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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Horn of Great Indian Rhinoceros. 



THE MAHARAJA OF COOCH BEHAR'S SPECIMENS 



Height at shoulder . 

 Total length . 

 Body . 



Girth behind shoulder 

 Maximum girth 

 Round neck nearest body 

 ,, head 



Horn 



Distribution. Chiefly the Assam plain at the present day. At one 

 time this animal was found over the greater part of the Indian 

 peninsula, as attested by fossil remains, but it is now confined on 

 the west side of the Bay of Bengal to Assam and Nepal, although 

 there is some evidence of its occurrence in Upper Burma to Assam 

 and Nepal. 



Length on Circum- We ight. 

 front curve. ference. 



-214 



i9i 

 918 

 163. 



243 



22jj 

 16 



Locality. Owner. 



Nepal . . . Lord Curzon. 



India . . . British Museum. 



Assam . . . M. II. Logan. 



Belsire, Assam . . \V. C. Sherwill. 



Cooch Behar . . 11. H. the Maharaja of Cooch Behar. 

 - Owner's measurements. 



