| Kreemer, J. 1922 Atjeh: algemeen samenvattend overzicht van land en volk van Atjeh en onderhoorigheden. Leiden, E.J. Brill, vol. 1 (1922), pp. i-xvi, 1-602; vol. 2 (1923), pp. i-xii, 1-705 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| The animals are solitary or sometimes in pairs in the deep forest. |
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| Mayer, C. 1922 Trapping wild animals in Malay jungles. London, T.Fisher Unwin, pp. 1-223 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Anonymous 1922 Trapping of rhinoceroses at Prolok in Perlis. Straits Times, Singapore 4 March 1922: 8 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr Abdul Rani of Ipoh has succeeded in trapping a pair of rhinoceros at Trolok in Perlis, and he intends exhibiting them at the forthcoming Malaya-Borneo Exhibition at Singapore. The captured pair are reported to be splendid specimens. The animals were caught on February 23 and Mr Abdul Rani has ... |
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| Buennemeyer, H.A.B. 1921 Reizen in het bergland van Midden-Sumatra, II Over de dwarsketen van den Barisan, uitgaande van de Koerintji-Vallei. Tropische Natuur 10 (3): 33-37, figs. 5-7 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| When I stayed at the peak of Koerintji, there would have been there a white rhinoceros, whose horn is much valued by the locals as a ?obat' or rather ?djimat', but fortunately I never met him. All paths in the forest are in fact previous hunting trails for kidjang and rhinoceros. |
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| Lumholtz, C. 1921 Through Central Borneo: an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917. London, T. Fisher Unwin, vol. 1, pp. i-xix, 1-242; vol. 2, pp. i-x, 243-467 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Brooke, G.E. 1921 Botanic Gardens and economic notes, vol. 2, pp. 63-79
| In: Makepeace, W. et al. One hundred years of Singapore, being some account of the capital of the Straits Settlements from its foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919. London, John Murray: vol. 1 and vol.2 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Singapore
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Anonymous 1921 Short guide of Sumatra, with a more complete description of the Padang highlands. Weltevreden, Vereeniging Toeristenverkeer |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1921 Raffles Library and Museum, Singapore.. In: Makepeace, W., Brooke, G.E., Braddell, R.St.J. 1921. One hundred years of Singapore : being some account of the capital of the Straits Settlements, vol. 1, pp.519-566 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Makepeace, W.; Brooke, G.E.; Braddell, R.St.J. 1921 One hundred years of Singapore, being some account of the capital of the Straits Settlements from its foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919. London, John Murray, vol. 1 and vol.2 |
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Captive
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1921 Raffles Library and Museum, Singapore: vol. 1, pp. 519-563
| In: Makepeace, W. et al. One hundred years of Singapore, being some account of the capital of the Straits Settlements from its foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919. London, John Murray: vol. 1 and vol.2 |
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Captive
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Anonymous 1921 Sighting of a rhinoceros on Bentong Road. Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser 14 July 1921: 28 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| It is reported that a rhinoceros was seen some time ago on the Bentong road near Ginting Simpah Police Station. (M.M.) The locality is in Selangor, Malaysia |
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| Noble, J. 1921 Notes sur Bornéo. Paris, Paul Brodart Coulommiers |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| 1921 - Présents à Bornéo ( p. 6 ) - (CARINO No. 641 - Reference and note contributed by CARINO (Dr Henri Carpentier, Ingénieur Civil des Mines), 2011)
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1920 Summary of the results from the Indian Mammal Survey of the Bombay Natural History Society. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 27 (2): 301-322 |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1901 Thomas grudgingly accepted lasitois Sclater as a subspecies of sumatrensis, solely on its larger size. Lydekker also keeps the two forms separate, and Sclater in his Catalogue of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, distinguishes them. |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1920 Summary of the results from the Indian Mammal Survey of the Bombay Natural History Society. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 27 (2): 301-322 |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Type locality Chittagong |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1920 Summary of the results from the Indian Mammal Survey of the Bombay Natural History Society. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 27 (2): 301-322 |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Type locality Sumatra |
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| Anonymous 1920 Das Schonbrunner Nashorn eingegangen. Der Burggrafler 28 September 1920 |
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Captive
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Inglis, C.M.; Travers, W.L.; O'Donel, H.V.; Shebbeare, E.O. 1919 A tentative list of the vertebrates of the Jalpaiguri District, Bengal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 26 (3): 819-825, pl. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis almost certainly not found in this district, though one was shot on the Sankos River (boundary of the Jalpaiguri district) in 1864. |
