 | Falconer, H. 1868 Notes on dentition of existing species of Rhinoceros, R. keitloa, R. camus, and R. bicornis, pp. 402-403
 | In: Murchison, C. Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer, A.M., M.D. Vice-President of the Royal Society; foreign Secretary of the Geological society of London; and for many years Superintendent of the H.E.I. Company's Botanical gardens at Suharunpoor and Calcutta. With a biographical sketch of the author. London, Robert Hardwicke: vol. 2: Mastodon, elephant, rhinoceros, ossiferous caves, primeval man and his contemporaries |
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| Dawkins, W. Boyd 1867 On the dentition of Rhinoceros leptorhinus, Owen. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 23: 213-227, 1 plate |
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| Heuglin, 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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| Opsiceros simus. Heuglin obtained horns up to 3 3/4 feet long in Abyssinia / Sudan. |
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| Dawkins, W.Boyd 1866 On the dentition of Rhinoceros leptorhinus (Owen). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 15: 106-107 |
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| Grout, 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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| 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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| Dawkins, W. Boyd 1863 On the Molar series of Rhinoceros Tichorhinus. The Natural History Review 3: 525-538, 2 plates |
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| Blyth, E. 1862 On Rhinoceros crossii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 9: 243 |
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| Sexual difference. The mature female horns are small, and the nasal bones comparatively narrow; I am not aware that a corresponding sexual difference occurs in any other Rhinoceros. In the Indian one-horned species the sexes are alike in size and development of horn. |
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| Blyth, E. 1862 On Rhinoceros crossii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 9: 243 |
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| Sexual difference. The mature female horns are small, and the nasal bones comparatively narrow; I am not aware that a corresponding sexual difference occurs in any other Rhinoceros. In the Indian one-horned species the sexes are alike in size and development of horn. |
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| Gray, 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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| Vertebrae in Rhinoceros unicornis
Cervical vertebrae 7
Dorsal 19
Lumbar 4
Sacral 5
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Cervical vertebrae 7
Dorsal 19
Lumbar 3
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| Gray, 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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| In genus Rhinoceros (Asian species): incisors 1-1/2-2, canines 0-0/0-0, premolars 4-4/4-4, molars 3-3/3-3 = 34
In genus Rhinaster (African species), incisors 0/0, canines 0/0, premolars 4-4/4-4, molars 3-3/3-3 = 28 |
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