| Vos, V. de; Braack, H.H. 1980 Castration of a black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis minor. Koedoe 23: 185-187, fig. 1 |
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| In the rhino the testis is situated extra-abdominally in the usual position and it was decided to use the classic castration approach. A skin incision was made over the ventral aspect of the scrotum, through the parietal tunica vaginalis and the testis was exposed. The one testis was then lifte... |
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| Hiley, P.G. 1977 The thermoregulatory response of the rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis and Ceratotherium simum) and the zebra (Equus burchelli) to diurnal temperature change. East African Wildlife Journal 15 (4): 337, fig. 1 |
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| The initial thermoregulatory response of the rhinoceros species was an increased CML. A skin sample was taken from the experimental area (right dorsal aspect of the last three ribs) of a black rhinoceros and the numerous, highly convoluted sweat glands which were found are shown in Fig. 1. |
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| Vos, V. de 1975 Death due to volvulus in a white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum from the Kruger National Park. Koedoe 18: 199-202, fig. 1 |
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| Taxonomically the rhinoceros is allied to the horse. A similar lay-out of the lower alimentary system corroborates this idea. The lower alimentary canal of the rhino consists of a big J-shaped stomach, a tortuous small intestine and a caecum forming a large cul-de-sac inter-calated between the ... |
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| Vos, V. de 1975 Death due to volvulus in a white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum from the Kruger National Park. Koedoe 18: 199-202, fig. 1 |
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| Taxonomically the rhinoceros is allied to the horse. A similar lay-out of the lower alimentary system corroborates this idea. The lower alimentary canal of the rhino consists of a big J-shaped stomach, a tortuous small intestine and a caecum forming a large cul-de-sac inter-calated between the ... |
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| Kjaersgaard, P. 1974 A note on M. articularis humeri in the wild boar, bear, tapir, and rhinoceros. Gegenbaurs Morphologisches Jahrbuch 120 (1): 143-145, figs. 1-2 |
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| Among domestic animals a muscle known as m. articularis humeri is present in the horse, pig, and cat. The present note concerns findings in animals from the Copenhagen Zoo. They are:
1. European wild boar. Sus scrofa L, F, 9 years.
2. Polar bear, Thalarctos maritimus L, Y, 22 years... |
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| Cave, A.J.E. 1974 Bilocular epipharyngeal bursa in Diceros bicornis. Journal of Zoology, London 174 (2): 159-169, fig. 1 |
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| Epipharyngeal bursa in Diceros bicornis. Attention has been directed (Cave, 1973, 1974a) to the presence of an obtrusive epipharyngeal bursa in four of the five extant rhinoceros forms, the structure and topography of the bursa being detailed in a total of nine specimens, viz. 2 Rhinoceros unico... |
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| Cave, A.J.E. 1973 The Bursa Epipharyngea in the Sumatran Rhinoceros (Didermocerus sumatrensis). Mammalia 37 (4): 654-657, fig. 1 |
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| Epipharyngeal bursa in Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. This single-saccule form of epipharyngeal bursa is the form alone encountered in non-carnivores and Cave (1965) has reported its presence in Giraffa camelopardalis, Okapia johnstoni, Rhinoceros unicornis and Ceratotherium simum. Further (unpublis... |
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| Spinage, C. A. 1973 A review of the age determination of mammals by means of teeth, with especial reference to Africa. East African Wildlife Journal 11: 165-187 |
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| Cave, A.J.E.; Wingstrand, K.G. 1972 Palpebral vibrissae in the Sumatran rhinoceros (Didermocerus sumatrensis). Journal of Zoology, London 167 (3): 351 |
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| The erroneous notion that palpebral vibrissae (eyelashes) are wanting from the lower eyelid of the Rhinocerotidae is attributable to Pocock (1914), whose observations were apparently made on museum skins and mounted specimens only. Examination of living and of freshly dead specimens shows such v... |
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| Pales, L.; Lambert, Ch. 1971 Atlas Ostéologique pour servir à l’Identification des Mammifères du Quaternaire – I. Les Membres – Herbivores – Rhinocéros. Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris-VII: 41 pp. |
