Article ID: CBB001422136

New Information on Indian Rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Britain in the Mid-Eighteenth Century (2015)

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Three Indian rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros unicornis) were present in Britain in the mid-eighteenth century. The first, a female, arrived in 1737, the second, a male, arrived in 1739, the third, a female known as Douwe Mout's rhinoceros or Clara, was shown in London, probably in 1756. Recent research in British newspapers provides new information about all three animals, and produces evidence to show that the rhinoceros exhibited in London in 1751--1752 was not Clara, but the female which had arrived in 1737.

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Authors & Contributors
Craig R. Macadam
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Hugh B. Feeley
Larsson, Eleanor
Vane-Wright, Richard I.
John Simons
Concepts
Collectors and collecting
Natural history
Biological specimens
Zoology
Animals
Museums
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
20th century
17th century
16th century
Places
London (England)
Great Britain
Atlantic world
Bath (England)
Hamburg (Germany)
Madrid (Spain)
Institutions
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
London Zoo
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Rossiiskaia Akademiia Nauk
Zoological Society of London
Royal Society of London
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