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Calcutta Zoo 1878. List of animals in the Zoological Gardens, Calcutta. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Press. pp. 1-31.

List of animals in the Zoological Gardens, Calcutta

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

Adult female Rhinoceros indicus, presented by the Maharajah of Dumraon, 7 April 1877.

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Location Europe Subject General Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Malayan one-horned rhinoceros

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Location Captive Subject Captivity Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis) Year 1877

Adult female Rhinoceros indicus, presented by the Maharajah of Dumraon, 7 April 1877.

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Location Captive Subject Captivity Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus) Year 1878

a. juvenile R. sondaicus, purchased, 17 Nov 1877.

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Location Captive Subject Captivity Species All Rhino Species Year 1878

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