File AvailableMilton, O. 1964 The orang-utan and rhinoceros in Sumatra from two preliminary reports. Malayan Nature Journal 18 (1): 60-62, map 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1964 Rhino country. London, Robert Hale, pp. 1-191
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Sumatran Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableHooijer, D.A. 1964 New records of mammals from the Middle Pleistocene of Sangiran, Central Java. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 40 (10): 73-87, figs. 1-2
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Taxonomy
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableAnonymous 1963 Les effectifs mondiaux des cinq especes de rhinoceros. Terre et la Vie 17: 102
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
6
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
20-30 in the North
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File AvailableAnonymous 1963 Les effectifs mondiaux des cinq especes de rhinoceros. Terre et la Vie 17: 102
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
49
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File AvailableAnonymous 1963 Les effectifs mondiaux des cinq especes de rhinoceros. Terre et la Vie 17: 102
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
30
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File AvailableAnonymous 1963 Les effectifs mondiaux des cinq especes de rhinoceros. Terre et la Vie 17: 102
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
60
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File AvailableAnonymous 1963 Les effectifs mondiaux des cinq especes de rhinoceros. Terre et la Vie 17: 102
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
Total minimum 24, maximum 50, all in Ujung Kulon.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
20 in north Sumatra, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
24-50
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File AvailableAnonymous 1963 Les effectifs mondiaux des cinq especes de rhinoceros. Terre et la Vie 17: 102
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
Total minimum 24, maximum 50, all in Ujung Kulon.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
26
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File AvailableLekagul, B. 1963 Report on the Javan and Sumatran rhinos on the Thai-Burmese border. Conservation News SE Asia 1963 August: 23, fig. 1
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
Reliable reports of the killing of one or two rhinos on the western border of Thailand, especially in Karnchanaburi, have been received almost every year. Boonsong Lekagul made a trip to the area on April 20, 1963. Most of the rhinos, both Javan and Sumatran, are found in the wetter and denser ...
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File AvailableAndersen, S. 1963 Sumatran rhinoceros (Didermocerus sumatraensis) at Copenhagen Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 3: 56-57, pl. 3
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
During the summer of 1959, ten Sumatran Rhinos were captured in the Siak river area: nine females and one male which unfortunately escaped. One of the females was sent to Bogor Zoo where it died in 1961, one went to Basle Zoo where it died in the summer of 1961 of incurable anaemia; and a third,...
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
The existence of this rhino in Thailand along the Tenasserium Range on the Thai-Burmese border is certain but no estimate of numbers has been made.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
They probably exist in several areas in Malaya and are fairly well protected at the newly established Slim River Reserve.
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Milton, O. 1963 Report on survey of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Mid-Sumatra. Report to WWF, pp. 1-7, map 1
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Survey of Sumatran Rhino in Central Sumatra near Pekanbaru. This is the area where the specimens for Basel and Copenhagen Zoos were captured, I had hoped to obtain some positive information but at the end of the month, I had collected a lot of negative information. I must state that I can make ...
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
It is only certain that the javan rhino exists in one small area:the 117 square-mile reserve of Udjung Kulon in Java. It is estimated that 24-50 individuals exist there and, if poaching is prevented, they may be safe.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
Today the rhino horn and many other parts of the body, including the feces and urine, are sold at extremely high prices as cures for various ailments. The powdered rhino horn is especially prized as a care for male sterility and for rejuvenation. There is no doubt that these superstitions are e...
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File AvailableMilton, O.; Estes, R.D. 1963 Burma wildlife survey 1959-1960. Publications of the American Committee of International Wildlife Protection 15: i-iv, 1-72
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
No details available yet
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Pfeffer, P. 1963 Bivouacs a Borneo. Paris, Flammarion, pp. 1-252
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
Asia/Indonesia/Borneo/Kalimatan Timur - ( 2° N - 116° E ) - 1963 - Rares - Pharmacopée, chasse, commerce des cornes, prix .Le chef Punan avait tué 29 badak dans sa vie. - (CARINO No. 1 - Reference and note contributed by CARINO (Dr Henri Carpentier, Ingénieur Civil des Mines), 2011)
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Skafte, H. 1963 Badak [Swedish translation from the Danish by Hakan Bergstedt]. Stockholm, Alb. Bonniers., pp. 1-202
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1963 Report on survey of the orang-utan and rhinoceros in North Sumatra and Atjeh - January to March 1963 (World Wildlife Fund Project no 35). Report to WWF, pp. 1-14, map 1
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
No details available yet
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Skafte, H. 1963 Badak [Original Danish]. Kobenhavn, Grafisk Institut, pp. 1-196
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1963 Report on survey of the orang-utan and rhinoceros in North Sumatra and Atjeh - May to June 1963 (World Wildlife Fund Project no 35). Report to WWF, pp. 1-5, map 1