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| Inglis, C.M.; Travers, W.L.; O'Donel, H.V.; Shebbeare, E.O. 1919 A tentative list of the vertebrates of the Jalpaiguri District, Bengal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 26 (3): 819-825, pl. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In his Settlement Report Sunder says a rhino was shot in Dalgaon forest but is very rare. |
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| Gairdner, K.G. 1919 A list of Siamese and Lao names of mammals. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 3 (2): 121-126 |
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Su |
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| Inglis, C.M.; Travers, W.L.; O'Donel, H.V.; Shebbeare, E.O. 1919 A tentative list of the vertebrates of the Jalpaiguri District, Bengal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 26 (3): 819-825, pl. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Jalpaiguri district, Bengal. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis almost certainly not found in this district, though one was shot on the Sankos River (boundary of the district) in 1864. In his Settlement Report Sunder says a rhino was shot in Dalgaon forest but is very rare. |
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| Gairdner, K.G. 1919 A list of Siamese and Lao names of mammals. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 3 (2): 121-126 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Krasu |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1919 On a collection of mammals made in eastern and central Borneo by Mr Carl Lumholtz. Kg Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 60 (6): 1-62, pls. 1-6, figs. 1-3 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hubback, T. 1919 Photographs of Malayan Big Game. Outdoor Life 44 (10) October: 210-213, 9 images |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
History
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Baylis, H.A. 1919 A new species of the nematode genus Crossocephalus from the rhinoceros. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 4: 94-98 |
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Captive
Diseases - Parasites
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1918 Bombay Natural History Society's mammal survey of India, Burma and Ceylon: Report no. 29: Pegu. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 25 (3): 472-481 |
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World
Ecology - Population
Sumatran Rhino
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| Have found absolutely fresh tracks, but have not shot one. Very local. I think it is always a local animal in the most restricted sense. It lives for a week, a month, or considerably longer in an area of, say, three to four square miles, then moves to a considerable distance, returning often a... |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1918 Bombay Natural History Society's mammal survey of India, Burma and Ceylon: Report no. 29: Pegu. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 25 (3): 472-481 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| I have seen tracks of four Rhinos together, and have been told by a sahib that he has seen six of these animals together. So it seems that they are at times gregarious, though generally met with singly. (Any notes on this would be very interesting. The reason may be seasonal, connected with foo... |
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| Anonymous 1918 The second phase in the history of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. Garden's Bulletin Straits Settlements 2 (3): 93-108 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Singapore
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Lekkerkerker, C. 1916 Land en volk van Sumatra. Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp. i-x, 1-368 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The coastal regions in the north of Atjeh. The mountain called Seulawaih Agam, 1726 m, and the coastal region are rich in game. Elephants are very numerous, as well as the rhinoceros and tiger. |
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| Shelford, R.W.C. 1916 A naturalist in Borneo. Edited with a biographical introduction by Edward B. Poulton. London, T.Fisher Unwin, pp. i-xxxviii, 1-331 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In many books it is stated that Rhinoceros sondaicus also occurs in Borneo, but I do not know what authority there is for this statement. |
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| Shelford, R.W.C. 1916 A naturalist in Borneo. Edited with a biographical introduction by Edward B. Poulton. London, T.Fisher Unwin, pp. i-xxxviii, 1-331 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The rhinoceros is still extant, but itseems to be confined to the mountainous regions in the far interior. |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1916 Zoological results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Siam, 1911-1912 & 1914-15, V: Mammals II. Kg Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 57 (2): 1-59, pls. 1-6 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The neighbourhood of Chieng Hai is considered as one of the best hunting stations for these large pachyderms, and during my stay there I also several times observed their tracks in the vicinity. Chieng Hai is situated on a large plain chiefly covered by high grass and reeds which makes travellin... |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1916 Zoological results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Siam, 1911-1912 & 1914-15, V: Mammals II. Kg Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 57 (2): 1-59, pls. 1-6 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Sumatran Rhino
