Since then we have seen two more placentas of Indian rhinoceroses. One weighed 7,000 g, had a healthy newborn, had hippomanes and measured 304 cm in greatest length, 132 and 54 cm in largest and smallest diameters and had a 10 cm cord attached. The other also was at term, had a healthy neonate and weighed 6,600 g. It measured 270 x 100 cm and had a 10 cm cord attached.
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Cell strains of four species of rhinoceros are available from the “Frozen zoo” at the Zoological Society of San Diego: www.FrozenZoo@sandiegozoo.org
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