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1963 Field notes on wildlife conservation in Malaya: a report prepared for the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and the American Committee for International Wild Life Protection. New York, American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, pp. 1-28
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia
Conservation
Asian Rhino Species
No details available yet
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In 1953 the Drainage and Irrigation Department (D.I.D) of Selangor State commenced work on the canal to supply water for a coastal agricultural project. During the following years the laborers saw rhinoceroses on numerous occasions. I have spoken with some of these persons and they say that the...
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File AvailableDavis, D.D. 1962 Mammals of the lowland rain-forest of North Borneo. Bulletin of the Singapore National Museum 31: 1-129, pls. 1-23, figs. 1-20
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Mounted head. Locality: Tingkayu, North Borneo. In coll. National Museum, Singapore
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File AvailableDavis, D.D. 1962 Mammals of the lowland rain-forest of North Borneo. Bulletin of the Singapore National Museum 31: 1-129, pls. 1-23, figs. 1-20
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
It is well known in North Borneo.
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File AvailableDavis, D.D. 1962 Mammals of the lowland rain-forest of North Borneo. Bulletin of the Singapore National Museum 31: 1-129, pls. 1-23, figs. 1-20
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
The only North Bornean specimen I have seen is a mounted head exhibited in the Singapore National Museum and labelled Tingkayu, North Borneo, 1927. Tingkayu is a river on the east coast, emptying into Darvel Bay.
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
In 1953 the Drainage and Irrigation Department (D.I.D) of Selangor State commenced work on the canal to supply water for a coastal agricultural project. During the following years the laborers saw rhinoceroses on numerous occasions. I have spoken with some of these persons and they say that the...
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In 1953 the Drainage and Irrigation Department (D.I.D) of Selangor State commenced work on the canal to supply water for a coastal agricultural project. During the following years the laborers saw rhinoceroses on numerous occasions. I have spoken with some of these persons and they say that the...
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
In Malaya the last definite record of sondaicus was in 1937 when a specimen was shot in the Ulu Bernam area, slightly north of the area I now write about.
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
There are two species of rhino in Southeast Asia - Rhinoceros sumatrensis and R. sondaicus. The former is commoner and smaller than the latter which, except for a small concentration of about 50 animals in the Udjung Kulon Reserve at the western tip of Java, is not known to exist for certainty e...
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File AvailableHooijer, D.A. 1962 Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest from the Hoabinhian of Gua Cha Rock Shelter, Kelantan. Federation Museums Journal 7: 23-24, tables 1-2
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Taxonomy - Evolution
Javan Rhino
Gua Cha Rock shelter, Malaysia A few years age, through the courtesy of Mr. C. A. Gibson-Hill of the then Raffles Museum, Singapore, and of Dr. F. C. Fraser of the British Museum (Natural History), London, I received for study rhinoceros teeth found at Gua Cha rock shelter. Kelantan, Federation...
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
Although it was only 16 paces from me I was unable to identify the species but I could see that it stood at least 4' 6 inch at the shoulders. Among the many small trees about 3 inches in diameter that grow along the paths followed by the rhino and are used as rubbing posts, is one that I measur...
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
I made plaster of Paris casts of four clear tracks. Taking into account the nature of the ground, there is reason to believe that they were made by at least two and possibly by three animals. The measurements of the tracks are as follows: Length (from tip to central nail to rear of pad) Bread...
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
After this brief encounter I continued to see fresh tracks in various parts of the jungle and in particular at a wallow. I had cleared an overgrown path to reach this mud puddle and having visited it in vain for eight consecutive days I approached from another direction, rather casually, on the ...
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File AvailableDavis, D.D. 1962 Mammals of the lowland rain-forest of North Borneo. Bulletin of the Singapore National Museum 31: 1-129, pls. 1-23, figs. 1-20
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
Borneo. The horns of this animal are greatly prized by the Chinese for medicinal purposes, and the rhino has been greatly persecuted to supply the market with these.
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File AvailableDavis, D.D. 1962 Mammals of the lowland rain-forest of North Borneo. Bulletin of the Singapore National Museum 31: 1-129, pls. 1-23, figs. 1-20
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
Height at shoulder about 4 feet, cf. Hose 1893.
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File AvailableHarrisson, T. 1962 Rhino horn cups. Malayan Nature Journal 16: 73-75, figs. 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableHooijer, D.A. 1962 Report on a collection of Pleistocene mammals from Tin-Bearing deposits in a limestone cave near Ipoh, Kinta Valley, Perak. Federation Museums Journal 7: 1-5, tables 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
No details available yet
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1962 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 20 (2): 85-94, pls. 1-4, figs. 1-4
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableHarrisson, T. 1961 The threat to rare animals in Borneo. Oryx 6 (2): 126-128
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
Threats to wildlife in Borneo, 1. For food, 2. By land use, 3. Native exploitation: killing of animals for saleable products, 4. Planned external exploitation, 5. Sport
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Taman, I.M. 1961 The protection of the two species of rhinoceros in Indonesia: p. 242

