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Reference Base  A sketch of Assam, with some account of the hill tribes |
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| Title: |
A sketch of Assam, with some account of the hill tribes |
| Author(s): |
Butler, J. |
| Year published: |
1847 |
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London, Smith, Elder and Co |
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| Pages: |
pp. i-vi, v-x, 1-220 |
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| File: |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| rhinoceros very numerous in many parts of Assam. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinos are tamed in a few months and may be seen at Gowahatty grazing on the plains as harmless as cows, guarded by a single man. When they are tame, they can be bought for 100-150 rupees. Many have been sent to Calcutta where they fetch 500 rupees. |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Ecology - Habitat
Indian Rhino
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| Assam. Rhinoceros are to be found in very high grass jungle, near inaccessible miry swamps. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Behaviour - Towards Man
Asian Rhino Species
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| Rhinos are tamed in a few months and may be seen at Gowahatty grazing on the plains as harmless as cows, guarded by a single man. When they are tame, they can be bought for 100-150 rupees. Many have been sent to Calcutta where they fetch 500 rupees. |
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World
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| If the rhinoceros succeeds in overtaking the elephant, he bites large pieces of flesh from the elephant's sides or legs, and with the horn on the nose not infrequently inflicts fearful wounds. |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinos are tamed in a few months and may be seen at Gowahatty grazing on the plains as harmless as cows, guarded by a single man. When they are tame, they can be bought for 100-150 rupees. Many have been sent to Calcutta where they fetch 500 rupees. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Value
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinos are tamed in a few months and may be seen at Gowahatty grazing on the plains as harmless as cows, guarded by a single man. When they are tame, they can be bought for 100-150 rupees. Many have been sent to Calcutta where they fetch 500 rupees. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution
Indian Rhino
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