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ZSL 1873 Sumatran rhino

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P.Z.S. 1873. Pl. XI. Rhinoceros sumatrensis vit. [signed left] C. Berjeau lit. [signed right] M. & N. Hanhart imp.

This litho of a baby Sumatran rhino was printed by Charles Berjeau in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London in 1873, published by Bartlett.

This is the young animal born in London Docks on Friday 6 December 1872 to a female transported from Malaysia.

Bartlett, A.D. 1873. On the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 January 21: 104-106, pl. 11, fig. 1.

Plate printed by Michael Hanhart(1810-1884)and Nicholas Hanhart (1815-1902),owners of a firm specialising in chromolithography established at Charlotte Street,Fitzroy Square, London.

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