In: Anonymous Tenth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, Abstracts of Symposium Paper. Honolulu: pp. i-iii, 1-480
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
50-60
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Taman, I.M. 1961 The protection of the two species of rhinoceros in Indonesia: p. 242

In: Anonymous Tenth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, Abstracts of Symposium Paper. Honolulu: pp. i-iii, 1-480
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In July 1959, an expedition caught in Pakanburu one female (to Basel), in August 1959 another female (to Copenhagen), and in Dec 1959 a third female (to Bogor). A second expedition organized in early 1960 to capture male was unsuccesful.
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Expedition in the region of the rivers Siak and Kampar. Also put traps near the little river Tenajan.
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File AvailableHarrisson, T. 1961 The threat to rare animals in Borneo. Oryx 6 (2): 126-128
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
At present only the larger mammals are seriously and immediately threatened, notably the orang-utan and the Sumatran Rhinoceros.
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
The native poachers used a sling of steelwire which automatically laced the snout of the rhino just above its horns. But the wire cut deeply into the skin, making the animal completely furious. It charged anything within range, until it finally dropped from sheer exhaustion, half-choked and par...
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File AvailableCorner, E.J.H. 1961 Royal Society expedition to North Borneo 1961: Reports. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 175 (1): 9-32, pls. 1-18, figs. 1-4
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Royal Society Expedition. Camp 3 (8300 ft). It was here that ben Esoli first drew my attention to some tooth-marks on the bark of a tree, which he recognized as those of a rhinoceros, and he pointed out the rotten trunks which they had been eating, as is their wont. Camp 4, ridge at 10,000 f...
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
They seem to feed and travel allnight and in the very early hours of the morning. We never saw any rhinos during the day. [female caught] To our amazement we discovered that she ate all day and night, merely interrupted by an occasional bath and a little nap.
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File AvailableCorner, E.J.H. 1961 Royal Society expedition to North Borneo 1961: Reports. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 175 (1): 9-32, pls. 1-18, figs. 1-4
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
North Borneo. Camp 3 (8300 ft). It was here that ben Esoli first drew my attention to some tooth-marks on the bark of a tree, which he recognized as those of a rhinoceros, and he pointed out the rotten trunks which they had been eating, as is their wont.
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Translocation - Methods
Asian Rhino Species
To dig pits across all the trails leading to the swamp was another solution, but the difficulty in getting the heavy animal out, made us abandon that plan. We finally decied to build a solid, well camouflaged palisade-fence around the whole bathing place. Where the fence was to cross the trails...
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File AvailableCorner, E.J.H. 1961 Royal Society expedition to North Borneo 1961: Reports. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 175 (1): 9-32, pls. 1-18, figs. 1-4
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
North Borneo. Camp 3 (8300 ft). It was here that ben Esoli first drew my attention to some tooth-marks on the bark of a tree, which he recognized as those of a rhinoceros, and he pointed out the rotten trunks which they had been eating, as is their wont.
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File AvailableCorner, E.J.H. 1961 Royal Society expedition to North Borneo 1961: Reports. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 175 (1): 9-32, pls. 1-18, figs. 1-4
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
North Borneo - Mt Kinabalu. Camp 4, ridge at 10,000 ft - Rhinoceros ... frequented the high ridge. There can be no dount that on this 10,000 ft ridge, a few rhinoceros find a mountain refuge which connects with the undisturbed Pinosuk Plateau to the south and the precipitous Nalamud valley to t...
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File AvailableKoesnadi, P.S.R. 1961 Udjung Kulon nature park, Java: pp. 107-124, pls. 23-24, map 1

