| 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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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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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| the head is 0.70 m |
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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 - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| The rhinoceros lives solitary or sometimes in pairs in the densest parts of the forest, where it visits early in the morning and at dusk the edges of the low forest. During most of the day, especially around noon, it immerses in the swamp or in a wallow which he frequently visits. |
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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 - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| In size, its length from the tip of the snout to the start of the tail is 2.48 m, the head is 0.70 m, the tail 0.32 m and the height 1.35 m. |
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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
Morphology - Horn
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. The natives tell about a species with three horns and Mr Pryer once saw a skull with three horns, although the thi... |
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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
Captivity - Zoo Records
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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| 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
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| 1 female which has been here now for about 14 years. |
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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 - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| one Rhinoceros lasiotis |
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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 - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| the height 1.35 m. |
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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 - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| The tail 0.32 m |
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| Williams, J.P. 1914 Big game in Borneo. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 124 (3235), 1914 December 26: 1068 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Taxonomy
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| No details available yet |
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| Sarawak, Ranee of 1913 My life in Sarawak. London, Methuen and Co |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hose, C.; MacDougall, W. 1912 The pagan tribes of Borneo: a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition with some discussion of their ethnic relations. London, MacMillan, vol. 1, pp. i-xv, 1-283 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Taxonomy - Nomenclature
Sumatran Rhino
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| In Borneo the rhinoceros (R. borniensis, closely allied to R. sumatranus). On p.143 noted presence of a small rhinoceros (R. sumatranus). |
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| Pocock, R.I. 1912 The Zoological Society (The death of two rhinoceroses; measurements of Indian rhinoceroses; some characters of rhinoceroses; the King's collection of Indian animals). Field 119 (3082), 20 January 1912: 143, figs. 1-5 |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| On geographic grounds one would expect the Sumatran species to be more nearly related to the other Asiatic than to the African types. And this is the case. The better-known distinguishing points between the two categories of Asiatic species are supplied by the number of horns, the development of... |
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| Lewin, T.H. 1912 A fly on the wheel: or, how I helped to govern India. London, Constable, [first edn 1885] |
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Asia - South Asia - Bangladesh
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Cabrera, A. 1911 De algunas cornamentas notables que se conservan en el Museo de Ciencias de Madrid. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural 11: 140-142 |
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Asia
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Anterior horn. Locality: traded from Philippines. In coll. Museo de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain |
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| Cabrera, A. 1911 De algunas cornamentas notables que se conservan en el Museo de Ciencias de Madrid. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural 11: 140-142 |
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Museums - Europe
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Anterior horn. Locality: traded from Philippines. In coll. Museo de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain |
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| Abbott, W.L. 1911 Notes
| In: Lyon, M.W. Jr. Mammals collected by Dr W.L. Abbott on Borneo and some of the small adjacent islands. Proceedings of the US National Museum 40: 53-146, pls. 1-7 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| A few rhinoceroses are said to inhabit the upper Sempang about batu Dayeu (or Dajeuh).- ca. 0.50 S, 110.12 E |
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| Abbott, W.L. 1911 Notes
| In: Lyon, M.W. Jr. Mammals collected by Dr W.L. Abbott on Borneo and some of the small adjacent islands. Proceedings of the US National Museum 40: 53-146, pls. 1-7 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinoceroses are said to inhabit the lowlands about the base of Palung. - 1.12 S, 110.09 E |
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| Abbott, W.L. 1911 Notes
| In: Lyon, M.W. Jr. Mammals collected by Dr W.L. Abbott on Borneo and some of the small adjacent islands. Proceedings of the US National Museum 40: 53-146, pls. 1-7 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| A few rhinoceroses are said to inhabit the neighbourhood of Mount Kedio.2.20 S, 110.17 E. |
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| Gomes, E.H. 1911 Seventeen years among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo: a record of intimiate association with the natives of the Bornean jungles. London, Seeley, Service and Co, pp. i-xx, 21-343 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The elephant and the rhinoceros seem to be confined to the north end of the island. |
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| Cabrera, A. 1911 De algunas cornamentas notables que se conservan en el Museo de Ciencias de Madrid. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural 11: 140-142 |
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World
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Anterior horn in Museum Madrid, long thought to be R. simus, but re-identified by shape and colour, length of horn 920 mm |
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| Lyon, M.W. Jr. 1911 Mammals collected by Dr W.L. Abbott on Borneo and some of the small adjacent islands. Proceedings of the US National Museum 40: 53-146, pls. 1-7 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Merens, D. 1910 De Bem Brem stroomversnellingen. Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (2) 27: 529-558, figs. 1-14, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Along Bem Brem rapids of Kajan River, In the beginning we got several animals during our hunts, like deer, hornbills and even a rhinoceros, but after a while nothing could be encountered. |
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| Fischer, L.S. 1910 Tochten naar Boven-Boeloengan en de Apo-Kajan (Zuider- en Ooster-Afdeeling van Borneo). Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (2) 27: 263-306, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| He travelled to the Upper Boeloengan and Apo Kajan, from the mouth of the Kalangan River to the upper part of the Beta River, the Ma koelits from Apo Kajan had made a road along the river which was recognisable. During this part of the journey, we killed a rhinoceros, a bear, a wild dog, kidangs... |
