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Reference Base  Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo, travels and re... |
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Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo, travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak: travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak |
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Beccari, O. |
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1904 |
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London, Archibald Constable |
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pp. i-xxiv, 1-424 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| I once heard that the carcass of a rhinoceros had been seen in Sarawak, carried down by the current, but I have never seen any portion of one got in Borneo. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| The rhinoceros, although adapted for existence in unwooded regions, is also perfectly organised to wander amid dense vegetation, where their weight and size ensures an easy passage. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
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| In this place called Bau, and not in the above described cave, fossil teeth of rhinoceros have been found. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Behaviour - Locomotion
Sumatran Rhino
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| Swiftness is not a necessity, for they have no enemies they need to be afraid of. |
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