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Javan Rhino
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| Animals on show between 1852 and 1914 |
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Black Rhino
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| London Zoo, male Jim, 1860s. When trying to force the gate between two paddocks open, he broke his horn off, but a fresh one grew again. |
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Indian Rhino
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| London Zoo - male Jim Rhinoceros unicornis . He had a nicely shaped horn. Towards the end of his life [early 1900's], he was modelled by BRITAINS Limited for their series of model zoo animals. Thus, tiny sculptures of Jim can still be bought in toy shops all over Britain, over 90 years after h... |
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Black Rhino
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| London zoo, male Theordore, died April 1891 from stomach cancer. |
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| Reichenbach, H. 1996 A tale of two zoos: the Hamburg Zoological Gardens and Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark: pp. 51-62
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Yet here was Europe's first African rhinoceros on exhibit since Roman times, and its first Sumatran rhinoceros. |
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| Rhino & Elephant Foundation 1996 Birth of a black rhinoceros calf at Western Plains Zoo, 25 May 1996 - a fact sheet. REF News no. 15: 6, fig. 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| The Black Rhino Conservation Programme at Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, received huge encouragement on 25 May with the first successful birth of a rhino calf. Kalungwizi - one of the female black rhinos transferred from Zimbabwe to Western Plains Zoo in February 1993 - gave birth to a mate calf aft... |
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Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros unicornis male Jim, arr. 1864. He was of a ferocious temper and on one occasion succeeded in severely injuring a keeper, whose life was probably only saved by Matthew Scott, who drove Jim off by hitting him in the eye with a whip. |
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Indian Rhino
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| 40 years 134 days, London, male Jim |
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Indian Rhino
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| London Zoo, male Jim, 1860's, height 5 ft 4 in |
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Indian Rhino
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| London Zoo, female, Miss Bet, ca. 1870, horn sawn off by Bartlett: weighs 11 lbs. |
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