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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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