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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	UNIVERSITY 1332/7/4/5
Title	Photograph of Sumatran Rhinoceros in ?London Zoo
Date	c 1890s
Extent	1 glass plate negative
Administrative History	Sumatrian Rhinoceros are now very rare.
Description	This photograph is illustratrative of a skeleton of a Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) held in the Zoology Museum. It is thought possible that this may in fact be of the same specimen (the Honorary Curator of the Museum states that the horns may have shrunk).
Access Status	Open
Access Conditions	Open, subject to the signed acceptance of the Department's access conditions.
Related Material	A photograph of the skull of the Sumatran Rhinoceros held in the University's Zoology Museum is available on the SCRAN website (http://www.scran.ac.uk/)

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