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File AvailableDover, C. 1932 The duration of life of some Indian animals. Indian Forester 58 (2): 81-90
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Sumatran Rhino
Four records of R. sumatrensis show a life between 10 and 35 years.
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File AvailableDover, C. 1932 The duration of life of some Indian animals. Indian Forester 58 (2): 81-90
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Fifteen records of Rhinoceros unicornis show an average life of about 29 years, a minimum of 15 1/4 years and a maximum of 47 years.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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Zoo animals with maximum longevity: 1. Male in London Zoo, 19.5.1911-20.7.1924, total 13 yrs 2 months 1 day 2. Male in London Zoo, obtained on 12.2.1868 when quite young in Sudan. In London Zoo, 11.9.1868-12.4.1891, total 22 yrs 7 mo, 1 day, age ca. 23 ? years.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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Data. 1. Male, London Zoo, purchased when said to be 4 years old, 24.5.1834, died 19.9.1849, 15 yrs 3 mo 25 days, age c. 19 yrs 2. Male, London Zoo, presented 9.6.1906, died 4.1.1924, age 17 yrs 6 mo, 25 days 3. Traivandrum Zoo, species no definitely stated, received March 1878, died 16.6.190...
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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Though most rhinoceros lead, in captivity, short lives of less than ten years, there is no doubt that these animals have great potential longevity, as is proved by those examples that have lived to thirty, and even to over forty years. Actually 27 selected individuals show an average life of alm...
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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Javan Rhino
1. Male, London Zoo, purchased 7.3.1874 to 23.1.1885, total 10 yrs 10 mo 16 days 2. Calcutta Zoo (Sanyal 1892), lived over 14 yrs.
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File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
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1. lasiotis in Calcutta Zoo (Sanyal 1872), circa 10 yrs 2. Female in Madras Zoo (Flower 1914), circa 14 years, and left alive 3. Male (lasiotis) London Zoo, 27.4.1886-22.11.1910, total 24 yrs, 6 mo, 25 days 4. Female 'Begum', type of lasiotis, captured in Jan. 1868 sixteen hours march south of...
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File AvailableKorschelt, E. 1927 Lebensdauer, Altern und Tod Zweite, umgearbeitete und stark vermehrte Auflage. Jena, Gustav Fischer
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Until now animals in captivity have lived for 42 and 45 years.
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File AvailableHobley, C.W. 1922 The fauna of East Africa and its future. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1922: 1-15
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This beast does not make long migratory journeys.
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File AvailableEllison, B.C. 1922 HRH The Prince of Wales' shoots in India in 1921 and 1922 - part 1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 28 (3): 675-697, pls. 1-9, map 1, table 1
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Writers have commented on the longevity of the Rhinoceros, a hundred years being given as the age.
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