Skin, skeleton. Collected by: Zoo Cologne, 1900. In coll. Natural History Museum in Stapelhaus, Cologne, Germany. Destroyed
Skin, skeleton. Collected by: Zoo Cologne, 1900. In coll. Natural History Museum in Stapelhaus, Cologne, Germany. Destroyed
The first black rhino arrived end February 1908 in Cologne Zoo when it was 5 months old, from British East Africa. It was sketched by Paul Neuenborn and photographed by Eduard H?lzermann.
The first Rhinoceros unicornis, named ?Sch?ne Marie', arrived 26 April 1872 in the zoo, then as big as a medium pig. It was 2 or 3 years old when it was imported from Burma together with an elephant. It is said that the British trader William Jamrach received his rhinos from Assam, maybe also the one in Cologne. Jamrach sold the two pachyderms and another elephant for 25.000 Mark. The rhinoceros was drawn by Ludwig Beckmann in 1873. It was described by Alex Pagenstecher in 1874. The animal lost its horn at the age of 11 and 21 years. In 1893, C. Paul saw the animal in the Moorish Pachyderm building. On 25 April 1897 it celebrated being 25 years in the zoo. It died 3 years later.
About 1936, animal keeper Willi Roelvinck (since 1939 in Cologne) saw a specimen of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, possibly in Cologne, rpobably exhibited by trader Schulz as part of an animal show. He especially remembers the woolly coat like the mountain tapir. This is remarkable as earlier only specimens were known in Sch?nbrunn in 1919 and in Basel in 1959. But even earlier, between 1863 and the end of the century, a Sumatran rhino was shown in the zoo in Cologne.
The first Rhinoceros unicornis, named 'Sch?ne Marie', arrived 26 April 1872 in the zoo, then as big as a medium pig. It was 2 or 3 years old when it was imported from Burma together with an elephant. It is said that the British trader William Jamrach received his rhinos from Assam, maybe also the one in Cologne. Jamrach sold the two pachyderms and another elephant for 25.000 Mark. The rhinoceros was drawn by Ludwig Beckmann in 1873. The animal had been sick for some time and died on Wednesday night. Hude and bones should be poreserved and they are now being worked on by animal modeller H. Sander. It was exhibited in the museum in the Stapelhaus in Cologne.
The first black rhino arrived end February 1908 when it was 5 months old, from British East Africa. At arrival it was 60 cm high and 69 kg weight. After 5 months it was 170 kg, end August 208 kg, early March 1909 estimated 450-500 kg and 110 cm high. It was sketched by Paul Neuenborn and photographed by Eduard H?lzermann.
Cologne Zoo. The first black rhino arrived end February 1908 when it was 5 months old, from British East Africa. At arrival it was 60 cm high and 69 kg weight. After 5 months it was 170 kg, end August 208 kg, early March 1909 estimated 450-500 kg and 110 cm high.
Animal in Cologne Zoo, weight on 3.2 1891 was 3300 g (height 23.5 cm)
