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| Title: |
On Rhinoceros crossii |
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Blyth, E. |
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1862 |
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Annals and Magazine of Natural History |
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(3) 9 |
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243 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Letter sent from Maulmein, 10 May 1862. My host at this place is a great sportsman, and some noble trophies of the chase hang in his verandah; but what fixed my attention was the head of R. sumatranus, with a development of horns which I had never imagined to occur in this species ; and the rese... |
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Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| Sexual difference. The mature female horns are small, and the nasal bones comparatively narrow; I am not aware that a corresponding sexual difference occurs in any other Rhinoceros. In the Indian one-horned species the sexes are alike in size and development of horn. |
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Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| Sexual difference. The mature female horns are small, and the nasal bones comparatively narrow; I am not aware that a corresponding sexual difference occurs in any other Rhinoceros. In the Indian one-horned species the sexes are alike in size and development of horn. |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| The following extract from a letter addressed to the Secretary by Edward Blyth Esq. (Corr. Memb.), dated Maulmein, May 10th, 1861, was read to the meeting:-
'I have made this day a grand discovery, which neither you nor others will believe in at the first announcement, but it is true nevertheles... |
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On Rhinoceros crossii
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