Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 31Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1863 - Asia |
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Page 155
... two forms of skull presented by the Asiatic species of Rhinoceros are not ... horn . Let this be compared and contrasted with the figures of the broad ... Two specimens in the Calcutta Medical College museum are very similar ; a third is ...
... two forms of skull presented by the Asiatic species of Rhinoceros are not ... horn . Let this be compared and contrasted with the figures of the broad ... Two specimens in the Calcutta Medical College museum are very similar ; a third is ...
Page 156
... two - horned RH . SUMATRANUS ; f . 3 , of a female , of which the stuffed skin of the head is also in the Society's ... horn ( more especially ) to the extraordinarily fine horn figured as that of a new species , RH . CROSSII , Gray ( in ...
... two - horned RH . SUMATRANUS ; f . 3 , of a female , of which the stuffed skin of the head is also in the Society's ... horn ( more especially ) to the extraordinarily fine horn figured as that of a new species , RH . CROSSII , Gray ( in ...
Page 157
... two - horned Rhinoceros , as distinguished from the existing two - horned African type , which is represented by as many as four living species ( falling under two groups , with prehensile and non - prehensile upper lip , and browsing ...
... two - horned Rhinoceros , as distinguished from the existing two - horned African type , which is represented by as many as four living species ( falling under two groups , with prehensile and non - prehensile upper lip , and browsing ...
Page 158
... two - horned Rhinoceros , not only by pos- sessing slight skin - folds , but also by having the bases of the horns separated by a considerable interval : Bell's figure ( in the Philoso- phical Transactions ' for 1793 ) represents , as I ...
... two - horned Rhinoceros , not only by pos- sessing slight skin - folds , but also by having the bases of the horns separated by a considerable interval : Bell's figure ( in the Philoso- phical Transactions ' for 1793 ) represents , as I ...
Page 159
... two - horned fellows I shot had smooth skins , as stated by Mason ; they were , however , very thick , and there were slight rumples or folds about the neck and shoulders , I remember , but nothing to be compared in size to the mailed ...
... two - horned fellows I shot had smooth skins , as stated by Mason ; they were , however , very thick , and there were slight rumples or folds about the neck and shoulders , I remember , but nothing to be compared in size to the mailed ...
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