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| Title: |
Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive |
| Author(s): |
Oldfield, H.A. |
| Year published: |
1880 |
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London, W.H. Allen and Co |
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| Pages: |
vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Hunting
Indian Rhino
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| Maharaja Jang Bahadur was very succesful this year; they killed several and wounded a large number of rhinoceros. Generally the elephants are afraid of them. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Value
Indian Rhino
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| Nepal - hide. Out of the skin, after being cleaned and cured, they make capital water-buckets. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| The great beat for rhinoceros is along the valley of the Rapti River, in the neighbourhood of Chitaun (at or near the confluence of the Rapti and the Manhauri rivers). |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| Maharaja Jang Bahadur was very successful this year; they killed several and wounded a large number of rhinoceros. Generally the elephants are afraid of them. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Horn
Indian Rhino
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| The horns of rhinos of the eastern Terai and Chittagong are much the longer, finer in texture and better coloured, having little or no white in them, and, from being harder, take a finer polish. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| The horn of the male is larger and rougher at the base but is not generally so long as that of the female. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Value - Related to Horn
Indian Rhino
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| Out of the horns they manufacture: from the spreading base they make richly carved cups or urgas, which are susceptible of high finish and polish; from the thinner upright part they make kandles for kookeries. |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Behaviour - Fighting
Indian Rhino
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| The male uses his horn much more than the female in fighting, rubbing against trees &c. and generally manages to break or wear the end off so as to shorten it. |
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Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive
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