In: Wyatt-Smith, J. et al. Nature conservation in western Malaysia, 1961. Special issue of the Malayan Nature Journal.. Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society: pp. i-viii, 1-260
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
In part of us a trail, partly covered by withered leaves, made by rhinos and belonged to a system of similar trails.
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
As far as we could ascertain from the network of rhino trails, they are great travellers. At certain times we found plenty of fresh rhino trails in our hunting district, at other times the animals seemed to have vanished completely. The local hunters believed that rhinos move periodically, alth...
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
It is an unsociable animal. Two adults are never seen together except for the rare moments of mating or when a cow is accompanied by a calf. Most of the time it is a lone wanderer.
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
We found that several rhino-trails led down to the swamp which evidently was their favourite bathing place. With hot and dry weather, the horse flies also seemed more bothersome to the rhino and the necessity of coming to the wallows to get a protecting cover of mud increased.
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Locomotion
Sumatran Rhino
It is quick as lighting. I have seen it move in and out between trees, roots and other obstacles in the tangled undergrowth with surprising grace and agility. And I have seen it stop, turn around in the fraction of a second, and charge ahead with the speed of an express train.
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File AvailableHarrisson, T. 1961 The threat to rare animals in Borneo. Oryx 6 (2): 126-128
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
Archaeological evidence from the Sarawak Museum excavations in the great Caves of Niah show that the rhinoceros was being hunted as a ritual animal.
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File AvailableSkafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
Sumatra. The Chinese harbour an old superstition that a certain powder, made of the skin and horn of the rhino, has powerful aphrodisiac properties.
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File AvailableBurgess, P.F. 1961 Wildlife conservation in North Borneo: pp. 143-151, pls. 27-28

In: Wyatt-Smith, J. et al. Nature conservation in western Malaysia, 1961. Special issue of the Malayan Nature Journal.. Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society: pp. i-viii, 1-260
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableMetcalfe, G.T.C. 1961 Rhinoceros in Malaya and their future: pp. 183-191, pls. 33-34

In: Wyatt-Smith, J. et al. Nature conservation in western Malaysia, 1961. Special issue of the Malayan Nature Journal.. Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society: pp. i-viii, 1-260
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
No details available yet
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File AvailableHarrisson, T. 1961 Prehistoric fauna changes and losses in Borneo: pp. 89-92

In: Wyatt-Smith, J. et al. Nature conservation in western Malaysia, 1961. Special issue of the Malayan Nature Journal.. Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society: pp. i-viii, 1-260
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableHislop, J.A. 1961 The distribution of elephant, rhinoceros, seladang and tapir in Malaya's national park: pp. 95-102, pls. 21-22

In: Wyatt-Smith, J. et al. Nature conservation in western Malaysia, 1961. Special issue of the Malayan Nature Journal.. Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society: pp. i-viii, 1-260
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File AvailableHislop, J.A. 1961 Protection of wild life in the Federation of Malaya: pp. 136-142

In: Wyatt-Smith, J. et al. Nature conservation in western Malaysia, 1961. Special issue of the Malayan Nature Journal.. Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society: pp. i-viii, 1-260
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1961 The Schwe-u-Daung, a rhinoceros sanctuary in Burma: pp. 103-106

