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Rhinos of the world |
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Anonymous |
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1992 |
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REF News |
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no. 8 |
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2-3, figs. 1-5 |
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| The Javan rhino has a scaly skin with a mosaic appearance, folds on the neck and folds on the shoulders which are joined in the midline of the back giving the body a segmented look, rather like a scaly anteater. |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The skin is knobbly giving the animal a tough, 'riveted' appearance, yet still as soft and penetrable as any other hide. |
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| The Javan rhino has a scaly skin with a mosaic appearance, folds on the neck and folds on the shoulders which are joined in the midline of the back giving the body a segmented look, rather like a scaly anteater. |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The skin is knobbly giving the animal a tough, 'riveted' appearance, yet still as soft and penetrable as any other hide. |
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Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
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| A small horn is found exclusively in males while females have only a small knob. |
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Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| this rhino is predominantly a grazer but can gather tall grass using its prehensile lip, normally tucked out of the way for cropping-short grass. |
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Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| This forest-dweller uses its prehensile upper lip to browse in a manner similar to the African Black rhino. |
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Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
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| A small horn is found exclusively in males while females have only a small knob. |
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Taxonomy - Evolution
All Rhino Species
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| Although the different species of rhino look similar and originally descended from a single common ancestor, they represent two evolutionary lines which split tens of millions of years ago. One line led to the one-horned rhino, seen today as the primitive Javan rhino and the more advanced Indian ... |
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Rhinos of the world
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