The presence of a rhinoceros was recorded for Vienna both in 1750 and 1751 by Fitzinger (source 5851). No further evidence has been found for the visit in 1750.
Source 5851. Fitzinger, Menagerie
*Leopold Joseph Fitzinger (1802–1884), Austrian zoologist
The sentence by Fitzinger was copied:
- Giese, U. 1962. Wiener Menagerien, p. 138
- Rookmaaker, L.C. 1973: 55 – after Giese
Fitzinger, L.J. 1836. Tourniaire’s Menagerie. Wiener Zeitschrift fur Kunst, Literatur, Theater und Mode 1836 (2): 575–576, 583–584, 589–590, 598–599.
p. 584
es war ein Weibchen, wurde von einem Holländer gebracht und 1749 in Paris, und von 1750 biß 1751 auch in Wien gezeigt.
English translation
It was a female rhinoceros, brought by a Dutchman, and shown in 1749 in Paris, and also from 1750 to 1751 in Vienna.
