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Reference Base  Mammals of Borneo: field keys and an annotated checklist |
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| Title: |
Mammals of Borneo: field keys and an annotated checklist |
| Author(s): |
Medway, Lord |
| Year published: |
1965 |
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Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
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36 (3) |
| Pages: |
i-xi, 1-193, figs. 1-9, map 1, pls. 1-34 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Formerly widespread, now very scarce. T. Harrisson (1961b) has stated that there are `probably not more than thirty in the whole island'. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Eighteen years later, Harrisson (1949) wrote, `there are now almost certainly no rhinoceros left in Sarawak', although he was able to report observations in 1946 from the upper S. Padas, in Sabah, and in 1945 from S. Raya and from high ground in the upper S. Bahau in Kalimantan. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Bones, two upper molars. Locality: Sarawak, cave near Ban. Collected by: P.L. Sclater, 1895. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: M1986 |
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Museums - Europe
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Bones, two upper molars. Locality: Sarawak, cave near Ban. Collected by: P.L. Sclater, 1895. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: M1986 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Bones, two upper molars. Locality: Sarawak, cave near Ban. Collected by: P.L. Sclater, 1895. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: M1986 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| in the southeast `the headman of the Bajaus at Sungei Manungul [i.e. Menunggul], Pamukang Bay, said there used to be some rhinos in that locality, but he had seen no traces for years' (Abbott, quoted in Lyon, 1911b). A little further north in east Kalimantan, at S. Merah, Mahakam, Raven (unpubli... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| In western Kalimantan B?ttikofer found tracks and fresh droppings on the higher slopes of G. Liang Kubung, in the upper Kapuas, although not in the surrounding plains; he also reported that Malay rhino hunters were active, and regretted his own bad luck in not getting a specimen himself (Jentink,... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| There are recent reports of animals encountered or tracks seen in Sabah on G. Kinabalu (J.L. Harrison, personal communication, 1962). |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Eighteen years later, Harrisson (1949) wrote, `there are now almost certainly no rhinoceros left in Sarawak', although he was able to report observations in 1946 from the upper S. Padas, in Sabah, |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In Sarawak, Banks (1931a) found it `hard to give any exact localities but they occur in the mountainous region in the Lawas interior, various places in the far interior of the Baram and Rejang Rivers, occasionally straying as far down as the Ulus [i.e. upper reaches] of Mukah and Oya but is [sic]... |
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