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| Hooijer, D.A. 1968 A note on the mandible of Aceratherium acutirostratum (Deraniyagala) from Moruaret Hill, Turkana district, Kenya. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden; 42: 231-235, 1 tab |
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Fossil
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| Cave, A.J.E. 1967 Retirement: Professor A.J.E. Cave, M.D., D.Sc., (Manch.), D.Sc. (Lond.), F.R.C.S.. St Bartholomew Hospital Journal 71 (10): 369-370, fig. 1 |
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| Cave, A.J.E. 1966 The preputial glands of Ceratotherium. Mammalia 30 (1): 153-159, figs. 1-3 |
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| Species other than C.simum. In Diceros bicornis, the form closest to Ceratotherium, preputial papillae comparable to those obtaining in Ceratotherium are not present. L?nnberg (1912) reported no such structures in his specimen of adult Diceros penis, nor could the writer detect any in the spiri... |
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| Cave, A.J.E. 1966 The preputial glands of Ceratotherium. Mammalia 30 (1): 153-159, figs. 1-3 |
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| Ceratotherium simum preputial glands. Attention is here directed to the presence of certain hitherto undescribed and histologically peculiar glands which occur in the preputial skin of Ceratotherium and which constitute a most conspicuous external feature of the penile integument.
Preputia... |
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| Dales, D.H. 1966 Black and white rhinos in the Umfolosi Game Reserve. Redwing, Journal of the S. Andrew's College Natural History Society 1966: 32 |
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| Another important distinguishing mark is the prominent hump on the back of the white rhino which the black rhino does not have. |
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| Dales, D.H. 1966 Black and white rhinos in the Umfolosi Game Reserve. Redwing, Journal of the S. Andrew's College Natural History Society 1966: 32 |
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| Another important distinguishing mark is the prominent hump on the back of the white rhino which the black rhino does not have. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. Gall bladder absent. |
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| Alexander, A.; Player, I.C. 1965 A note on the nuchal hump of the square-lipped rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum simum (Burchell). Lammergeyer 3 (2): 5-9, pls. 1-2, fig. 1 |
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| Ceratotherium simum. A final point in relation to the dermis is that sweat glands as described by Cave and Allbrook certainly occur here as well. They do not, however, have a uniform distribution, as can easily be ascertained by examining the sweat patterns on the body of a rhino which has just... |
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| Alexander, A.; Player, I.C. 1965 A note on the nuchal hump of the square-lipped rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum simum (Burchell). Lammergeyer 3 (2): 5-9, pls. 1-2, fig. 1 |
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| One of the most obvious anatomical features distinguishing a square-lipped rhinoceros from any other species is the hump on the dorsal part of its neck. Neither of the other two genera of living rhinoceroses have this feature. Several writers have commented on the presence of the hump and made ... |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis . Weight 6 lb. 11 oz. Size 43 x 8 ? inch. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis . Kidneys, weight 7 lbs (3 lb. 11 oz. and 3 lb 7 oz each). Size 9 x 7 inch. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Oesophagus, 36 inch long |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe
There was one pair of well developed inguinal mammae, about 1 ? inch long. The udder was fry. [cow was pregnant] |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Weight 16 lbs. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis . Stomach, 41 x 24 inch. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Heart, weight 13 lbs, size 12 inch x 11 inch. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Small intestine, 38 ft long, Large intestine and caecum, 15 ft long |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Weight 32 lbs. Five lobed, 30 x 20 inch, no gall bladder. |
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| Tremlett, J.G. 1964 Observations on the pathology of lesions associated with Stephanofilaria dinniki Round, 1964 from the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Journal of Helminthology 38 (1/2): 171-174, figs. 1-4 |
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Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis in Kenya. In the dermis, islands of serous-type (apocrine) sweat glands could be identified. |
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| Cave, A.J.E. 1964 Sir Richard Owen. St Bartholomew Hospital Journal 68 (2): 71-73, 76 |
