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Anonymous 1909. Record rhino shot: Biggest specimen known bagged in Assam. Straits Times, Singapore 17 May 1909: 8.

Record rhino shot: Biggest specimen known bagged in Assam

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

In Assam a rhino was shot with a horn 24 ¼ inches in length, exceeding by over 4 inches the previous record in the Ipswich Museum. In height the animal stood 6 ft 4 in. It was shot by Mr T. Briscoe, a planter in the Tezpur district

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