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Reference Base  Indien, in Wort und Bild: Eine Schilderung des Indischen ... |
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| Title: |
Indien, in Wort und Bild: Eine Schilderung des Indischen Kaiserreiches |
| Author(s): |
Schlagintweit, E. |
| Year published: |
1880 |
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Leipzig, Heinrich Schmidt and Carl Guenther |
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vol. 1, pp. i-vi, 1-255 |
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Asia - South Asia - Pakistan
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| They used to occur around the Indus, but they have disappeared there. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| The rhinoceros occur in the Kosi River (in the Nepal Himalayas), a leftsided tributary of the Ganges shortly before its turn southwards. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The indian species has sometimes one, sometimes two horns. |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| The rhinoceros uses its horn like the hogs use their incisors, and in Nepal they will even attack elephants. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Captivity
Indian Rhino
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| In the courts of the Indian kings the fights between rhinos and elephants are seen as royal sport. |
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