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Rookmaaker, L.C.; Keeling, C.H. 1991. Evidence on a Javan rhinoceros alive in Manchester ca 1870. Journal of the Bartlett Society 2: 16-17.

Evidence on a Javan rhinoceros alive in Manchester ca 1870

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Location Museums Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Skull. Sex: Male. In coll. Manchester Museum, United Kingdom

Note
Location Museums Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

There may have been a rhinoceros at Belle Vue before the animal shown from 20 June 1876. It is possibly a Javan rhino as there is a skull of an adult male in the Manchester Museum said to have lived long in captivity.

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