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| To hunt rhinoceros on elephant back is considered by the natives as impossible, because the rhino will at once attack the elephant as soon as it get wind of it. Elephants are also said to be very afraid of rhinos and would run away as soon as the rhino is going to attack. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1916 Notes
| In: Shelford, R.W.C. A naturalist in Borneo. Edited with a biographical introduction by Edward B. Poulton. London, T.Fisher Unwin: pp. i-xxxviii, 1-331 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinoceros is common in British North Borneo, I passed four in one trip. |
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| Lekkerkerker, C. 1916 Land en volk van Sumatra. Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp. i-x, 1-368 |
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World
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| The rhinoceros is often a path-maker in the literal sense making path used by people in the impenetrable jungles. |
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| Lekkerkerker, C. 1916 Land en volk van Sumatra. Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp. i-x, 1-368 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| They seem to be dangerous for people in their wild rage. |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1916 Zoological results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Siam, 1911-1912 & 1914-15, V: Mammals II. Kg Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 57 (2): 1-59, pls. 1-6 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis - Thailand. Chieng Hai is situated on a large plain chiefly covered by high grass and reeds which makes travelling very difficult. However, I once tried to get a rhinoceros, the fresh tracks of which we found. We followed its tracks for a considerable distance in the h... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1916 Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History), vol 5: Perissodactyla (horses, tapirs, rhinoceroses), Hyracoidea (hyraxes), Proboscidea (elephants) with addenda to the earlier volumes. London, Trustees of the British Museum, pp. 46-58 |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sumatrensis lasiotis, typical locality Chittagong. |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1916 Zoological results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Siam, 1911-1912 & 1914-15, V: Mammals II. Kg Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 57 (2): 1-59, pls. 1-6 |
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| The neighbourhood of Chieng Hai is considered as one of the best hunting stations for these large pachyderms, and during my stay there I also several times observed their tracks in the vicinity. Chieng Hai is situated on a large plain chiefly covered by high grass and reeds which makes travellin... |
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| Lekkerkerker, C. 1916 Land en volk van Sumatra. Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp. i-x, 1-368 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| It lives in pairs. |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1916 Zoological results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Siam, 1911-1912 & 1914-15, V: Mammals II. Kg Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 57 (2): 1-59, pls. 1-6 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| We followed its tracks for a considerable distance in the high grass through which the animal had made veritable tunnels but as the water was very deep, we were not able to stalk as silent as necessary and suddenly, I heard the animal rushing away uttering a grunting noise. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1916 Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History), vol 5: Perissodactyla (horses, tapirs, rhinoceroses), Hyracoidea (hyraxes), Proboscidea (elephants) with addenda to the earlier volumes. London, Trustees of the British Museum, pp. 46-58 |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Typical locality Tenasserim, type in Indian Museum, Calcutta. C. niger is typified by a specimen from the malay Peninsula referred to below; C. blythi by skulls from Tenasserim figured by Blyth, J.As.Soc.bengal, xxxi, pl. iii figs. 2 and 3, as R. sumatranus, and now in the Indian Museum. These ... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1916 Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History), vol 5: Perissodactyla (horses, tapirs, rhinoceroses), Hyracoidea (hyraxes), Proboscidea (elephants) with addenda to the earlier volumes. London, Trustees of the British Museum, pp. 46-58 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Taxonomy - Nomenclature
Sumatran Rhino
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| The alleged existence of a two-horned species allied to R. unicornis in the Singpho district, east of Assam, is noticed in Game Animals of India, p. 32. |
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| Bequaert, J. 1916 Parasitic muscid larvae collected from the African elephant and the white rhinoceros by the Congo expeditions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35: 377-387, figs. 1-3 |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1885, Brauer was able, for the first time, to examine the gastric larvae from a specimen of Rhinoceros sumatrensis, which died in the Zoological Garden at Hamburg. He recognized that they were distinct from Gasterophilus and placed them in a new genus Gyrostigma, under the name of G. sumatren... |
