| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. A few years ago a prolonged search for this rhinoceros in the Victoria Point Subdivision of the Mergui District by an expedition formed by Mr. Vernay was fruitless, and led to the conclusion that it is now very nearly extinct in the only locality where it was likely to be f... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. It may still be located in parts of the Pegu Yomas In most of these areas the Sumatran rhinoceros will be found below the crests of the main watersheds in heavy evergreen forest. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| One shot in 1930 in Burma for BMNH. Hairy throughout, but less hairy on face and head; very hairy on legs and ears. A thick fringe of hairs along the flattened survace at the tip of the tail. The hairs are thinly distributed and reveal the underlying skin. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Average length about 10 feet (average of 3 shot in Burma), Largest 10 feet 2 inches. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma, animal shot for BMNH, 1930. Length from nose to tip of tail 9 feet 5 inches |
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| Docters van Leeuwen, W.D. 1933 Biology of plants and animals occurring in the higher parts of Mount Pangangro-Gedeh in West Java. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 31: 1-278, pls. 1-30, figs. 1-67 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| When in 1839 Junghuhn ascended the top of Mt. Pangrango rhinos were still living there. Now not one is left, but their memory is still preserved in the name Kandang Badak (=rhinoceros corral). |
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| Voogd, C.N.A. de 1933 De rhinoceros uit Zuid Sumatra nu bijna verdwenen. Tropische Natuur 22 (8): 159-160 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| South Sumatra. I can only conclude that since (or through?) the hunting expeditions of Hazewinkel in 1925 the numbers of rhinos greatly reduced. From 1927 to 1933 I have much wandered aroun the forests of South Sumatra. During all that time I not only never met with a rhinoceros, but even its ... |
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| Bequaert, J. 1933 The giant ticks of the Malayan rhinoceros. Psyche 40: 137-143 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| More recently (June, 1933) Major Vernay commissioned Major Rawley to secure, if possible, another R. sondaicus. An animal believed to be of that species was located in Selangor; but, after being shot, it proved to be a Sumatran Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sumatrensis Cuvier. Again the only ectopara... |
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| Krygsman, B.J. 1933 De in zoogdieren en vogels parasiteerende wormen van Nederlandsch Indie. Veeartsenijkundige Mededelingen 80: 172-185 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
Diseases - Parasites
Asian Rhino Species
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| Crossocephalus longicaudatus (Nematodes) in intestines of rhinoceros from Neth.Indies. |
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| Halewijn, E. 1933 De fauna van Prinsen-Eiland, Meeuwen-Eiland en van het natuurmonument Oedjoengkoelon. Verslag van de Nederlandsch Indische Vereeniging tot Natuurbescherming 1932: 31-35 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| visit July 1931. Near the lighthouse we found an old track of a rhinoceros (badak).
We went from Java's First Point along the coast eastwards to Djoengkoelon. One the beach we saw old rhinoceros tracks.
In the swampy forest north of Tandjong Tereleng, several rhinoceros tracks.
In the areas ... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. It is open to question whether the Javan rhinoceros ever existed outside of the Thaton, Salween and Mergui Forest Divisions in Lower Burma. The only definite records of its existence come from these three Divisions. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| Their movements coincide largely with those of most wild animals: i.e. they feed in the early mornings, evenings and part of the night-and lie up during the day, during which time they may spend many hours in their wallows. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Wet Kyan |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Senses
Sumatran Rhino
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| The senses of smell and hearing are very good. I once watched a female rhinoceros in her wallow for nearly a quarter of an hour: she was plainly sensible of the very softest sounds. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. It is open to question whether the Javan rhinoceros ever existed outside of the Thaton, Salween and Mergui Forest Divisions in Lower Burma. The only definite records of its existence come from these three Divisions. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. It may still be located in parts of Myitkyina, in the angle between the Chindwin and the Uyu Rivers In most of these areas the Sumatran rhinoceros will be found below the crests of the main watersheds in heavy evergreen forest. |
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| Bequaert, J. 1933 The giant ticks of the Malayan rhinoceros. Psyche 40: 137-143 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| In January, 1932, Major Arthur S. Vernay obtained, in Lower Perak, for the British Museum, one of the few re- maining specimens of the Sunda Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest. At the suggestion of my friend and colleague, Harold J. Coolidge, Jr. he undertook to collect the ecto- and end... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Hunting
Asian Rhino Species
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| With .475- and .577-bore rifles I have never bothered to use other than soft-nosed bullets on rhinoceros, and doubt whether solid bullets are at all necessary for the Malayan variety. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma, animal shot for BMNH, 1930. Light buff on body; face, tail, outsides of legs and portions of flanks black; underparts of body, legs and lips a light flesh colour; |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. It may still be located in the Arakan Hills as far south as Bassein, In most of these areas the Sumatran rhinoceros will be found below the crests of the main watersheds in heavy evergreen forest. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. There are said to be four specimens of the javan rhinoceros existing in the Kahilu Game Sanctuary in the Thaton and Salween Forest Divisions. Indeed, this sanctuary was established mainly for their protection. These specimens are reputed to ascend hills in the manner of th... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Names in vernacular