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| Friant, M. 1963 Le Rhinoceros (Tichorhinus) antiquitatis Blum. – Recherches anatomiques sur la tête osseuse et la dentition – Suite et fin: La dentition. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord, Lille 83 (2): 15-21, Pls. 1-2, figs. 1-3 |
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| As to the first part (La tête osseuse) vide Friant (1961). |
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| Friant, M. 1961 Le Rhinoceros (Tichorhinus) antiquitatis Blum. – Recherches anatomiques sur la tête osseuse et la dentition – La tête osseuse. Annales de la Societé Géologique du Nord, Lille 81 (1): 157-170, 4 figs., 2 tabs., Pls. X-XI-XII |
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| Friant, M. 1961 Le Rhinoceros (Tichorhinus) antiquitatis Blum. – Recherches anatomiques sur la tête osseuse et la dentition – La tête osseuse. Annales de la Societé Géologique du Nord, Lille 81 (1): 157-170, 4 figs., 2 tabs., Pls. X-XI-XII |
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| As to the second part (La dentition) vide Friant (1963). |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1960 Mammals of Northern Rhodesia: a revised checklist with keys, notes on distribution, range maps, and summaries of breeding and ecological data. Lusaka, Government Printer, pp. i-xxxi, 1-155, 1-24 |
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| Zambia. Mammae 1 pair ing. |
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| Allbrook, D.B.; Harthoorn, A.M.; Luck, C.P.; Wright, P.G. 1958 Temperature regulation in the white rhinoceros. Journal of Physiology 143: 51P-52P |
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| Ceratotherium simum cottoni. The skin is well adapted for temperature regulation, having an epidermis about 1 mm thick, with a well-developed subjacent vascular bed. The dermis, about 2 cm or more thick, is dense, collagenous and relatively avascular, pierced at intervals by vessels to the epid... |
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| Cave, A.J.E.; Allbrook, D.B. 1958 Epidermal structures in a rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Nature 182: 196-197 |
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| Ceratotherium simum. Most unexpected, however, was the finding of large apocrine sweat glands, characterized by an abundance of relatively large, ectodermally developed myoepithelial cells, an anatomical arrangement clearly subserving the rapid and copious discharge of sweat.
The obtrusively la... |
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| Friant, M. 1957 Interprétation de la morphologie dentaire du Rhinocéros à narines cloisonnées, Rhinoceros (Tichorhinus) antiquitatis Blum. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord, Lille 77: 212-219, 1 fig. |
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| Tratz, E.P. 1955 Naturwissenschaftliche Museen in der Sowjetunion. Kosmos 51 (6) June: 249-256, 14 plates |
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| Cave, A.J.E. 1953 Richard Owen and the discovery of the parathyroid glands: vol. 2, pp. 217-222, figs. 1-3
| In: Underwood, E.A. Science, medicine and history, essays of the evolution of scientific thought and medical practice, written in honour of Charles Singer. London etc., Oxford University Press: vol. 1, pp. i-xxxii, 1-563; vol. 2, pp. i-viii, 1-646 |
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| Discovery of parathyroid by Richard Owen, Rhinoceros unicornis died in London Zoo in 1850. Credit for the discovery of the parathyroid lands is generally accorded to Ivar Victor Sandstr?m (1852-1889), who, in 188o, when praelector in anatomy in the University of Uppsala, published the first syst... |
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| Friant, M. 1948 Sur la morphologie de l’articulation temporo-maxillaire chez les Rhinocéros et le Rhinoceros (Tichorhinus) antiquitatis en particulier. Bulletin du Musée royal d’Histoire naturelle de Belgique / Mededeelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, Bruxelles 24 (51): 1-7, 2 figs |
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| Kretzoi, M. 1942 Bemerkungen zur System der Nachmiozänen Nashorn-Gattungen. Földtani Közlöni, Budapest 72 (4-12): 309-318 |
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| Chevasnerie, A. de la 1937 La Baluchiterium grangeri. Terre et la Vie 7 (1) Jan-Feb: 22-26, 3 figures |
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| Teryaev, V.A. 1932 K voprosu o postoyannom roste korennykh zubov u kopytnykh [On the problem of the Ungulata permanent teeth growth] [in Russian]. Byulleten’ MOIP (Otdel geologichesky), Moskva; 40 (1): 170-192. |
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| Krumbiegel, I. 1931 Das sog. kompensationsgesetz Goethes betr. korrelation von kopfwaffen und oberzahnen. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 6: 186-202, 6 figures, 1 plate |
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| Slodkewitsch, W.S. 1930 Zur Osteologie der Handwurzel von Elasmotherium caucasicum Borissiak. Ezhegodnik RPO, Moskva; 8: 83-90, Pl X. |
