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Reference Base  The Schwe-u-Daung Game Sanctuary, upper Burma, with a not... |
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The Schwe-u-Daung Game Sanctuary, upper Burma, with a note on the Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (R sumatrensis) |
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Peacock, E.H. |
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1931 |
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
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35 (2) |
| Pages: |
446-448, figs. 1-2 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma. R. sumatrensis spends most of its time in the heaviest forest it can find and only occasionally climbs onto the open grass-clad ridges and spurs which are a feature of the sanctuary at elevations above 4000 feet. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| sumatrensis wander generally in pairs, and a former experience was duplicated in that the mate returned to the body of the one killed a few minutes after the shooting, and had to be driven off by a shot fired over the head. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Male shot in Burma in 1930 for BMNH. much rubbed and worn horns of which the front horn is 7 inches in length along the curve from base to tip. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Animal shot in Burma for BMNH in 1930. Height 4 ft 5 inches (male) |
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