Asian Rhino Species
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| Kyan |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Names in vernacular
Javan Rhino
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| Kyan-Sin |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| Horn is used as aphrodisiac |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma. Both species of rhinoceros are addicted to breaking down and twisting saplings from 1 to 3 inches in diameter. This habit is common to all, but more marked apparently in some individuals than others. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis: The food of the Sumatran rhinoceros consists mainly of variou... |
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| Hubback, T. 1933 Note on the Ashoka tree. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 36 (4): 1023 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Malaysia. Ashoka tree, local name Tengelan or Tenglan, scientific Saraca sp. The flowers of the Tengland, which often grow on the bole of the tree, are eaten by the two-horned rhinoceros, which seem to appreciate them whenever they come across a tree in flower and the flowers are within their re... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Senses
Sumatran Rhino
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| The senses of smell and hearing are very good, but the sight is poor, probably equal to the sense of sight in elephants. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma, animal shot for BMNH, 1930. Light buff on body; face, tail, outsides of legs and portions of flanks black; underparts of body, legs and lips a light flesh colour; |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| The weight is in the neighbourhood of 2000 pounds. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| It favours the very heaviest types of evergreen forest and is usually found near the sources of streams in remote hill forests. It is very active for so heavy a beast and prefers steep, rather than low or moderately steep, hills.
Unlike Rhinoceros sondaicus the Sumatran rhinoceros delights in s... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| Burma. The Javan differs mainly from the Sumatran in its fondness for low-lying, swampy ground, and presumably also in being of a less active and alert disposition. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| Rhinoceros horns are occasionally faked: I have seen a very clever imitation made of buffalo horn which defeated detection until it had been broken up. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| Burma. The horns of males are said to be about 10 inches in length. The male has only one horn. The female may have a very small horn or none at all.. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma. Both species of rhinoceros are addicted to breaking down and twisting saplings from 1 to 3 inches in diameter. This habit is common to all, but more marked apparently in some individuals than others. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis: The food of the Sumatran rhinoceros consists mainly of variou... |
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| Hubback, T. 1933 Note on the Ashoka tree. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 36 (4): 1023 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Malaysia. Ashoka tree, local name Tengelan or Tenglan, scientific Saraca sp. The flowers of the Tengland, which often grow on the bole of the tree, are eaten by the two-horned rhinoceros, which seem to appreciate them whenever they come across a tree in flower and the flowers are within their re... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| I have heard the humming sound that Burmans say this rhinoceros sometimes makes when in its wallow, but from so great a distance that I am not prepared to swear to the fact. From close quarters I have heard them utter harsh grunts, and one that I had shot emitted loud whistling screams that coul... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Reproduction
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma, Gestation period 8 months |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma. The tracks of male and female rhinoceros are identical. Indications of a large horn may be apparent in the deep holes and gashes sometimes made in the banks of wallows, and in the excessive twisting of saplings. The manner in which urine is dropped sometimes serves as an indication of s... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| One shot in Burma in 1930 for BMNH. The heavy folds of skin behind the shoulder, on the flank and round the neck, and other peculiarities of shape and structure are clearly seen in the illustration on Plate VI. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma - Confusion with other species. The three-toed tracks of a rhinoceros cannot be confused, even on a poor surface, with any animal except tapir and, perhaps, a young elephant. The tapir has four toes on the fore-feet but, since the impressions of the hindfeet usually cover those of the for... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| It is very active for so heavy a beast and prefers steep, rather than low or moderately steep, hills. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| One shot in Burma in 1930 for BMNH. The heavy folds of skin behind the shoulder, on the flank and round the neck, and other peculiarities of shape and structure are clearly seen in the illustration on Plate VI. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma. The tracks of male and female rhinoceros are identical. Indications of a large horn may be apparent in the deep holes and gashes sometimes made in the banks of wallows, and in the excessive twisting of saplings. The manner in which urine is dropped sometimes serves as an indication of s... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| One shot in 1930 in Burma for BMNH. Hairy throughout, but less hairy on face and head; very hairy on legs and ears. A thick fringe of hairs along the flattened survace at the tip of the tail. The hairs are thinly distributed and reveal the underlying skin. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma - Confusion with other species. The three-toed tracks of a rhinoceros cannot be confused, even on a poor surface, with any animal except tapir and, perhaps, a young elephant. The tapir has four toes on the fore-feet but, since the impressions of the hindfeet usually cover those of the for... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| Burma. The tracks of an adult Javan rhinoceros are about 8 ? to 9 inches in diameter. This is only an inch or two greater than the tracks of an adult Sumatran rhinoceros. The toes of the latter are less splayed out than the former, but the tracks appear almost identical except in size. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Culture
