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| Title: |
Rubber, tin - and rhinos |
| Author(s): |
Milton, O. |
| Year published: |
1962 |
| Journal: |
Animal Kingdom |
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65 (2) |
| Pages: |
56-59, figs. 1-4 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| 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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World
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| Summarizing the information available, we know that in 1937 a sondaicus was shot in this vicinity, which is a typical habitat, i.e. low swampy ground. The species is also known to travel to higher levels periodically. The sumatrensis is more apt to be found in the hills near the sources of stre... |
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World
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Summarizing the information available, we know that in 1937 a sondaicus was shot in this vicinity, which is a typical habitat, i.e. low swampy ground. The species is also known to travel to higher levels periodically. The sumatrensis is more apt to be found in the hills near the sources of stre... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| 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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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| 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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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| 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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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| 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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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| 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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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| 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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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| 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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Rubber, tin - and rhinos
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