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| Title: |
The company of animals |
| Author(s): |
MacKie, R. |
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1965 |
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Sydney, London, Melbourne, Angus and Robertson |
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pp. i-ix, 1-225 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the swamps of ulu Bernam, on the Perak-Selangor border, Jim Hislop found prints of an adult rhino and took plaster casts. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The man showed him tracks in rough hill country along the Kedah border. Prints were those of a young rhino. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| A rhino was seen by members of a mountain climbing party in the Larut district of Perak. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Traces of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis were reported from the national park, towards the Gunong Padang plateau in 1940. Jim Hislop was able to confirm during this expedition to Gunong Padang that rhino still live in the eastern end of the national park. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1965, Malaya, $6 a pound |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1935, Malaya, small horn fetched about ? 100 |
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World
Value
All Rhino Species
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| Horn is used as aphrodisiac |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1965, Malaya, bone $3 a pound |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| Rhino parts are mixed with herbs to make medicine. Horn is used as aphrodisiac and as antidote against poisons. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Asian Rhino Species
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| 1965, Malaya, fresh blood sells at $30 a pound, dried blood a little less |
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The company of animals
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