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Reference Base  Abnormal site of horn-growth in Rhinoceros unicornis Linn |
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| Title: |
Abnormal site of horn-growth in Rhinoceros unicornis Linn |
| Author(s): |
Osman Hill, W.C. |
| Year published: |
1958 |
| Journal: |
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
| Volume: |
55 (3) |
| Pages: |
553-554, fig. 1 |
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| File: |
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Morphology - Horn
All Rhino Species
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| In connection with the rubbing down of the anterior horn, Grzimek (No room for wild animals, 1956) remarks that captive rhinos shed their horns about once every ten years and it takes approximately a year to become renewed. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Indian Rhino
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| In June 1958, I received two samples of material removed from the head of a captive Indian Rhino living in the Bombay Zoo. The first sample was from the normal horn, which, as is commonly the case in captive specimens, had been rubbed down by the animal almost to the general level of the muzzle.... |
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Captive - Asia
Morphology - Horn
Indian Rhino
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| In June 1958, I received two samples of material removed from the head of a captive Indian Rhino living in the Bombay Zoo. The first sample was from the normal horn, the second was taken from an irregular horny growth which had arisen between the base of the normal horn and the forehead, approxi... |
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Captive - Asia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Indian Rhino
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| In June 1958, I received two samples of material removed from the head of a captive Indian Rhino living in the Bombay Zoo. The first sample was from the normal horn, the second was taken from an irregular horny growth which had arisen between the base of the normal horn and the forehead, approxi... |
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