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National Museums Scotland 1902 sumatrensis

1902 Edinburgh Museum Z1902 sumatrensis

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Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Sumatran rhinoceros, mount, subadult male, Dindings, West Malaya, c. 1900

National Museums Scotland Z.1902.78

Specimen form: Mount, part skeleton

Skin, with skull and bone of limbs, stuffed

Collection place(s): Dindings, Malaya, South East Asia

Specimen stuffed by Rowland Ward Ltd: Rowland Ward Ltd

References

The Straits Times, 27 July 1900, Page 2: The rhinoceros which was sent down from Perak to the Austrian Consul here, and was sent to the Botanical Gardens, prior to being forwarded to Vienna, has died. Death was due to a wound in the back caused by a stake which caught the animal when it fell into the pit

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