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| Teryaev, V.A. 1930 Byl li Elasmotherium trekhpalym? [L’Elasmotherium était-il tridactyle?] [in Russian]. Ezhegodnik RPO, Moskva; 8: 77-82, 1 fig. |
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| Teryaev, V.A. 1929 O stroenii zubov i sinonimike Elasmotherium Fischer i Enigmatherium M. Pavlov [Über den Bau der Zähne und über die Synonimie von Elasmotherium Fischer und Enigmatherium M. Pavlova] [in Russian]. Byulleten’ MOIP (Otdel geologichesky), Gosudarstvennoe Izd-vo, Moskva; VII (1-2), NS XXXVII: 465-496, 12 figs, 2 tabs. |
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| Engle, E.T. 1926 The copulation plug and the accessory genital glands of mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 7: 119-126, table 1 |
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| In Rhinoceros unicornis, seminal vesicle: one pair, prostate present, bulbo-urethal gland, not stated (Owen 1862).
In Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, seminal vesicle: one pair, prostate, one body?; bulbo-urethal gland, not stated (Forbes 1881). |
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| Sonntag, C.F. 1922 The comparative anatomy of the tongues of the mammalia, VII: Cetacea, sirenia and ungulata. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1922 (2): 639-657, figs. 25-30 |
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| In Perissodactyla: Numerous orifices of glands on base. No combs. Conical paillae silky and closely-set. Ventral papillary zone very small or absent.
In Rhinoceros: Intermolar eminence cleft. Vallate papillae in fields. No lateral organs. |
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| Pocock, R.I. 1914 On the facial vibrissae of mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 889-912, figs. 1-13 |
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| Rhinocerotidae. All vibrissae absent. Eye-lashes on upper lid of eye. |
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| Pocock, R.I. 1914 On the facial vibrissae of mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 889-912, figs. 1-13 |
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| Rhinocerotidae. All vibrissae absent. Eye-lashes on upper lid of eye. |
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| Pocock, 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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| On geographic grounds one would expect the Sumatran species to be more nearly related to the other Asiatic than to the African types. And this is the case. The better-known distinguishing points between the two categories of Asiatic species are supplied by the number of horns, the development of... |
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| Gregory, W. K. 1912 Notes on the principles of quadrupedal locomotion. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 22: 267-294 |
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| Gerhardt, U. 1909 Die gegenwartige Stand der Kenntnisse von der Copulationsorgane der Wirbeltiere, insbesondere der Amniota. Ergebnisse und Fortschritte der Zoologie 1: 307-402, figs. 1-16 |
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| The penis of the Perissodactyla has a great thickness. As in Hyrax and Elephas, the preputial opening in Rhinoceros and Tapirus is located far backwards, and the urine is released backwards. In erection the penis always moves forward. In Rhinoceros (Owen 1868) the penis reaches an enormous siz... |
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| Burne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58 |
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Anatomy - Internal organs
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Caecum. This organ is lined by a voluminous mucous membrane, separated from the muscular wall by an extremely loose submucosa and thus easily thrown into transient folds. The mucous membrane consists, as usual in this part of the gut, of an even an... |
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| Burne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Larynx. The epiglottis is intranarial. The outer walls of the ventricles and lateral pouches are covered by gland tissue. The two folds of mucous membrane that run upwards, outwards, and backwards from the anterior attachment of the vocal cords an... |
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| Mitchell, P.C. 1905 On the intestinal tract of mammals. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17: 437-536, figs. 1-50 |
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Indian Rhino
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| I had the opportunity of examining the intestinal tract of the Indian Rhino which died at London Zoo in 1904. As in many large mammals, the length of the gut is small in proportion to the size of the animal. There is no distinct duodenal loop. Meckel's tract is relatively simple, consisting of... |
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| Burne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58 |