Asian Rhino Species
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| This sanctuary [Shwe u Daung] has been guarded by a peculiar superstition to the effect that the sanctuary is occupied by wood-spirits which are intolerant of poaching. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| Large collections, of rhinoceros dung are commonly found and show that these animals, when not disturbed, are accustomed to return to the same spot for this purpose. I have seen a collection of their droppings nearly 2 feet high and 4 feet across. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| Its wallows are generally found in the pockets of hills at the sources of streams springing from high and remote watershed. The wallows vary in size from a shallow depression scarcely larger than the animal itself, and apparently individual to itself, to ones 20 or 30 feet across which are used ... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| The blood and horn of the Sumatran rhinoceros have a very high medicinal value in the imagination of Chinamen, Burmans and tribesmen indigenous to Burma. One gathers that such parts of a rhinoceros have the properties of a very potent aphrodisiac. An average horn, about 8 inches in length, is w... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| The front horns of males average 7 or 8 inches and those of females about 3 inches. I have never seen a horn, in Burma, over 10 inches in length. There are two specimens in the British Museum of Natural History, however, in which the front horns measure 32 ? inches and 27 inches. Such horns w... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Reproduction
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma. I have never seen or heard of more than one calf at heel, but it is certain that the calves remain with the mothers to an advanced age. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Reproduction
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma. It is certain that the calves remain with the mothers to an advanced age. The Shans, with whom I hunted, used to say that the scarcity of rhinoceros was largely due to the fact that the mothers are accustomed to treat their young in a very brutal fashion; frequently tossing them over the... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1933, Burma, An average horn, about 8 inches in length, is worth about 1000 rupees, and the blood, when dried, is valued at its own weight in silver. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| Burma. The height of a mature specimen of the javan rhinoceros is probably about 5 feet 6 inches, or roughly a foot higher than the Sumatran rhinoceros. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| The posterior horns of males average about 3 inches and those of females are mere knobs. |
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| Coenraad-Uhlig, V. 1933 Vom Gefangenleben eines jungen Nashorns. Zoologische Garten 6 (4/6): 114-116, figs. 1-5 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Average height 4 feet 3 inches (average of 3 specimens shot in Burma). Largest 4 feet 8 inches high. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma, animal shot for BMNH, 1930. Tail only 1 foot 9 inches |
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| Hazewinkel, J.C. 1933 Rhinoceros sondaicus in Zuid-Sumatra. Tropische Natuur 22 (6): 101-109 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Javan Rhino
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| J.C. Hazewinkel, maybe Joachim Cornelis [or Cornelius] Hazewinkel. In some newspapers he is stated to have been a planter near Palembang, Sumata, maybe until late 1940s. In 1933 he presented a young elephant and some monkeys to the zoo in Jakarta. He gave some lectures about Sumatran wildlife and... |
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| Hazewinkel, J.C. 1933 A one-horned Javanese rhinoceros shot in Sumatra, where it was not thought to exist. Illustrated London News 1933 December 23: 1018-1019, figs. 1-5 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Javan Rhino
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| Handley, L.M.H. 1933 Hunter's moon . London, MacMillan |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Asian Rhino Species
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| After rhino in South Tenasserim. |
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| Prater, S.H. 1933 Prince of Wales Museum of Western India: Report for 1933. Bombay, Museum |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Museums
Javan Rhino
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| Anonymous 1933 Een in Midden-Sumatra geschoten Rhinoceros [one-horned rhino]. Locomotief 1933-04-05: 14 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Javan Rhino
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| Valle, J. 1933 A dos de rhinoceros. Intrepide: Aventures, voyages, explorations 24 (No 1174), 19 February 1933: 6-7 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
History
Javan Rhino
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Javan Rhino
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| Mounted skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Tenasserim. Collected by: T.R. Hubback. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Witkamp, H. 1932 Het voorkomen van eenige diersoorten in het landschap Koetai. Tropische Natuur 21 (10): 167-177, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The distribution is extensive but the density is low. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Mounted hide. Sex: Female. Locality: Java. From Ward's Natural Science Establishment, 1880. In coll. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., USA |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Museums
Javan Rhino
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| Skull, record horn. Locality: Java, Bantam. Collected by: Mr. Maxwell. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: West Java. Collected by: Buitenzorg Museum. In coll. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., USA |
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| Keller, E. 1932 De neushoorn in Borneo. Tropische Natuur 21 (12): 229 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Witkamp remarked that the rhinoceros does not occur south of the Mahakam River. While surveying the area between Balikpapan and Samarinda, I did not only see many old and new tracks of the rhinoceros, I even saw an individual. The footprints had a diameter of over 20 cm. I saw the animal in a ... |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Javan Rhino