In: Wyatt-Smith, J. et al. Nature conservation in western Malaysia, 1961. Special issue of the Malayan Nature Journal.. Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society: pp. i-viii, 1-260
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Asian Rhino Species
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File AvailableReynolds, R.J. 1961 Javan rhino in the Berlin Zoo. International Zoo News 8 (3): 76-77
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Javan Rhino
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File AvailableWyatt-Smith, J.; Wycherley, P.R. 1961 Nature conservation in western Malaysia, 1961. Special issue of the Malayan Nature Journal.. Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society, pp. i-viii, 1-260
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Asian Rhino Species
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Brick, H. 1960 Jungle, be gentle. London, Peter Davies, pp. i-xii, 1-210
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Asian Rhino Species
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File AvailableHeptner, W.G. 1960 Ueber das Java-Nashorn auf Neu-Guinea. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 25: 128-129
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Asian Rhino Species
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File AvailableTweedie, M.W.F. 1960 Malayan animal life. London, Longmans
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Asian Rhino Species
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File AvailableSarawak Government 1960 Report of the Maias Protection Commission. Kuching, pp. 1-32
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
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Sumatran Rhino
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File AvailableBemmel, A.C.V. van 1960 In memoriam H.J.V. Sody (1892-1959). Lutra 2: 1-5
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Javan Rhino
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1959 Niah animal bone, II (1954-8). Sarawak Museum Journal 9 (13/14): 151-163, tables 1-4
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Metapodials. Locality: Niah Cave, Sarawak. In Sarawak Museum, Kuching, Malaysia.
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
Based on a draft report by Oliver Milton & R.D. Estes about a survey in the reserve in July and August [1959 ?] `when the monsoon was at its worst making it difficult to find, follow, and identify rhino tracks. More than half the Reserve, i.e. over 60 sq. miles, was sampled including some 25 sq....
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
Considerable depletion of wild life took place in the Rserve during and since the last war until about 1956, anti-government elements have made protective control by the Forest Department impossible. From local evidence it seems that since about 1940 at least 17 rhinos have been killed. This fi...
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File AvailableArnold, G. 1959 Longhouse and jungle: an expedition to Sarawak. London, Chatto and Windus, pp. 1-206
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
I had repeatedly told everyone that under no circumstance were they to kill a rhinoceros, but I hoped we shouldn't meet one, because the delight of the chase and magnificent excitement of so great a kill would certainly have ouweighed any Government prohibition. Madang and Lian asked me what was...
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1959 Rhinoceros' and pigs' teeth as Niah charms?. Sarawak Museum Journal 8: 637-638, fig. 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Niah cave excavations 1954-58. Metapodials of rhinoceros in W/E1, 24-36 inches, and X/W1, 48-60 inches, prove that this animal was eaten at least twice in the cave mouth. The bone pillow of an early burial, figured and discussed by Harrison (1957: 164) has been confirmed as the radius of rhinoc...
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
Calamus sp. and Toddalia aculeata
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File AvailableLang, E.M. 1959 Ein Sumatra-Nashorn im Basler Zoo. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 7 (4): 177, fig. 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Peter Ryhiner on 17 March 1959 near the Siak River in Central Sumatra caught a female Dicerorhinus sumatrensis in a catching boma.
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
1959, Myanmar, from 500 kyats ($105) to 1000 kyats ($210) per inch
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1959 Rhinoceros' and pigs' teeth as Niah charms?. Sarawak Museum Journal 8: 637-638, fig. 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
1959, Borneo, The 'dragon' teeth identified by Professor von Koenigswald (above) from Chinese pharmacies in Sarawak are quite expensive medicine. In Kuching they are sold by weight at $2.50 a tahil (4s. 4 ? d. an ounce); by comparison dried frogs and centipedes cost 5 cents each, and sea horses ...
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
Calamus sp. and Toddalia aculeata
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File AvailableArnold, G. 1959 Longhouse and jungle: an expedition to Sarawak. London, Chatto and Windus, pp. 1-206
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value
Sumatran Rhino
Rhinoceros nearing extinction largely owing to the high prices the Chinese will pay, especially for the horn which they use as an aphrodisiac.
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1959 Niah animal bone, II (1954-8). Sarawak Museum Journal 9 (13/14): 151-163, tables 1-4
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value
Asian Rhino Species
Niah cave excavations 1954-58. Metapodials of rhinoceros in W/E1, 24-36', and X/W1, 48-60', prove that this animal was eaten at least twice in the cave mouth.
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value
Asian Rhino Species
1959, Myanmar, 500 kyats, $ 105 per 1 viss = 3.65 lb
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value
Asian Rhino Species
1959, Myanmar, 50 kyats, $10.50 per 1 viss=3.65 lb
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value
Asian Rhino Species
1959, Myanmar, 5 kyats, $ 1.05 per half ounce
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1959 Niah animal bone, II (1954-8). Sarawak Museum Journal 9 (13/14): 151-163, tables 1-4
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Culture
Asian Rhino Species
Niah cave excavations 1954-58. Metapodials of rhinoceros in W/E1, 24-36
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1959 Rhinoceros' and pigs' teeth as Niah charms?. Sarawak Museum Journal 8: 637-638, fig. 1
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
The ?dragon' teeth identified by Professor von Koenigswald (above) from Chinese pharmacies in Sarawak are quite expensive medicine. In Kuching they are sold by weight at $2.50 a tahil (4s. 4 ? d. an ounce); by comparison dried frogs and centipedes cost 5 cents each, and sea horses 50 cents, but ...
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value
Asian Rhino Species
1959, Myanmar, 100 kyats, $ 21 per 1 viss = 3.65 lb
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File AvailableMetcalfe, G.T.C. 1959 An introduction to some Malayan mammals and reptiles . Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, pp. 1-38
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
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File AvailableJorgensen, B.; Andersen, S. 1959 The Jubilee of the Copenhagen Zoo. International Zoo News 6 (4) Oct-Dec: 125-126
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
Shwe-U-Daung, 2, some say 3
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
in small and diminishing numbers
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File AvailablePfeffer, P. 1958 Situation actuelle de quelques animaux menaces d'Indonesie. Terre et la Vie 12 (2): 128-145, pls. 5-7
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Stories told him by the hunters of the nomadic tribes in the forests of Borneo which he visited. These hunters are ordered by the village chiefs to kill the rhinos, which they hunt with razor-sharp lances as thick as a man's arm. They get very little reward. The horn is given to the chief in r...
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