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Identifier: hornmeasurements00ward (find matches)
Title: Horn measurements and weights of the great game of the world: being a record for the use of sportsmen and naturalists
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Ward, Rowland, 1848?-1912
Subjects: Horns
Publisher: London, The Jungle
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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s. Dimensions of Male Elephant killed on Lake Nyassa, gth September,1861 (Dr. Kirk, P.Z.S. 1864, p. 655). ft. in. Height at withers ... ... ... lo 3 Circumference of fore foot ... ... 5 i Frooi tip of trunk to crown of head 9 o Crown of head to insertion of tail ... 12 o Length of tail ... ... ... 4 2 ft. in. Horizontal diameter of ear ... 3 O Perpendicular do. ... 5 9 Semicircumference of belly ... 9 o Do. of chest ... 7 10 Each tusk weighed about 30 lbs. Dimensions of Elephant brought from South Africa byH.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. ft. in. ft. Height at withers ... 10 0 Circumference of head ... ... 10 From tip of trunk to tip of tail 23 5 From ear to ear 9 Girth 16 6 Length of ear 4 From top of head to end of trunk .. II 3 The skull and tusks weighed more The weight of the entire elephant in theflesh was 4 tons S cwt. 4 lbs. 3 cwt. ; the weight of the whole skin whentaken from pickle 20 cwt. 6 lbs. Weight of a Baby Elephant, when born, about 213 lbs.Period of gestation, 629 days.
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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Horns
  • bookpublisher:London__The_Jungle
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Institution_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian
  • bookleafnumber:269
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
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