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Anatomy - Internal organs
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Stomach. A section showing the line of demarcation between the cardiac and glandular regions. The epithelium of the cardiac region, as in other Perissodactyla, is similar to that of the oesophagus - a stratified epithelium with easily separable cor... |
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| Burne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Bladder and Urethra. The seminal vesicles and prostate are more complex than one would be led to suppose from Owen's description and figure. When fully dissected out, the seminal vesicles can be resolved into a number of convoluted tubes, that conv... |
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| Burne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Duodenum. A portion, taken about 1 ft 6 in. from the stomach, showing the papilliform valvulae conniventes. Microscopic sections show that the papilliform processes are covered with villi. The interior of each process contained a number of follicl... |
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| Burne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. The Parathyroid body. The external appearance and position accurately given by Owen. In histological structure it conforms to Welsh's type 4, consisting of small cells clustered so as to form globular alveoli. In some parts the masses of cells app... |
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| Burne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Kidney. Except at the hylus, the kidney is not lobulated. Thickenings of the capsule along certain anastomosing lines give it, however, superficially a lobulated appearance. In the entire absence of any pyramids projecting into the pelvis there is... |
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| Shattock, S.G. 1905 The parathyroids in Graves's Disease. British Medical Journal 1905 (December 30): 1694-1695 |
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| Gerhardt, U. 1904 Morphologische und biologische Studien uber die Kopulationsorgane der Saugetiere. Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft 39: 43-118, pl. 1, figs. 1-3 |
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| From living specimen in Zoo Berlin. The penis shows a very complicated shape. On the basis there are two large, dorsal growth, which, as I could observe, rhicken up to three times their original volume at the time of erection. Then the glans becomes thinner, and then suddenly it has a mushroom... |
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| Disselhorst, R. 1904 Ausfuehrapparat und Anhangdruesen der maennlichen Geschlechtsorgane. Jena, Gustav Fischer, pp. i-x, 1-432 |
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| Owen examined the male organs of Rhinoceros unicornis and found that the sperm ducts were similar to the horse. Ductus deferens is thickened over the last 7 cm (not in Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). Glandulae vesicularis, in Rhinoceros unicornis, pear-shaped and bend in the longitude. Figure of fe... |
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| Evans, 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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| Adult female. The udder had two fairly large teats, each of which showed eleven largish openings. |
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| Evans, 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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| Adult female. The udder had two fairly large teats, each of which showed eleven largish openings. |
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| Johnson, G.L. 1901 Contributions to the comparative anatomy of the mammalian eye, chiefly based on ophthalmoscopic examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 194: 1-82, pls. 1-30 |
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| There is absolutely nothing to be seen in the fundus of the rhinoceros but a large circular white disc in the centre of a violet-brown field covered with a faint network of coarse stippling. Rhinos have bright twinkling eyes. This ?twinkle' is due to a rapid oblique movement of the eye outward ... |
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| Ricci, A. 1901 Mammiferi post-pliocenici di Kurgan in Siberia. Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana 20: 368-393, 1 plate |
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| Sclater, 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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| Two mammae. |
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| Sclater, 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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| Two mammae. |
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| Oppel, A. 1897 Schlund und Darm Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatomie der Wirbeltiere, vol. 2). Jena, Gustav Fischer, pp. i-viii, 1-682 |