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| Anonymous 1916 Rhinoceros died of anthrax in Rangoon Zoo. Straits Times, Singapore 27 September 1916: 8 |
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Captive - Asia
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| A severe outbreak of anthrax has occurred at the Rangoon zoo by which a number of valuable animals has been lost. (A rhinoceros among the animals that died.) |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimen unspecified. Sex: Female. Locality: Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Collected by: Bombay Nat Hist Soc survey, 1914. Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, India. Catalogue number: 4714 |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimen unspecified. Sex: Female. Locality: Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Collected by: Bombay Nat Hist Soc survey, 1914. Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, India. Catalogue number: 4714 |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimen unspecified. Sex: Female. Locality: Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Collected by: Bombay Nat Hist Soc survey, 1914. Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, India. Catalogue number: 4714 |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Badak raya |
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| Gairdner, K.G. 1915 Notes on the fauna and flora of Ratburi and Petchaburi districts. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 1 (3): 131-156 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Kra-soo |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Results NBHS Mammal Survey. Shot 1 female, near Bankachon. Specimen 4714, 17 miles inland from Victoria Point, Southern Tenasserim, 7 Jan 1914 |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Inside of ears, lower throat, and under part around limbs tinged with dull flesh colour. General colour slate black, although appearing lighter during life owing to a thin and probably permanent coating of dry mud. |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Kyan-chyaw |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Ceratorhinus blythii synonym of sumatrensis Cuvier |
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| Gairdner, K.G. 1915 Notes on the fauna and flora of Ratburi and Petchaburi districts. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 1 (3): 131-156 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1911, a female with young attacked a survey party in the Yang Choom valley and savagely bit a coolie in the arm. |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Skin folds not very marked though easily felt, particularly on the shoulders. |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Tail very much compressed laterally at end. |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Iris, dark brown |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Inside of ears, lower throat, and under part around limbs tinged with dull flesh colour. General colour slate black, although appearing lighter during life owing to a thin and probably permanent coating of dry mud. |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Iris, dark brown |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Skin folds not very marked though easily felt, particularly on the shoulders. |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Tail very much compressed laterally at end. |
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| Gairdner, K.G. 1915 Notes on the fauna and flora of Ratburi and Petchaburi districts. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 1 (3): 131-156 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
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Sumatran Rhino
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| I have found rhino tracks up to and above 4000 feet. |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar
Length of head, tip of nose to between ears, up and down horns, 760 mm
idem, not up and down horns, 680 mm |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar
Extreme length, tip of nose / up and down horns to tip of tail, 3265 mm
Tip of nose to root of tail, up and down horns, 2600 mm
Tip of nose to root of tail, not up and down horns, 2520 mm |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Length of anterior horn, around front curve, 130 mm |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sumatrensis Cuvier, 1817. Refne Anim. 1, p.240; Blanford, Mammalia, no.336.
Synonyms:
Rhinoceros crossei Gray 1854
Ceratorhinus niger, C. blythii Gray, 1873 |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar
Height from shoulders to tip of longest toe, 1440 mm
Height of withers to tip of longest toe, 1530 mm |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Ceratorhinus niger Gray, 1873 synonym of sumatrensis Cuvier |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinoceros crossei [sic] Gray 1854, synonym of sumatrensis |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Length of tail, 665 mm |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar.
Girth of neck, halfway between head and shoulders, 1095 mm
Girth behind shoulders, 2145 mm
Girth in front of hind quarters, 2290 mm |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar. Ear, 175 mm |
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1915 Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal survey of India, Burma, Ceylon Report No. 17. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 695-720 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Female shot 1914 at Bankachon, Mergui District, S. Myanmar.
