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File AvailableBaldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380
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Indian Rhino
If left unmolested they are, usually speaking, harmless, but when wounded, dangerous, especially to a sportsman on foot. They will occasionally, in this condition, like the buffalo, charge an elephant with their eyes closed, and inflict severe wounds. I have never seen this happen, but I rememb...
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File AvailableBradley, J. 1876 A narrative of travel and sport in Burmah, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula. London, Samuel Tinsley, pp. i-vi, 1-338
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
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Javan Rhino
In 1870, on River Menam, we witnessed a fight between a bull buffalo and a rhinoceros in which, however, neither seemed much hurt.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1874 Fearful fight with a rhinoceros [elephant at London Zoo]. Reynolds's Newspaper Sunday 29 November 1874
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableBickmore, A.S. 1868 Travels in the East Indian Archipelago. London, John Murray, pp. 1-555
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Sumatran Rhino
The natives here know nothing of the frequent combats between these animals and elephants, that are so frequently pictured in popular works on natural history.
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File AvailableBeavan, R.C. 1865 The rhinoceros in Bhotan (Rhinoceros indicus, Cuv). Intellectual Observer 6: 170-174
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Indian Rhino
When provoked, the rage of the Indian rhinoceros is almost beyond conception; it charges blindly with great violence, and combining as it does enormous weight with an almost bullet-proof hide, its onset is much dreaded by even the staunchest in the line of elephants engaged in beating, and as oft...
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File AvailableBorcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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Black Rhino
Translocated animals The male calf became separated from its mother and was eventually taken by lions at Saminungu 13 days after release.
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File AvailableButler, J. 1847 A sketch of Assam, with some account of the hill tribes. London, Smith, Elder and Co, pp. i-vi, v-x, 1-220
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Indian Rhino
If the rhinoceros succeeds in overtaking the elephant, he bites large pieces of flesh from the elephant's sides or legs, and with the horn on the nose not infrequently inflicts fearful wounds.
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File AvailableVerhuell, 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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Javan Rhino
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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File AvailableMarsden, W. 1811 The history of Sumatra, containing an account of the Government, laws, customs, and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural productions, and a relation of the ancient political state of that island, 3rd ed. London, Printed for the author, by J. McCreery, Black Horse Court, pp. i-viii, 1-479, 1-8
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Sumatran Rhino
I do not know anything to warrant the stories told of the mutual antipathy, and the desperate encounters of these two enormous beasts.
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File AvailableDaniell, 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
With this powerful weapon of defence, the rhinoceros will contend with the elephant, and frequently proves victorious.
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