 | Gray, 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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| Horn black; trunk very slender, tapering, smooth, rather compressed at the end, curved nearly into a semicircle; base rather thick, subquadrangular, rugose. |
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| Saenz Diez, M. 1854 Untersuchung des hornartigen Auswuchses auf der Nase des Rhinoceros. Justus Liebig Annalen der Chemie 90 (3): 303-304 |
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| Parkyns, M. 1853 Life in Abyssinia, being notes collected during three years residence and travel in that country. London, John Murray, vol. 2, pp. 1-355 |
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African Rhino Species
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| The handles of the swords and the scabbards are made of the horn of the rhinoceros. They are cut out of the horn at a great loss of material, and hence they fetch a good price. It should be remembered that the heart of the horn is black, outside of which is coating, not quite an inch thick, of ... |
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| Gray, 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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White Rhino
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| 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
The front horn is elongated and thick; but instead of being bent back, as is the general character of... |
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| Murs, O. des; Prevost, F.; Guichenot; Guerin-Menneville 1850 Histoire naturelle, Zoologie: vol. 6, pp. i, 1-396
 | In: Lefebvre, T. et al. Voyage en Abyssinie execute pendant les annees 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 par une commission scientifique. Paris, Arthus Bertrand |
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| There are several species of rhinoceros in Abyssinia. There are those with 2, 3 or 4 horns, that is certian, but it is not so sure that there are some with 5 or 6 horns as people say. |
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| Raffles, T.S. 1822 Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, with additional notices illustrative of the natural history of these countries. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 239-274 |
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| The natives assert that a third horn is sometimes met with and in one of the young specimens procured an indication of the kind was observed. |
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| Thunberg, C.P. 1810 Museum Naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis, XXVIII (Ericus Hasselhun 18 April 1810): Donation Reg Gustavi IV Adolphi. Upsaliae, Edmannianis, pp. 1-8 |
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| Donation to King Gustaf IV Adolphi, Sweden. Rhinoceros horn; one with three points. |
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| Daniell, W. 1807 Interesting selections from animated nature, with illustrative scenery, designed and engraved by William Daniell. London, T.Cadell and W. Davies, vol. 2, pls. 1-63 |
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Black Rhino
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| The rhinoceros is the only animal that carries a horn upon the nose, and a singularity attends its attachment which is deserving of notice. The Asiatic species has but one, the African boasts of two; both are alike fixed to the integuments, and not to the bone of the nose; so that when the anima... |
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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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Indian Rhino
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| Pidcock Menagerie. The horn, which is affixed to the upper lip of the adult rhinoceros, was here just beginning to sprout. |
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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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| Pidcock Menagerie. The horn, which is affixed to the upper lip of the adult rhinoceros, was here just beginning to sprout. |
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