 | Heuglin, T. von 1877 Reise in Nordost-Afrika: Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habat, nebst zoologische Skizzen und einem Fuhrer fur Jagdreisenden. Braunschweig, Georg Westermann, vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-304 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
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Black Rhino
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| [There is a drawing of an African rhinoceros, R. keitloa.] It is very probable that the rhinoceros of Abyssinia and from Takah should be regarded as a variety of the two-horned African species (Rh. africanus, camp. - Rh. bicornis, Smith). The size, colour, shape of the horns, folds in the skin,... |
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| Cameron, V.L. 1877 Across Africa. London, Daldy, Isbister and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xvi, 1-389 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
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Black Rhino
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| July 1873 - we saw numberless tracks of large game, as also bones of animals, one skull being that of a rhinoceros, frequently met with in thse districts. - Mgunda Mgali, ca. 6.00 S, 34.00 E |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1877 Reise in Nordost-Afrika: Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habat, nebst zoologische Skizzen und einem Fuhrer fur Jagdreisenden. Braunschweig, Georg Westermann, vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-304 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
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Black Rhino
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| The rhinoceros is found northwards to To-Kar. |
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| Sclater, P.L. 1877 Remarks upon a two-horned rhinoceros killed in 1876 near Comillah in Tipperah, and on a living specimen of Rhinoceros sondaicus from the Sunderbans. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877 March 20: 269-270 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Manson (1876) wrote that a two-horned rhinoceros had been killed in Feb 1876 about 20 miles south of the station of Comillah, in Tipperah. Skull seems to have been preserved. Should belong to R. lasiotis. Front horn was 8 ? inches, second merely a stud between the eyes. |
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| Kruyt, J.A. 1877 Atjeh en de Atjehers: twee jaren blokkade of Sumatra's Noord-Oost kust. Leiden, Gualth. Kolff, pp. i-vii, 1-252, i-iii |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Sungei Raya in Atjeh. We find here elephant, rhinoceros (badda), tiger etc. |
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| Cameron, V.L. 1877 Across Africa. London, Daldy, Isbister and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xvi, 1-389 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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White Rhino
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| Jan. 1874 at S. Ngombe. I was in front and happened unfortunately to be without my gun, when a huge white rhinoceros waddled past me, grunting. He failed to notice me. [Ngombe, ? 2.26 N, 27.44 E] |
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| Ball, V. 1877 Notes on certain mammals occurring in the Basin of Mahanadi. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1877 July: 168-172 |
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Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus S. M?ll. - According to Dr. Jerdon 'a very few individuals (of this species) are stated to occur in the forest tracks along the Mahanadi River, and extending northwards to Midnapore.' So far as I have been able to ascertain there is no authentic case of a rhinoceros ever hav... |
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| Baldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380 |
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Indian Rhino
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| In former years it was to be met with in the forests bordering on the Sardah in Nepaul and the Philibeet district, and also in Gorruckpore; but it is now extinct there or very nearly so. |
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| Baldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| They sometimes will travel long distances to reach rice and corn fields, and do immense mischief, so much so that there is a Government reward of twenty rupees to anyone shooting a rhinoceros. |
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| Baldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380 |
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Indian Rhino
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| The Indian Rhinoceros is found in Assam, where it is still plentiful, and also in the Bhootan jungles. |
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