 Reference Base  Notes for: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular |
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 | Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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| The museum possesses a stuffed specimen from Perak, a female, presented in 1901 by Mr. R. von Pustau, Acting Consul for Austria in that time. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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| O'Hara, G.M. 1907 Trapping of rhinoceros in the Dindings, Straits Settlements. Indian Forester 53: 383-388 |
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| Maxwell, G. 1907 In Malay forests. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons |
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| Kloss, C. Boden 1906 A provisional list of the mammals of the peninsular region. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 2 (1): 147-150 |
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| Both Rhinoceros sondaicus and Dicerorhinus sumatrensis throughout the peninsula. |
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| Skeat, W.W.; Blagden, C.O. 1906 Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xl, 1-724 |
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| Hunting by Semang tribe in Malaysia. The rhinoceros is obtained with yet greater ease. This animal is frequently found wallowing in marshy places, with its whole body immersed in the mud and only part of its head visible. The malays call such an animal 'badak tapa', or the 'recluse' rhino. Es... |
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| Skeat, W.W.; Blagden, C.O. 1906 Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xl, 1-724 |
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| Hunting by Sakai tribe, Malaysia. The Sakai use the b'lantek or spring-spear trap for all game, from porcupine to rhinoceros. |
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| Skeat, W.W.; Blagden, C.O. 1906 Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xl, 1-724 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| Malaysia, Semang tribe. The horn is supposed to be possessed with medicinal properties, and is highly prized by the Malays, to whom the Semang genrally barter it for tobacco and similar commodities. |
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| Maxwell, W.G. 1906 Mantra Gajah. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 1-53 |
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| Medicine to make an elephant fat (mantra gajah). This is another remedy: we take the skin of a rhinoceros' navel and soak it in water with some Siamese salt and some honey. Then we give the elephant the skin to eat with its food: we pour the liquid over the elephant and give it some to drink. ... |
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| Skeat, W.W.; Blagden, C.O. 1906 Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xl, 1-724 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The rhinoceros is obtained with yet greater ease. This animal is frequently found wallowing in marshy places, with its whole body immersed in the mud and only part of its head visible. The Malays call such an animal 'badak tapa', or the 'recluse' rhino. Especially towards the close of the rain... |
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