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The '''Rhinoceros of Versailles'''<ref> |
The '''Rhinoceros of Versailles'''<ref name="Rookmaaker1983">{{cite book|last=Rookmaaker|first=L.C. |title=Bibliography of the Rhinoceros|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wA3Am7AtvxMC&pg=PA19|year=1983|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-90-6191-261-3|page=19}}</ref> was a living [[rhinoceros]] which was kept in the [[Palace of Versailles]] menagerie from 1770 until 1793. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The live rhinoceros was a gift from M. Chevalier, French governor of [[Chandernagor]], to [[Louis XV]].<ref name="Rookmaaker"> |
The live rhinoceros was a gift from M. Chevalier, French governor of [[Chandernagor]], to [[Louis XV]].<ref name="Rookmaaker">{{cite book|last1=Rookmaaker|first1=L. C. |last2=Jones|first2=Marvin L. |last3=Klös|first3=Heinz-Georg |coauthors=Richard J. Reynolds (III.)|title=The Rhinoceros in Captivity: A List of 2439 Rhinoceroses Kept from Roman Times to 1994|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vDijgNs_7Q0C&pg=PA95|year=1998|publisher=Kugler Publications|isbn=978-90-5103-134-8|pages=95-96}}</ref> It left [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]] on 22 December 1769, and arrived six months later in the seaport of [[Lorient]], in [[Brittany]] on 11 June 1770.<ref name="Rookmaaker"/> From there it was transported to the [[Subsidiary structures of the Palace of Versailles|royal Ménagerie]] which had been built in response to increasing interest in zoology and [[Louis XIV]]'s passion for the exotic, in 1664. |
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==Preservation== |
==Preservation== |
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The rhino was installed in a small pen at the Ménagerie of Versailles. When the rhinoceros died in 1793, having been in captivity in France for more than 20 years, its skeleton and hide were preserved. They are today displayed at the [[Museum d'Histoire Naturelle]] in [[Paris]].<ref name="Rookmaaker"/> |
The rhino was installed in a small pen at the Ménagerie of Versailles. When the rhinoceros died in 1793, having been in captivity in France for more than 20 years, its skeleton and hide were preserved. They are today displayed at the [[Museum d'Histoire Naturelle]] in [[Paris]].<ref name="Rookmaaker"/> |
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Revision as of 22:14, 21 April 2015
The Rhinoceros of Versailles[1] was a living rhinoceros which was kept in the Palace of Versailles menagerie from 1770 until 1793.
History
The live rhinoceros was a gift from M. Chevalier, French governor of Chandernagor, to Louis XV.[2] It left Calcutta, West Bengal on 22 December 1769, and arrived six months later in the seaport of Lorient, in Brittany on 11 June 1770.[2] From there it was transported to the royal Ménagerie which had been built in response to increasing interest in zoology and Louis XIV's passion for the exotic, in 1664.
Preservation
The rhino was installed in a small pen at the Ménagerie of Versailles. When the rhinoceros died in 1793, having been in captivity in France for more than 20 years, its skeleton and hide were preserved. They are today displayed at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[2]
References
- ^ Rookmaaker, L.C. (1983). Bibliography of the Rhinoceros. CRC Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-90-6191-261-3.
- ^ a b c Rookmaaker, L. C.; Jones, Marvin L.; Klös, Heinz-Georg (1998). The Rhinoceros in Captivity: A List of 2439 Rhinoceroses Kept from Roman Times to 1994. Kugler Publications. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-90-5103-134-8.
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