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Blyth, E. 1868. Rhinoceros shedding their horns. Journal of Travel and Natural History 1: 70.

Rhinoceros shedding their horns

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Location Myanmar Subject Distribution Species Asian Rhinos

In Tenasserim he had seen old rhinoceroses with very small horns, and it occurred to him as not impossible that those might have shed their old horn, and that the horns they bore were young ones just grown.

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Location Myanmar Subject Distribution Species Asian Rhinos

A rhinoceros in the menagerie at Moscow had shed its horn. This is not unusual. In Tenasserim he had seen old rhinoceroses with very small horns, and it occurred to him as not impossible that those might have shed their old horn, and that the horns they bore were young ones just grown.

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Location Myanmar Subject Distribution Species Asian Rhinos Year 1868

A rhinoceros in the menagerie at Moscow had shed its horn. This is not unusual. The information was received from Count Alexis Bobrensky of Moscow.

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