep 1895. Perpendicular height in straight line at shoulder, 5 ft 3 inch
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File AvailableNeumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
northern Kenya, Female shot under Mt. Wyiro, 26 May 1896 Total length without tail, in straight line, 8 ft 8 inch Height at shoulder in straight line, 4 ft 10 inch
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File AvailableNeumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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Black Rhino
On Mt Kenia, shoots a female with a horn of 40 inches round the curve.
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File AvailableNeumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
Northern Kenya, Male shot at northern end of Lake Rudolph, 21 Dec 1895, Height at shoulder in straight line, 4 ft 9 inch
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File AvailableNeumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
Northern Kenya, Female shot at northern end of Lake Rudolph, 24 Dec 1895. Height at shoulder in straight line, 4 ft 7 inch
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File AvailableMueller-Liebenwalde, J. 1895 Weisses Rhinozeros. Zoologische Garten A.F. 36 (7): 223
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White Rhino
Horns can reach 125 cm, but these lengths are rare.
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File AvailableBritish Museum (Natural History) 1894 Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia, 5th ed. London, British Museum (Natural History)
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White Rhino
Its anterior horn is very slender, and has been found to attain a length of over four feet, one of 4 ft. 9 in., the longest known, being on the top of Case 53
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File AvailableSwayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323
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Black Rhino
Somaliland. A good pair of bull's horns measure 19 inches for the front, and 5 inches for the back one.
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File AvailableRoemer, A. 1893 Catalog der Skelette- und Schaedel-Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Wiesbaden. Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins fur Naturkunde, Wiesbaden 46: 117-131
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Indian Rhino
Museum Wiesbaden. A horn of 70 cm length
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File AvailableBartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
Specimens from Borneo in mus. Kuching 1. Head with the skin still on it. 3. Skull only : measures 20 inches from the tip of the nasal bones to the coronal ridge; forehead from eye to eye 5 3/4 inches; lower jaw 16 ? inches. 4. Skull only: from nasal bone to coronal ridge 20 ? inches; forehe...
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File AvailableBartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
Specimens in museum Kuching, from Borneo 1. Head. front horn 4 ? inches; hind horn 2 inches long. 2. Head partly covered with skin. Horn 5 inches long; the hind one is merely a round knob. 5. Two horns on skin of the upper part of the head. Front horn 19 1/8 inches; the second horn is we...
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File AvailableBartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
Specimens from Borneo in mus. Kuching 1. Head with the skin still on it. Length of head, from front of nose to centre of coronal ridge of skin, 19 ? inches; across forehead to corner of eyes 7 3/4 inches; tip of upper lip to corner of mouth 6 1/4 inches; front horn 4 ? inches; hind horn 2 inc...
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File AvailableFlower, W.H. 1889 Exhibition of the face of a male African rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889 November 19: 448-449, fig. 1
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
Animal with 3rd horn, Tanzania. The anterior horn is 13 ? inches long, measured along its curved anterior surface, or 12 inches measured in a straight line from the side of the base to the apex, and is 20 inches in circumference at the base. The apex is considerably worn and polished. The bas...
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File AvailableOldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
The horn of the male is larger and rougher at the base but is not generally so long as that of the female.
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File AvailableBurbidge, F.W. 1880 The gardens of the sun, or a naturalist's journal on the mountains and in the forests and swamps of Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago. London, John Murray, pp. i-xix, 1-364
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
Mr Dobree [a coffee planter] showed us the skin of a young rhinoceros which he had shot in the mudpool near the Sagaliad river, about 20 miles from Sandakan. The lower horn was 3 inches in length, the upper one only just growing.
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File AvailableSclater, P.L. 1877 Remarks upon a two-horned rhinoceros killed in 1876 near Comillah in Tipperah, and on a living specimen of Rhinoceros sondaicus from the Sunderbans. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877 March 20: 269-270
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Sumatran Rhino
Length of posterior horn a mere stud, shot at Comillah, Tipperah
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File AvailableBaldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380
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Indian Rhino
Both sexes a single horn, situated near the end of the snout, slightly curved and poitning backwards, from 15 to 20 inches in length.