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| In the rhinoceros, the appendix is 2 feet long 1 ? feet wide (Cuvier 1810). |
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| Oppel, A. 1897 Schlund und Darm Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatomie der Wirbeltiere, vol. 2). Jena, Gustav Fischer, pp. i-viii, 1-682 |
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| The caecum is well developed in the rhinoceros. In a male it was 3 feet long and in a female 2 feet. |
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| Oppel, A. 1896 Der Magen (Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatomie der Wirbeltiere, vol. 1). Jena, Gustav Fischer, pp. i-viii, 1-543 |
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| Owen described a sinewy overlay on the front and hind surface of the end of the Pylorus on the outside of the stomach. A large part of the stomach has thick epithelium. The remainder of the stomach shows a soft slimy skin with glands. The borer between both is a sharp edge. |
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| Owen, R.S. 1894 The life of Richard Owen. London, John Murray, vol. 1, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis died in 1848 in London Zoo. ?As a consequence' Mrs owen writes, ?there is a quantity of rhinoceros (defunct) on the premises.' Owen mentions this rhinoceros in a letter to one of his sisters:
?Amongst other matters time-devouring, and putting out of memory mundane relation... |
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| Toula, F. 1882 Oberkiefer-Bäckenzähne von Rhinoceros tichorhinus Fischer. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien: p. 279 |
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| Forbes, W.A. 1881 On the male generative organs of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus sumatrensis). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 11: 107-109, pl. 20 |
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| On two occasions the late Prof. Garrod had opportunities of dissecting the Sumatran two-horned Rhinoceros; and his notes on their anatomy will be found duly recorded in the Society's publications. Both his specimens were females.
On March 20, 1879, the Society received on approval a fully adult... |
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| Forbes, W.A. 1881 The collected scientific papers of the late Alfred Henry Garrod. Edited, with a biographical memoir of the author. London : R. H. Porter, pp. i-xxv, 1-537 |
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| Garrod, A.H. 1881 On the visceral anatomy of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus sumatrensis): pp. 130-142
| In: Forbes, W.A. The collected scientific papers of the late Alfred Henry Garrod. Edited, with a biographical memoir of the author. London : R. H. Porter: pp. i-xxv, 1-537 |
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| Garrod, A.H. 1881 On the brain of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus sumatrensis): pp. 143-145
| In: Forbes, W.A. The collected scientific papers of the late Alfred Henry Garrod. Edited, with a biographical memoir of the author. London : R. H. Porter: pp. i-xxv, 1-537 |
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| Garrod, A.H. 1881 On the death of a rhinoceros in the Society's Gardens, and on some points in its anatomy: p. 146
| In: Forbes, W.A. The collected scientific papers of the late Alfred Henry Garrod. Edited, with a biographical memoir of the author. London : R. H. Porter: pp. i-xxv, 1-537 |
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| Garrod, A.H. 1881 On some points in the visceral anatomy of the rhinoceros of the Sunderbunds (Rhinoceros sondaicus): pp. 146-150
| In: Forbes, W.A. The collected scientific papers of the late Alfred Henry Garrod. Edited, with a biographical memoir of the author. London : R. H. Porter: pp. i-xxv, 1-537 |
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| Osborn, H.F.; Scott, W.B.; Speir, F. jr. 1878 On the skull of the Eocene rhinoceros, Orthocynodon, and the relation of this genus to other members of the group (in: Palaeontological Report of the Princeton Scientific Expedition of 1877). Contributions from the E.M. Museum of Geology and Archaeology of Princeton, Princeton Univ; 1: 3-22 |
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| Giebel, C. G. 1878 Ueber das gehirn des Rhinoceros tichorhinus. Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaften 3: 370-373, 1 plate |
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| Garrod, A.H. 1874 Notes on the anatomy of the Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874 January 6: 2 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis - died in London Zoo in 1873, female. The remarkable difference between the arrangement of the mucous membrane of the small intestine in the Indian and Sumatran rhinos (that of the former being produced into villi nearly an inch long through its whole length, whilst in the l... |
