 | Sclater, P.L. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the horns of a rhinoceros from the White Nile. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 November 3: 194-195, fig. 21 |
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White Rhino
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| Illustrates front horn of white rhino shot near Lado, Sudan, measuring 31 inches in a straight line from the base to the end. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to the root of the tail which was 22 inches long. |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Type of R. lasiotis. The following are its measurements, given in inches for comparison with those published by Sir W. Flower in 1878:
Length from occipital crest to end of nasals, in straight line 23 5/8.
With tape over curve of nasals 24.5 ;
greatest zygomatic breadth 12 7/8 ;
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to the root of the tail which was 22 inches long. |
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| Nehring, A. 1901 Ein Schaedel des Rhinoceros simus im Naturhist. Museum zu Hamburg. Zoologische Anzeiger 24: 225-228, fig. 1 |
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White Rhino
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| Skull in mus. Hamburg. Individual not quite adult, as the last upper molar is not fully erupted. Total length 830 mm, that means it is larger than the adult skull figured by Blainville (Osteographie, Ongulogrades, taf. IV), as well as two skulls measured by Gray (Cat. Mammalia, 1869, p. 324).
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, ?I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. It was about 8 to 9 feet in length (guessed). |
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| Bolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. Greatest circumference of body was 3,96 m. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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White Rhino
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| Larger than the other species, in fact the largest of all land-animals after the elephant. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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| Female rather smaller than the male |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Javan Rhino
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| The Bangkok Times for 11 November 1897 mentions a rhino being shot by Mr. C. Ephraums - no species indicated - few details: animal was seen at a sulphur spring within 6 miles of Ipoh, Perak, it was an old male, 6 feet high at the shoulder and about 8 feet in length; his horn measured 13 inches an... |
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