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Page 151
... Burmá , was the endeavour to corroborate and confirm the statement of Helfer and others , that the three known Asiatic species of Rhinoceros inhabited that region . In this I succeeded , so far as the two insular species ( viz . the one ...
... Burmá , was the endeavour to corroborate and confirm the statement of Helfer and others , that the three known Asiatic species of Rhinoceros inhabited that region . In this I succeeded , so far as the two insular species ( viz . the one ...
Page 152
... Burmá , as well as in Sumátra , it may be confidently predicated to inhabit the intervening region of the Malayan peninsula : but the more common and ordinary species of the peninsula would appear to be RH . SONDAICUS ; and a friend who ...
... Burmá , as well as in Sumátra , it may be confidently predicated to inhabit the intervening region of the Malayan peninsula : but the more common and ordinary species of the peninsula would appear to be RH . SONDAICUS ; and a friend who ...
Page 153
... Burmá ) . The existence of an African one - horned Rhinoceros was long ago affirmed by James Bruce of Kinnaird , in addition to the two - horned species which he pretended to figure ; * and Sir Andrew Smith assured me that he had been ...
... Burmá ) . The existence of an African one - horned Rhinoceros was long ago affirmed by James Bruce of Kinnaird , in addition to the two - horned species which he pretended to figure ; * and Sir Andrew Smith assured me that he had been ...
Page 159
... Burmá , people distinguish only a one - horned kind and a two - horned kind ; and though the skull from Tavoy Point , referred to , is very nearly adult and of fair size , Col. Fytche thought it to be that of a small and immature animal ...
... Burmá , people distinguish only a one - horned kind and a two - horned kind ; and though the skull from Tavoy Point , referred to , is very nearly adult and of fair size , Col. Fytche thought it to be that of a small and immature animal ...
Page 160
... Burmá ; nor even to Bell's figures of Sumatran individuals ! Raffles further remarks that " Dr. Bell's description and representation of this animal are extremely correct . The skin of the Sumatran Rhinoceros , " he adds , " is much ...
... Burmá ; nor even to Bell's figures of Sumatran individuals ! Raffles further remarks that " Dr. Bell's description and representation of this animal are extremely correct . The skin of the Sumatran Rhinoceros , " he adds , " is much ...
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