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| Garrod, A.H. 1874 Notes on the anatomy of the Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874 January 6: 2 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis - died in London Zoo in 1873, female. He mentiond that there was a minute os cordis at the attached margin of one of the aortic valves, and that in the Perissodactyla this bone is not always absent, as by some supposed, he having found a large one in the Sumatran tapir. |
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| Milne Edwards, H. 1868 Observations sur le stereocere de Gall. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (5) 10: 203-221, pls. 12-14 |
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| Pl. 14 fig. 3 shows a model of the brain of the Indian rhinoceros. Pl. 14 fig. 4 the same model in profile. |
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| Haughton, S. 1867 On the muscular anatomy of the rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 9: 515-526, figs. 1-2 |
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| Brandt, J. F. 1863 Quelques observations sur l'Elasmotherium. Compte Rendus hebdomadaires des seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 57: 490-491 |
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| Mayer, C. 1852 Auge des Rhinoceros. Tagsberichte uber die Fortschritte der Natur und Heilkunde 3 (602): 128 |
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| Examines the eye of a rhinoceros which recently died. The findings are different from those of Thomas. Although there are four larger fibres, which extend from the interior wall of the sklerotika to the Chorioidea, where they radiate further, these are without any muscular appearance and consis... |
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| Giebel, C.G. 1848 Uber das Milch-Gebiss des Rhinoceros tichorhinus. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde: 28-33, 1 plate |
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| Brandt, J.F. 1848 Ueber Spuren von Schneidezähnen oder ihrer Alveolen bei Rhinoceros tichorhinus. Bulletin de La Classe Physico-Mathématique de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 7 (20) 164: 306-310 |
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| Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1845 Anatomia mammalium. Anatomie der Saugthiere, 1: Wallthiere und Dickhauter. Lipsiae, Fried. Hofmeister |
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| Brandt, J. F. 1845 Bermerkungen uber die weichtheile und aeussern organe des Rhinoceros tichorhinus der vorwelt (?). Bulletin de La Class Physico-Mathematique de L'Academie Imperiale des Sciences, Saint Petersbourg 5 (6) 102: 91-92 |
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| Bronn, H.G. 1831 Uber die fossilen Zahne eines neuen Geschlechtes aus der Dickhauter-Ordung Coelodonta Hohlenzahn. Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 2: 51-61, 1 plate |
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| Cloquet, H. 1819 Encyclopedie methodique: Systeme anatomique. Mammiferes et oiseaux. Paris, Veuve Agasse |
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| Rudolphi, K.A. 1806 Bemerkungen aus dem Gebiet der Naturgeschichte, Medicin und Thierarzneykunde, auf einer Reise durch einen Theil von Deutschland, Holland und Frankreich, gesammelt. Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung, vol. 1, pp. i-viii, 1-296 |
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| Drawings of rh. died in Paris. Cuvier showed me the beautiful drawings by Vicq d'Azyr depicting several parts of the rhinoceros, and also the penis. Remarkable was the drawing of the inner surface of the intestines, which appeared to be covered by appendices of 2-3 lines long and relatively thi... |
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| Thomas, H.L. 1801 An anatomical description of a male rhinoceros. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 91 (1): 145-152, pl. 10 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis. The kidneys were large, and considerably flattened; they were lobulated. |
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| Thomas, H.L. 1801 An anatomical description of a male rhinoceros. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 91 (1): 145-152, pl. 10 |
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| I conclude however that if we should ever become acquainted with the natural habits of this animal, his vision will be found to be as perfect as that of any other of the same class. In the muscles, I have already remarked, that there is no difference; of course, the eye-ball, with those powers, ... |
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| Thomas, H.L. 1801 An anatomical description of a male rhinoceros. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 91 (1): 145-152, pl. 10 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis. The lungs everywhere adhered to the inside of the thorax, and where in a high state of inflammation which latter circumstance was probably the cause of the animal's death. |
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