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File AvailableBaldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380
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Indian Rhino
Extreme length, from 12 to 13 feet
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File AvailableSclater, P.L. 1877 Remarks upon a two-horned rhinoceros killed in 1876 near Comillah in Tipperah, and on a living specimen of Rhinoceros sondaicus from the Sunderbans. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877 March 20: 269-270
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Sumatran Rhino
Length of horn 8 ? inches, shot at Comillah, Tipperah
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File AvailableBaldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380
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Indian Rhino
Height, from 5 1/4 to 5 ? feet
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File AvailableYoung Nimrod 1875 Note on the comparative size of the so-called common Indian Rhinoceros (R. indicus, Cuvier) and the Sunderbun Rhinoceros (R. sondaicus, Muller). Oriental Sporting Magazine (new series) 8 (88, April): 157
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Asian Rhino Species
Note on the comparative size of the so-called common indian rhinoceros (R. indicus, Cuvier) and the sunderbun rhinoceros, (R. sondaicus, Muller).
As Jerdon, in his Mammals of India, gives the size of the first named species, which he designates " the great Indian rhinoceros”— &quo...
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File AvailableWallace, A.R. 1874 On the rhinoceros of Borneo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874 November 3: 498-499
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Sumatran Rhino
I have forwarded to you, through Dr. Jessopp, of Norwich, two Rhinoceros-horns, obtained in the Bazaar at Sibu, the principal station of the Sarawak Government in the Rejang river. These specimens, together with three others, the largest of which, measured perpendicularly, stood 8 ? inches high...
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File AvailableBartlett, A.D. 1873 On the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 January 21: 104-106, pl. 11, fig. 1
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Sumatran Rhino
Birth Victoria Docks. It was 3 feet in length, 2 feet high at the shoulder ; and its weight, as near as I was able to judge by lifting it, was rather over 50 lb.
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File AvailableBartlett, A.D. 1873 On the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 January 21: 104-106, pl. 11, fig. 1
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Young in Victoria Docks, London In appearance the young Rhinoceros (see Plate XI.) reminds one of a young Ass, viewing its long legs and general mode of moving its large long head and meagre looking body. The front horn on the nose is about 3/4 of an inch high; the posterior horn is not develop...
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File AvailableBartlett, A.D. 1873 On the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 January 21: 104-106, pl. 11, fig. 1
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Sumatran Rhino
Birth young in Victoria Docks. It was 3 feet in length, 2 feet high at the shoulder ; and its weight, as near as I was able to judge by lifting it, was rather over 50 lb.
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File AvailableBartlett, A.D. 1873 On the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 January 21: 104-106, pl. 11, fig. 1
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Sumatran Rhino
Birth Victoria Docks. It was 3 feet in length, 2 feet high at the shoulder ; and its weight, as near as I was able to judge by lifting it, was rather over 50 lb.
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File AvailableTegetmeier, W.B. 1872 Arrival of a Sumatran rhinoceros in the Zoological Gardens

In: Newman, E. Arrival of a Sumatran rhinoceros at the Zoological Gardens. Zoologist (2) 7: 3057-3060
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Sumatran Rhino
Female caught in Chittagong for London Zoo. When first captured she was about six feet in length from the forehead to the root of the tail, and upwards of four feet in height.
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File AvailableTegetmeier, W.B. 1872 Arrival of a Sumatran rhinoceros in the Zoological Gardens

In: Newman, E. Arrival of a Sumatran rhinoceros at the Zoological Gardens. Zoologist (2) 7: 3057-3060
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Sumatran Rhino
Female caught in Chittagong for London Zoo. When first captured she was about six feet in length from the forehead to the root of the tail, and upwards of four feet in height.
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File AvailableNewman, E. 1872 The female rhinoceros: succesful removal of her horn. Zoologist (2) 7: 3061-3062
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Indian Rhino
Horn removed from female, weighed 8 ? pounds
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File AvailableGrant, J.A. 1872 Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and natural history of the Lake region of Equatorial Africa, made by the Speke and Grant expedition, 1860-1863. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 42: 234-342
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White Rhino
At Delagoa Bay we saw a horn upwards of a yard in length.
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File AvailableAnderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132
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Sumatran Rhino
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The hindmost horn is the smallest and about two inches in height; it has, a quadrangular base, with two of the angles external (one posterior and the other anterior), and its apex is conical. It is placed between the eyes, but its posterior bas...
