 | Prater, S.H. 1934 The wild animals of the Indian Empire and the problem of their preservation, part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37 (1) Supplement: 57-96, pls. 15-36 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Though it prefers swamp and grass the Great Indian Rhinoceros is also found in wood jungle up ravines and low hills. |
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| Prater, S.H. 1934 The wild animals of the Indian Empire and the problem of their preservation, part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37 (1) Supplement: 57-96, pls. 15-36 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Tracks lead off in all directions from these 'wallows'. They present the appearance of large tunnels hollowed through the dense undergrowth. Unlike the elephant, a rhinoceros does not break through the jungle but burrows his way through the dense tangle. |
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| Prater, S.H. 1934 The wild animals of the Indian Empire and the problem of their preservation, part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37 (1) Supplement: 57-96, pls. 15-36 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| In the cold weather find rains they visit the low country coming down in search of particular foods. They are not grazers but browse on twigs, shoots and are very partial to fallen fruit: wild mangoes, citrous fruits and figs. |
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| Prater, S.H. 1934 The wild animals of the Indian Empire and the problem of their preservation, part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37 (1) Supplement: 57-96, pls. 15-36 |
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Indian Rhino
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| The food consists chiefly of grass. In Nepal during the rains Rhinoceros frequently enter cultivation. |
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| Franck, P.F. 1934 Rhinoceros sondaicus in West-Java. Tropische Natuur 23: 76-79 |
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All Rhino Species
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| We know very little about the age of the rhinoceros. In Brehm it is recorded that an Indian rhinoceros in Barrackpore, calcutta was 45 years old and that other zoos had the same experience. If one adds a few years before the animal arrived in captivity, it is clear that the longevity can be up ... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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| Burma. Both species of rhinoceros are addicted to breaking down and twisting saplings from 1 to 3 inches in diameter. This habit is common to all, but more marked apparently in some individuals than others. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis: The food of the Sumatran rhinoceros consists mainly of variou... |
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| Hubback, T. 1933 Note on the Ashoka tree. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 36 (4): 1023 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Malaysia. Ashoka tree, local name Tengelan or Tenglan, scientific Saraca sp. The flowers of the Tengland, which often grow on the bole of the tree, are eaten by the two-horned rhinoceros, which seem to appreciate them whenever they come across a tree in flower and the flowers are within their re... |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
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Black Rhino
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| Namibia. Its food consists of thorny twigs, twigs of Grewia and berries, milkbush and leaves of appletree, young camelthorn trees and fruit of 'Greesappel'. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Black Rhino
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| Namibia. Its food consists of thorny twigs, twigs of Grewia and berries, milkbush and leaves of appletree, young camelthorn trees and fruit of 'Greesappel'. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| It favours the very heaviest types of evergreen forest and is usually found near the sources of streams in remote hill forests. It is very active for so heavy a beast and prefers steep, rather than low or moderately steep, hills.
Unlike Rhinoceros sondaicus the Sumatran rhinoceros delights in s... |
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