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Javan Rhino in Adelaide

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Mr Rhini photographed in the Adelaide Zoo, where he lived 12 April 1886 to 4 February 1907. Exhibited as Indian Rhino, he was identified correctly as a Javan rhino after death. Later preserved in Adelaide Museum. Date of photo not established.

This photo repdouced as “Sumatran Rhino, 1901” on p. 12 in Rix, C.E. 1978. Royal Zoological Society of South Australia 1878-1978. Adelaide, Zoological Society of South Australia.

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