 | Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Adult female shot by a friend - anterior horn 4 3/4 inch |
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| Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Adult female shot by a friend - height at shoulder 4 ft 6 in |
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| Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 |
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World
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White Rhino
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| Maximum recorded length of anterior horn (mohohu) 62 ? inches: of anterior horn (kabaoba) 56 ? inches.
Maximum recorded length of posterior horn two feet.
Mounted specimen Tring Museum - anterior 1 ft 11 inch, posterior 8 inch
Young adult male in BMNH - anterior 1 ft 7 inch, posterior 7 inch... |
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| Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Adult female shot by a friend - length of tail 1 ft 8 in |
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| Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Adult female shot by a friend - length from muzzle to root of tail 7 ft 9 in |
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| Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 |
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White Rhino
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| Mounted specimen in Tring (Coryndon, 1893) - 6 ft. 9 inch
Adult male mounted in BMNH, height 6 ft 6 inch. |
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| Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Adult female shot by a friend - girth behind shoulder 6 ft 6 in |
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| Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 |
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White Rhino
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| 16 feet measured from the base of the anterior horn to the tip of the tail. Mounted specimen Tring Museum, base of anterior horn to tip of tail 16 ft. Young adult male in BMNH, base of horn to top of tail 14 ft 6 inch |
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| Otto, E. 1903 Pflanzer- und Jaegerleben auf Sumatra. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. 1-185 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The first horn was shining black and about 20 cm long, the second was quite small. Another animal: front horn 11 cm, second horn 5 cm. |
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| Scherren, H. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a horn of Rhinoceros simus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 November 17: 316 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum cottoni . Horn property of B.Y. Mahom from Soudan. Measured along the anterior curve 36 1/4 inches, circumference at the base 19 3/4 inches |
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