Hind foot, from hock to tip of longest nail, 420 mm
Girth of fore foot, 550 mm
Girth of hind foot, 538 mm
Girth of foreleg halfway above the knee, 565 mm
Girth of hind leg halfway above hock, 525 mm |
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| Pocock, R.I. 1915 The two-horned Asiatic rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 126 (3278), 1915 October 23: 709 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Shortridge, G.C. 1915 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuv.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23 (4): 772-774 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1914 Mammals collected, or observed by the Swedish zoological expedition to Siam 1911-1912. Arkiv for Zoologi 8 (23): 1-36 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Horn. Locality: Thailand. In coll. Private collection, Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1914 Mammals collected, or observed by the Swedish zoological expedition to Siam 1911-1912. Arkiv for Zoologi 8 (23): 1-36 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Horn. Locality: Thailand. In coll. Private collection, Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The natives of Sumatra hunt this animal in several ways. East of Padang, at Padang Reste, three individuals were caught in pits by Malays, according to M?ller. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| B?ttikofer tells the following: 'Soon after arrival on the station Poenan Caves, on the western slopes of the Liang Koeboeng, we found in the wet places of the forest numerous tracks of the rhinoceros. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Ecology - Population
Sumatran Rhino
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| A pair will not tolerate another rhinoceros within half an hour. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The calves at birth are covered with coarse, somewhat wooly hair, dirty white in colour with brown tips. Along the back the hairs form narrow dark stripes. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| From 1974 to 1980 the distribution and behaviour of the Sumatran rhinoceros was examined in one of the few areas where there is still a viable population, the Gunung Leuser National Park in northern Sumatra. As the animals are very shy and rare, the study was conducted through tracks. Individua... |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The animal also occurs in Borneo and is said to be especially numerous in the mountain range near the sources of the southern tributaries of the Upper Kapoeas and the Melawi Rivers. |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1914 Mammals collected, or observed by the Swedish zoological expedition to Siam 1911-1912. Arkiv for Zoologi 8 (23): 1-36 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| During my stay at Sakerat in eastern Siam, I was told by the Chief of the village that a very large and fierce rhino had been shot some years ago quite close to the village, but after first having killed two of the hunters. |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1914 Mammals collected, or observed by the Swedish zoological expedition to Siam 1911-1912. Arkiv for Zoologi 8 (23): 1-36 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinos are only to be found in the most northern parts of Upper Siam, but here they seemed to be not common according to a statement by Dr H?gbom, who observed several tracks in the jungles surrounding the twons of Chien Kong, Chieng Sen and Muang Fang. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The colour is lighter than the Javan and generally brownish grey, but meat coloured around the lips, under the belly and within the folds of the skin. The iris is brown, the horns and nails blackish. |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1914 Mammals collected, or observed by the Swedish zoological expedition to Siam 1911-1912. Arkiv for Zoologi 8 (23): 1-36 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| During my stay at Sakerat in eastern Siam, I was told by the Chief of the village that a very large and fierce rhino had been shot some years ago quite close to the village, but after first having killed two of the hunters. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1914 Report on a zoological mission to India in 1913. Cairo, Government Press (Zoological Service, Publication no 26.), pp. i-viii, 1-100, pls. 1-12 |
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Captive - Asia
Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| A male sumatrensis, received from the Straits settlements in 1909, and still tame enough to allow his keeper to sit on his back. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Sumatran Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis) is distinguished from the Javan in having two horns, and besides it has a smoother skin, less deep folds which are entirely absent on the hips and neck. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| It is less courageous and therefore less dangerous. His temperament is shown by the encounters told by Dr Hagen.
Hagen says that 'it often happens that a rhinoceros, during his walks, finds itself in the middle of a new tobacco plantation and it seems then that he is unhappy with this new garde... |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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World
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| The iris is brown, the horns and nails blackish. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the forest he follows his own paths, which he will only extend when he needs to do so to get food. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| The rhinoceros lives solitary or sometimes in pairs in the densest parts of the forest |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Sumatran Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis) is distinguished from the Javan in having two horns, and besides it has a smoother skin, less deep folds which are entirely absent on the hips and neck. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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World
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| B?ttikofer tells the following: 'Soon after arrival on the station Poenan Caves, on the western slopes of the Liang Koeboeng, we found in the wet places of the forest numerous tracks of the rhinoceros. At the same time we found many numerous young treetrunks, about the thickness of an arm, which... |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The iris is brown, the horns and nails blackish. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The colour is lighter than the Javan and generally brownish grey, but meat coloured around the lips, under the belly and within the folds of the skin. The iris is brown, the horns and nails blackish. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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World
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| B?ttikofer tells the following: 'Soon after arrival on the station Poenan Caves, on the western slopes of the Liang Koeboeng, we found in the wet places of the forest numerous tracks of the rhinoceros. At the same time we found many numerous young treetrunks, about the thickness of an arm, which... |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The iris is brown, the horns and nails blackish. |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The calves at birth are covered with coarse, somewhat wooly hair, dirty white in colour with brown tips. Along the back the hairs form narrow dark stripes. |
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