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Title: Twaalfhonderd palen door Midden Java
Author(s): Perelaer
Year published: 1867
Journal: Militaire Spectator
Volume: (3) 12
Pages: 547-555
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
A few years ago the Regent of Poerwokerto shot a rhinoceros on the slopes of the Slamat and he showed us the skull of the animal. In view of the size of the skull, it must have been a huge animal.
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In 1856, on the Radja Bassa in the Lampongs, a military bataillon encountered a rhinoceros while searching for an enemy in the forest. The animal got away.
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
Visiting the chief of Poerwokerta still had about twenty disks of the horn, the size of a 10 penny (tien stuiver) piece, and offered us some. It is common belief on Java, that rhinoceros horn is the best cure for snake bite. One only needs to dip the horn in vinegar and put it on the wound, and...
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