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File AvailableWroughton, R.C. 1918 Bombay Natural History Society's mammal survey of India, Burma and Ceylon: Report no. 29: Pegu. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 25 (3): 472-481
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Sumatran Rhino
Have found absolutely fresh tracks, but have not shot one. Very local. I think it is always a local animal in the most restricted sense. It lives for a week, a month, or considerably longer in an area of, say, three to four square miles, then moves to a considerable distance, returning often a...
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File AvailableBalen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505
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A pair will not tolerate another rhinoceros within half an hour.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1911 At what time in life does an animal grow old. New York Times 12 Feb 1911
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Smiles, a rhinoceros in Central Park Zoo in New York. She came to the USA in 1873, when 3 years old, and was alive in 1911. Termed a two-horned rhinoceros, the picture provided is that of a (young) Indian rhinoceros.
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1911 On longevity and relative viability in mammals and birds with a note on the theory of longevity. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911 (1): 425-548
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Rhinos are large vegetable-feeding mammals, with in proportion to their size a relatively low potential longevity and viability. No. Average in months Maximum all species 10 110 342 R.bicornis 1 271 271 R.lasiotis 3 132...
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File AvailableMarx, E.; Koch, A. 1910 Neues aus der Schausammlung: das Indische Nashorn. Bericht des Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41 (3): 161-171, figs. 1-7
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Female in Berlin and Frankfurt, 19 Sep 1872 - 24 Aug 1909. Male in Berlin, 19 Sep 1872 - 7 Sep 1909. Total longevity maximum 40 years.
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File AvailableLydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409
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Individuals have lived for over twenty years in the London Zoological Gardens, and it is stated that others have been kept in confinement for fully fifty years. Consequently, there is no doubt that the animal is long-lived, and it has been suggested that its term of life may reach as much as a c...
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File AvailableThomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158
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Sumatran Rhino
On August 31st, 1900, there died in the Gardens of the Society the famous female Rhinoceros from Chittagong. As the animal was captured in January 1868, its age at death was more than 32 years.
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File AvailableOustalet, E. 1900 La longevite chez les animaux vertebres. Nature (La) 28: 378-379
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The longevity in rhino is probably less than in elephant. An Indian Rhino in the Paris menagerie at the start of the 19th century was over 25 years old and showed signs of age; according to Mr. Cornish, a rhinoceros of the same species lived for 37 years in the London Zoo.
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File AvailableBolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336
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The rhinoceros had to be euthanized. It came on 14 March 1870 when young, and lived here 30 years and 3 months. It was a male from India.
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File AvailableBolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336
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One Indian rhino had lived 8 yrs 9 mo 16 days until 31.12.1878 and was still alive..
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