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File AvailableBurne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58
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Anatomy - Internal organs
Indian Rhino
Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Larynx. The epiglottis is intranarial. The outer walls of the ventricles and lateral pouches are covered by gland tissue. The two folds of mucous membrane that run upwards, outwards, and backwards from the anterior attachment of the vocal cords an...
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File AvailableMitchell, P.C. 1905 On the intestinal tract of mammals. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17: 437-536, figs. 1-50
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Indian Rhino
I had the opportunity of examining the intestinal tract of the Indian Rhino which died at London Zoo in 1904. As in many large mammals, the length of the gut is small in proportion to the size of the animal. There is no distinct duodenal loop. Meckel's tract is relatively simple, consisting of...
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File AvailableBurne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58
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Indian Rhino
Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Stomach. A section showing the line of demarcation between the cardiac and glandular regions. The epithelium of the cardiac region, as in other Perissodactyla, is similar to that of the oesophagus - a stratified epithelium with easily separable cor...
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File AvailableBurne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58
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Indian Rhino
Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Bladder and Urethra. The seminal vesicles and prostate are more complex than one would be led to suppose from Owen's description and figure. When fully dissected out, the seminal vesicles can be resolved into a number of convoluted tubes, that conv...
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File AvailableBurne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58
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Indian Rhino
Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Duodenum. A portion, taken about 1 ft 6 in. from the stomach, showing the papilliform valvulae conniventes. Microscopic sections show that the papilliform processes are covered with villi. The interior of each process contained a number of follicl...
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File AvailableBurne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58
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Anatomy - Glands
Indian Rhino
Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. The Parathyroid body. The external appearance and position accurately given by Owen. In histological structure it conforms to Welsh's type 4, consisting of small cells clustered so as to form globular alveoli. In some parts the masses of cells app...
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File AvailableBurne, R.H. 1905 On the viscera of an Indian rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 February 7: 56-58
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Indian Rhino
Rhinoceros unicornis, male Jim in London Zoo. Kidney. Except at the hylus, the kidney is not lobulated. Thickenings of the capsule along certain anastomosing lines give it, however, superficially a lobulated appearance. In the entire absence of any pyramids projecting into the pelvis there is...
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File AvailableSanyal, R.B. 1905 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1904-05. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-23
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Indian Rhino
Calcutta Zoo. The Indian rhino now living in the garden, will not touch any kind of grain, but will readily eat sutoo made into a pulp with gur.
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File AvailableScherren, H. 1905 The Zoological Society of London - a sketch of its foundation and development, and the story of its Farm, Museum, Gardens, Menagerie and Library. London, Cassell and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-252
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Indian Rhino
Jim, the famous Indian Rhinoceros, which had been presented in July 1864, died in December 1904, having been more than 40 years in the Gardens, of which he was the oldest inhabitant.
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File AvailableScherren, H. 1905 The Zoological Society of London - a sketch of its foundation and development, and the story of its Farm, Museum, Gardens, Menagerie and Library. London, Cassell and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-252
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Indian Rhino
In 1834 an Indian Rhinoceros was purchased for a thousand guineas. It was said to be about 4 years old. The Council reported that it 'was scarcely inferior in its dimensions to the larger specimen yet recorded as having existed in Europe.'
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