 | Verhuell, Q.M.R. 1836 Herinneringen van eene reis naar de Oost-Indie. Haarlem, Vincent Loosjes, vol. 2, pp. i-x, 1-247 |
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| The dung of the rhinoceros worried us, because it is looked for by the tiger, who eats it. As the tiger is bloodthirsty, the almighty Creator has shown it to use the dung of the rhinoceros as a repellant. |
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| Anonymous 1836 Fight between the rhinoceros and elephant. Poughkeepsie Casket 1 (14), 1836 July 2: 110 |
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| Hodgson, B.H. 1834 On the mammalia of Nepal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834 August 26: 95-104 |
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| It is believed that the animal lives for one hundred years; one, taken mature, was kept at Katmandoo for 35 years without exhibiting any symptoms of approaching decline. |
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| Knight, C. 1833 The menageries: quadrupeds, described and drawn from living subjects vol. 2. London, Charles Knight (Library of Entertaining Knowledge) |
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| Nagel, G.H. 1828 Schetsen uit mijne Javaansche portefeuille. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, pp. i-vii, 1-117 |
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| They eat only grass and herbs. |
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| Nagel, G.H. 1828 Schetsen uit mijne Javaansche portefeuille. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, pp. i-vii, 1-117 |
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| The paths made by rhinos cross the forest. They push down even the heaviest trees. The noise of the falling trees tells of their arrival from a great distance. |
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| Children, J.G. 1826 Letter to Dixon Denham, dated 1 May 1826: p. 475
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| With respect to the Kerkadan [rhinoceros] chewing the cud, it is to be observed, that all the ruminating animals, except the camel, lama and musk deer, want the canine tooth altogether, and have no incisor teeth in the upper jaw; and although the system of dentition of the rhinoceros is different... |
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| Children, J.G. 1826 Letter to Dixon Denham, dated 1 May 1826: p. 475
| In: Bovill, E.W. Missions to the Niger, volume 3: The Bornu Mission 1822-25, part 2. Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, Works Second Series, vol. 129: pp. i-xii, 309-595 |
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| With respect to the Kerkadan [rhinoceros] chewing the cud, it is to be observed, that all the ruminating animals, except the camel, lama and musk deer, want the canine tooth altogether, and have no incisor teeth in the upper jaw; and although the system of dentition of the rhinoceros is different... |
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| Hodgson, B.H. 1825 Remarks on the procreation of the rhinoceros. Quarterly Oriental Magazine: review and register 3 (5): 155-156 |
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| The gestation of the rhinoceros was supposed by Buffon not to exceed 9 months and its corresponding life not to pass that of man, and this remark has been repeated by Desmarest. |
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| Reinwardt, C.G.C. 1823 Over de hoogte en verdere natuurlijke gesteldheid van eenige bergen in de Preanger Regentschappen. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 9: 1-37 |
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| The rhinoceros, which is found everywhere in these elevated regions, ascends with an astonishing swiftness, even to the highest top of the mountains; it is on that account that this animal is so rarely to be found, and that it was frequently pursued in vain. |
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