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File AvailableHood, F.H. 1869 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Oriental Sporting Magazine (new series) 2 (15, March): 167-169, pl. 1
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THE SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS.
The accompanying is a sketch (taken by Lieutenant Banbury, of the Commissariat Department) of a female double-horned rhinoceros, of the Sumatran species, which came into my possession in November, 1867, at Chittagong.
The animal in question was captured by some vill...
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File AvailableAnonymous 1869 Purchase of the Chittagong Rhinoceros by London Zoo. Oriental Sporting Magazine (new series) 2 (18, June): 395
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One word in conclusion. We are glad to hear the "Zoo" have at last taken the two horned Rhinoceros, the sketch of which we gave in our March number. The sum agreed on is £1,000, one-half paid down,and the remaining half on landing in England .
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File AvailableBlyth, E. 1868 Rhinoceros horns. Journal of Travel and Natural History 1: 130-131
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Sumatran Rhino
Blyth recently killed a male, juvenile of R. sumatranus with small sized horns, obtained in the Yunzalia District of the Province of Martaban.
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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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In the valleyof the Musi, all the region we have been travelling in today on 27 April, abounds in rhinoceroses, elephants and deer.
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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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Sumatran Rhino
On our return from Agar Sumpur we noticed the tracks of a rhinoceros, tiger and deer which had all passed along that way last night.
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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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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 AvailableBickmore, A.S. 1868 Travels in the East Indian Archipelago. London, John Murray, pp. 1-555
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Sumatra. The rhinoceros lives indifferently anywhere between the sea-shores and the tops of the highest peaks.
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File AvailableMurray, A. 1868 Note on the alleged occurrence of the rhinoceros in Borneo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 June 25: 440-442
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File AvailablePerelaer 1867 Twaalfhonderd palen door Midden Java. Militaire Spectator (3) 12: 547-555
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Sumatran Rhino
In 1856, on the Radja Bassa in the Lampongs, a military bataillon encountered a rhinoceros while searching for an enemy in the forest. The animal got away.
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Indian Museum 1867 Annual report, and list of accessions. April 1866 to March 1867. Calcutta, Trustees
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Indian Museum, 1867. Annual report, and list of accessions. April 1866 to March 1867. (Report of Superintendent by J. Anderson). Calcutta, Indian Museum.
Anderson, report 1867
p. 29 Employed a taxidermist, a European sailor called Joseph Russell.

Anderson, January 1867
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