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File AvailableTegetmeier, W.B. 1872 Arrival of a Sumatran rhinoceros in the Zoological Gardens

In: Newman, E. Arrival of a Sumatran rhinoceros at the Zoological Gardens. Zoologist (2) 7: 3057-3060
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Sumatran Rhino
Female caught in Chittagong for London Zoo. The horns were small, not more than three inches in length, the upper being in front of the eyes.
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File AvailableAnderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132
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Sumatran Rhino
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The female which forms the subject of these observations is about 4 feet 6 inches high at the shoulders, and about 8 feet from the snout to the root of the tail
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File AvailableAnderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132
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Sumatran Rhino
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The female which forms the subject of these observations is about 4 feet 6 inches high at the shoulders, and about 8 feet from the snout to the root of the tail
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File AvailableAnderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132
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Sumatran Rhino
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] it weighs nearly 2000 lbs.
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File AvailableHeuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382
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White Rhino
We have horns of 3 1/3 feet length, which should belong to R. simus.
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File AvailableHeuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611
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White Rhino
Opsiceros simus. Heuglin obtained horns up to 3 3/4 feet long in Abyssinia / Sudan.
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File AvailableGrout, L. 1863 Zulu-Land; or, life among the Zulu-Kafirs of Natal and Zulu-land, South Africa. Philadelphia, Presbyterian Publication Committee, pp. 1-351
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White Rhino
In Zululand, there are two kinds of rhinoceros, the umkombe and ubejani. That called umkombe is much the larger and milder of the two, and has two horns. The front and longer horn is 2 feet or more in length; the other, only 8 or 10 inches.
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File AvailableGray, J.E.; Gerrard, E. 1862 Catalogue of the bones of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. London, Trustees of the British Museum, pp. i-iv, 1-296
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White Rhino
Catalogue of bones BMNH. Horn of Rhinaster oswellii, no.b from interior of South Africa, front horn, 4 ft 9 inches
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Male shot Dec 1801 - S Africa. Circumference, 9 feet
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Male shot 27 Dec 1801- S.Africa Length from head to tail, 10 feet 7 inch Length of tail, 2 feet Length of head, 2 feet 4 inch
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa From ears to tail, 7 feet 10 inch From ears to nose, 2 feet 8 inch
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Eende Fountein. We also visited a deserted kraal, where we found several horns of the buffalo and rhinoceros - one of the latter about two feet long.
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Male shot Dec 1801 - S Africa. Length of ears, 0 feet 9 inch
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa. Ears, 0 feet 10 inch
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Male shot Dec 1801 - S Africa. Length of tail, 2 feet
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa. height, 5 feet 10 inch
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa Circumference of knee, 1 foot 10 inch Circumference of body, 10 feet 0 inch
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Male shot Dec 1801 - S Africa. Length of head, 2 feet 4 inch
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Black Rhino
Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa. First horn on the nose, 1 foot 8 inch, Second horn, 1 foot 6 inch
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File AvailableGray, J.E. 1854 On a new species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854 November 28: 250-251, fig. 1
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Sumatran Rhino
Type specimen of Rhinoceros crossii. Horn black; trunk very slender, tapering, smooth, rather compressed at the end, curved nearly into a semicircle; base rather thick, subquadrangular, rugose. Length of the horn along the curve alone 31 ? in. Length of the cord from base to tip 24 in ...
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File AvailableGray, J.E. 1853 Notice of a presumed new species of rhinoceros, from South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853 (March 8): 46-47, fig. 1
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Rhinoceros oswellii. Colonel Thomas Steele having most kindly presented to the British Museum a pair of horns of a two-horned Rhinoceros, which was discovered in the interior of South Africa by his friend Mr. Oswell, Dr. Gray exhibited the horns; and having pointed out the peculiarity of their f...
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File AvailablePeters, W.C.H. 1852 Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique, auf Befehl seiner majestaet des Konigs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgefuehrt, Zoologie I, Saugethiere. Berlin, Georg Reimer, pp. i-xvi, 1-202
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White Rhino
I saw a pair of horns from Lourenzo Marques, of which the anterior was 5 ft 3 inch (english measure) and the posterior one 1 ft 1 inch.
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