| Gray, J.E. 1854 On a new species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854 November 28: 250-251, fig. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Horn. In coll. Edward Cross, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Gray, J.E. 1854 On a new species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854 November 28: 250-251, fig. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Horn. Collected by: Mr Cross, 1854. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Veth, P.J. 1854 Borneo's wester-afdeeling. Zaltbommel, Joh. Noman en zoon, vol. 1, pp. i-xix, i-xcviii, 1-383 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinoceroses are unknown from the banks of the Kapoeas and the forests around it. |
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| Gray, J.E. 1854 On a new species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854 November 28: 250-251, fig. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The late Mr. Cross, of Exeter Change and the Surrey Zoological Gardens, much prized a specimen of the horn of a Rhinoceros, which for many years formed part of his collection, and which he considered as indicating the existence of a hitherto unrecorded species of that genus.
At the distribution ... |
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| Gray, J.E. 1854 On a new species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854 November 28: 250-251, fig. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Horn black; trunk very slender, tapering, smooth, rather compressed at the end, curved nearly into a semicircle; base rather thick, subquadrangular, rugose. |
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| Pallegoix, J.B. 1854 Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam, comprenant la topographie, histoire naturelle, moeurs et coutumes, legislation, commerce, industrie, langue, litterature, religion, annales des Thai et precis historique de la mission. Paris, Mission de Siam, vol. 1, pp. 1-488 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| These huge animals eat the thorns of the bamboo, which probaly only give them a light prickling sensation in the mouth. |
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| Pallegoix, J.B. 1854 Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam, comprenant la topographie, histoire naturelle, moeurs et coutumes, legislation, commerce, industrie, langue, litterature, religion, annales des Thai et precis historique de la mission. Paris, Mission de Siam, vol. 1, pp. 1-488 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| These huge animals eat the thorns of the bamboo, which probaly only give them a light prickling sensation in the mouth. |
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| Pallegoix, J. B. 1854 Description du Royaume de Thaï ou Siam. Bulletin de la Societé de Géographie (4) 8: 269-283 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
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Sumatran Rhino
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| In Siam, there are many rhinoceros, monstrous quadrupeds which feed on bamboo. |
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| Gray, J.E. 1854 On a new species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854 November 28: 250-251, fig. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| (First description Rhinoceros crossii.)
The late Mr. Cross, of Exeter Change and the Surrey Zoological Gardens, much prized a specimen of the horn of a Rhinoceros, which for many years formed part of his collection, and which he considered as indicating the existence of a hitherto unrecorded spe... |
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| Gray, J.E. 1854 On a new species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854 November 28: 250-251, fig. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Type specimen of Rhinoceros crossii.
Horn black; trunk very slender, tapering, smooth, rather compressed at the end, curved nearly into a semicircle; base rather thick, subquadrangular, rugose.
Length of the horn along the curve alone 31 ? in.
Length of the cord from base to tip 24 in
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