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Calcutta Zoological Gardens 1900

CALCUTTA ZOO, INDIA: View of the menagerie about 1900. From my own collection.

Calcutta Zoological Gardens 1900
reptile1517, 24 Apr 2009
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    • reptile1517
      CALCUTTA ZOO, INDIA: View of the menagerie about 1900. From my own collection.
      24 Apr 2009
    • drzoomi
      Wow, very nice picture. was it a public zoo ?
      24 Apr 2009
    • reptile1517
      Calcutta zoo

      Yes it is a public zoo, still open 100 years on. I am putting on a photo of the first Curator, R. Sanyal and the Heronry.
      26 Apr 2009
    • ungulate nerd
      The Calcutta Zoo used to have Javan rhinos and Four horned antelopes
      21 Mar 2013
    • Tim May
      And a Sumatran rhino was born there in 1889.
      21 Mar 2013
    • ungulate nerd
      What subspecies was it ?
      Was it Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis ? Because that is the subspecies that was native to India
      6 Nov 2013
    • Tim May
      The Sumatran rhinoceros born in 1889 was a sub-specific hybrid:-

      Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis x Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis
      6 Nov 2013
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