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| Head. Sex: Male. Locality: South Sumatra. In coll. Museum Zoologicum Bogorienses, Bogor, Indonesia. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Javan Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Sumatra, Kapala Wuada. Collected by: Blandowski. In Zoological Museum, Berlin, Germany. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Javan Rhino
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| Skeleton (imperfect). Locality: Sumatra. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Skeleton. Locality: Sumatra, 250 km southwest of Palembang. In coll. Zoological Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Mounted hide. Sex: Female. Locality: Java. From Ward's Natural Science Establishment, 1880. In coll. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., USA |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: West Java. Collected by: Buitenzorg Museum. In coll. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., USA |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Mounted hide. Sex: Female. Locality: Java. In coll. Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester N.Y., USA. 1880 to Cambridge, Mass. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Skeleton. Locality: Java. In Zoological Museum, Berlin, Germany. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Museums
Javan Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Sumatra. Purchased from Gerrard, London, 1919. In coll. Western Reserve University, Laboratory of Anatomy, Cleveland Ohio, USA |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| 3 skulls. Locality: Java. In Zoological Museum, Berlin, Germany. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Malay coast, opposite Penang. In Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Museums
Javan Rhino
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| Mounted skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Tenasserim. Collected by: T.R. Hubback. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Javan Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Sumatra, Kapala Wuada. Collected by: Blandowski. In Zoological Museum, Berlin, Germany. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Javan Rhino
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| Skull. Sex: Female. Locality: Kuala Serukoi, Perak. Federated Malay States Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Javan Rhino
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| Mounted head. Sex: Female. Locality: Kuala Serukoi, Perak. Federated Malay States Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Javan Rhino
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| Mounted head. Sex: Male. Locality: Pinjih valley, Perak. Federated Malay States Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Javan Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Sumatra. Purchased from Gerrard, London, 1919. In coll. Western Reserve University, Laboratory of Anatomy, Cleveland Ohio, USA |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Java. In coll. U.S. National Museum, Washington, USA |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Mounted skin. Locality: Java. In coll. Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Skull, record horn. Locality: Java, Bantam. Collected by: Mr. Maxwell. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Skeleton. Locality: Java. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Mounted skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Java. In coll. Museum Zoologicum Bogorienses, Bogor, Indonesia. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Skeleton. Locality: Java. In coll. Museum Zoologicum Bogorienses, Bogor, Indonesia. |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| De Beaufort (1928) gives an account of a complete skeleton, presented to the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam, that was procured by a Mr. Keith, 250 kilometers South-West of Palembang, on that island. |
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| Dammerman, K.W. 1932 De nieuw ontdekte orang pendek. Tropische Natuur 21 (8): 123-131, figs. 1-3 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Tengkoe Ibrahim, chief of Rokan, told me that in 1912 he went to the Simalamboe mountains, partly within his territory, to hunt rhinos. As the animal is very shy and has a sharp sense of smell, they wore dark clothes and had rubbed leaves on their body to mask their body odour. The rhinoceros h... |
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| Witkamp, J. 1932 Wildreservaten in Koetai. Verslag van de Nederlandsch Indische Vereeniging tot Natuurbescherming 1929-1931: 84-86, fig. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| In the subdivisions West Kutai, rhinos only occur in the northern part in the area north of the parellel passing over Long Bleh on the Belajan River. In East Kutai the distribution stretches more to the south to the Makaham River. There are no rhinos south of these rivers in Kutai. In the nort... |
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| Witkamp, J. 1932 Wildreservaten in Koetai. Verslag van de Nederlandsch Indische Vereeniging tot Natuurbescherming 1929-1931: 84-86, fig. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| in the South and East province of Kalimantan. Rhinoceros live on the slopes of the mountains along the border and also in the mountainous forets of the subdivisions of Tidoengsche Landen, Boelongan, Apo-Kajan, Beraoe, West Koetia, Pasir, Tandjong and Kota Waringin. The distribution is wide but ... |
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| Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Asian Rhino Species
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| G. H. Evans (1905), writing of rhinoceroses in Burma, says that the two-horned R. sumatrensis is the commoner, and that during the previous eight or nine years he had known of only two R. sondaicus having been killed by Europeans. They occurred only in certain areas of hilly country in Upper and... |
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| Witkamp, J. 1932 Wildreservaten in Koetai. Verslag van de Nederlandsch Indische Vereeniging tot Natuurbescherming 1929-1931: 84-86, fig. 11 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Asian Rhino Species
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| Since 1 July 1931 the new Animal protection Ordinance does not only forbid the possession of the protected animals or parts of them, but also the export, which includes rhinoceros. |
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