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Lydekker, R. 1916. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History), vol 5: Perissodactyla (horses, tapirs, rhinoceroses), Hyracoidea (hyraxes), Proboscidea (elephants) with addenda to the earlier volumes. London, Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 46-58.

Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History), vol 5: Perissodactyla (horses, tapirs, rhinoceroses), Hyracoidea (hyraxes), Proboscidea (elephants) with addenda to the earlier volumes

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Location Nepal Subject Distribution Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

Skin. Locality: Nepal. Collected by: H.M. King George V, 1911. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: 1913.10.19.1

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Location Museums Subject Distribution Species Nile Rhino (cottoni)

Mounted skin. Sex: Male. Locality: Sudan, Lado Enclave. Collected by: Roosevelt, Col. Theodore. In National Museum, Washington, USA.

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Location Museums Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1907

Skull. Locality: East Africa. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: 1907.2.26.1

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Location Museums Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1911

Skull. Locality: Bulhar, Somaliland. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: 1911.8.2.20

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Location South Africa Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum) Year 1916

The range extends as far north as the Zambesi. With the exception of a few individuals which still survive, under Government protection in Zululand, this race is extinct.

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Location Sudan Subject Distribution Species Nile Rhino (cottoni)

Mounted skin. Sex: Male. Locality: Sudan, Lado Enclave. Collected by: Roosevelt, Col. Theodore. In National Museum, Washington, USA.

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Location Somalia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1911

British Museum, London, no. 1911.8.2.20, skull of R.bicornis somaliensis from Bulhar, Somaliland

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Location World Subject Taxonomy Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

Rhinoceros sumatrensis lasiotis, typical locality Chittagong.

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Location World Subject Taxonomy Species Nile Rhino (cottoni)

Lado, type in British Museum.

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Location India Subject Taxonomy Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

Typical locality of Rhinoceros unicornis probably the sub-Himalayan Tarai of Assam.

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Location Myanmar Subject Taxonomy Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

The alleged existence of a two-horned species allied to R. unicornis in the Singpho district, east of Assam, is noticed in Game Animals of India, p. 32.

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