 | Newman, E. 1872 The female rhinoceros: succesful removal of her horn. Zoologist (2) 7: 3061-3062 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Removal of horn from female Rhinoceros unicornis . Some time back I published a brief notice of a peculiar infirmity of the female Indian rhinoceros at the Zoo (Zool. S. S. 2341), namely, that her horn was loose and toppled forward, so as to come into contact with her nose: this irritated the p... |
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| Anderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| This same informant also assured me that he had seen at Mogonny a Rhinoceros-head with three horns. |
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| Anderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132 |
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The head is not much tapered ; the anterior horn, low and rounded, is placed above the nostril; the posterior horn is conical and situated above the eye; the two are separated by a considerable interval. |
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| Anderson, 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
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| [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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| Newman, E. 1870 The horn of the Indian rhinoceros moveable. Zoologist (2) 5: 2341 |
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| It is, I believe, an opinion now universally received, that the material of which the horn is composed is exactly the same as hair, that it is in fact neither more nor less than conglomerate hair. |
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| Blyth, E. 1870 Rhinoceros detaching its horn. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 36, 1870 August 20: 173 |
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Indian Rhino
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| A one-horned rhino in Moscow Zoo knocked off its horn, and soon afterwards began to grow another. |
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| Anonymous 1870 Das erste lebende Rhinoceros in England. Ausland 43: 139-142, figs. 1-2 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis . Young male in London Zoo knocked off its horn. |
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| Newman, E. 1870 The horn of the Indian rhinoceros moveable. Zoologist (2) 5: 2341 |
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| Interested, like very many others, in the curious feat of self-mutilation performed by the male rhinoceros at the Zoo, I paid him a visit on Saturday, August the 27th, expecting to see the horn itself adorned with a label notifying the particulars of so extraordinary an event: in this I was disap... |
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| Gray, J.E. 1869 On the incisor teeth of the African rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 March 11: 225 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
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| Quotes from Lefebvre, Petit and Dillon, 'Voyage en Abyssinie' that there are several rhinoceros species in Abyssinia. There are those which have to, three and four horns, that is certain. It is less certain that there are those with five or six horns, but we are assured of the same. |
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| Blyth, E. [Zoophilus] 1869 Rhinoceros horn toppling forward. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 34,1869 September 4: 192 |
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| the female rhino has a horn which inclines forward. |
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