Dicerorhinus sumatrensis - Sumatran rhinoceros

Description

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Sumatran rhinoceros, mount, subadult male, Dindings, West Malaya, c. 1900

Museum reference

Z.1902.78

Collection

Mammals

Scientific name(s)

species: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis - Sumatran rhinoceros

Specimen details

Specimen form: Mount, part skeleton
Sex: Male
Phase: Subadult

Physical description

Skin, with skull and bone of limbs, stuffed

Collection place(s)

Dindings, Malaya, South East Asia

Associations

Specimen stuffed by Rowland Ward Ltd: Rowland Ward Ltd

Exhibitions

• Survival (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

The Straits Times, 27 July 1900, Page 2: The rhinoceros which was sent down from Perak to the Austrian Consul here, and was sent to the Botanical Gardens, prior to being forwarded to Vienna, has died. Death was due to a wound in the back caused by a stake which caught the animal when it fell into the pit

On display

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