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| Kloss, C. Boden 1909 The primates, carnivores and ungulates of the Peninsular Region. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 53: 1-47 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin thinly clad with long hairs. |
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| Boelsche, W. 1909 Het paard in zijne natuurlijke ontwikkeling. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme and Cie, pp. i-viii, 1-216 |
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Europe
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Ruwoorneushoorn |
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| Boelsche, W. 1909 Het paard in zijne natuurlijke ontwikkeling. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme and Cie, pp. i-viii, 1-216 |
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Europe
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Sumatraanse Neushoorn |
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| Kloss, C. Boden 1909 The primates, carnivores and ungulates of the Peninsular Region. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 53: 1-47 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Brownish. |
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| Kloss, C. Boden 1909 The primates, carnivores and ungulates of the Peninsular Region. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 53: 1-47 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Brownish. |
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| Kloss, C. Boden 1909 The primates, carnivores and ungulates of the Peninsular Region. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 53: 1-47 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin thinly clad with long hairs. |
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| Kloss, C. Boden 1909 The primates, carnivores and ungulates of the Peninsular Region. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 53: 1-47 |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin thinly clad with long hairs, granular, slightly folded, brownish. Two horns, the foremost largest. Height at shoulder 4 feet. |
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| Boelsche, W. 1909 Het paard in zijne natuurlijke ontwikkeling. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme and Cie, pp. i-viii, 1-216 |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| I saw a living example of this mainland form in the London Zoo. It already lived there for quite some time, and a female of the same species which died there in 1900 had lived there for 32 years. The front horn was a big and strong weapon, in comparison with the small body, and the second one w... |
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| Boelsche, W. 1909 Het paard in zijne natuurlijke ontwikkeling. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme and Cie, pp. i-viii, 1-216 |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Similar to the example drawn by M?tzel (in Hecks Thierreich), there is a Sumatran Rhinoceros which I saw many years ago in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, only it was more hairy. |
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| Kloss, C. Boden 1909 The primates, carnivores and ungulates of the Peninsular Region. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 53: 1-47 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Height at shoulder 4 feet, Malaysia |
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| Roman, M.F. 1909 Sur une crane de rhinoceros conserve au Musee de Nerac (Lot-et-Garonne) (Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus) sansaniensis Lartet). Annales de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon ND 57: 117-130, pl. 1, figs. 1-3 |
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Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Anonymous 1909 Gleneagle's menagerie (for Rangoon Zoo). Straits Times, Singapore 20 October 1909: 6 |
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Captive
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| O'Malley, L.S.S. 1909 Eastern Bengal District gazetteers: Chittagong. Calcutta, bengal Secretariat |
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Asia - South Asia - Bangladesh
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| [13] The Sumatran rhinoceros, which has two horns and a hairy coat, has been caught alive on several occasions; a specimen of the hairy-eared rhinoceros (R.lasiotis) has been sent to the Zoological Gardens in London. |
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| W.S. 1909 Shikar: after gaur and rhinoceros (in Burma). Amrita Bazar Patrika 1909 December 28: 2 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hutchinson, R.H.S. 1909 Eastern Bengal and Assam District Gazetteers: Chittagong Hill Tracts. Allahabad, Government Press |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| The two-horned variety of rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros sumatrensis) is to be met with in the valleys of the Thega and Kasalong rivers Hutchinson, R.H.S., 1909. Eastern Bengal and Assam District Gazetteers: Chittagong Hill Tracts. Allahabad.
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skeleton. Collected by: Mr. Rowe, 1901. In coll. Raffles Museum, Singapore
[Note: Henry Osmund Rowe, 1869 to 1914, died in a mental hospital aged 45. He had 7 children some born in Malaya and one Stanley Ernest was born in Sandakan in 1899.] |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skeleton. Locality: North Borneo. Collected by: Mr. Rowe, 1901. In coll. Raffles Museum, Singapore |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Stuffed skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Malaysia, Perak. Mr. R. von Pustau, Acting Consul for Austria, 1901. In coll. Raffles Museum, Singapore |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skeleton. Locality: North Borneo. Collected by: Mr. Rowe, 1901. In coll. Raffles Museum, Singapore |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Raffles Museum. Singapore has 2 skeletons, one of them from N. Borneo, presented in 1901 by Mr. Rowe. |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Stuffed skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Malaysia, Perak. Mr. R. von Pustau, Acting Consul for Austria, 1901. In coll. Raffles Museum, Singapore |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skeleton. Locality: North Borneo. Collected by: Mr. Rowe, 1901. In coll. Raffles Museum, Singapore |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skeleton. Collected by: Mr. Rowe, 1901. In coll. Raffles Museum, Singapore |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Stuffed skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Malaysia, Perak. Mr. R. von Pustau, Acting Consul for Austria, 1901. In coll. Raffles Museum, Singapore |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Badak Kerbau |
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| Abbott, W.L. 1908 Notes
| In: Lyon, M.W. Jr. Mammals collected in Eastern Sumatra by Dr W.L. Abbott during 1903, 1906, and 1907, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Proceedings of the US National Museum 34: 619-679, pls. 52-56 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Tigers never occur in Rupat, nor do elephants or rhinoceroses cross the straits, although they are common upon the mainland. |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1908 Guide to the zoological collections of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. Singapore, Straits Times Press, pp. i-iii, i-iv, 1-112 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The museum possesses a stuffed specimen from Perak, a female, presented in 1901 by Mr. R. von Pustau, Acting Consul for Austria in that time. |
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| Abbott, W.L. 1908 Notes
| In: Lyon, M.W. Jr. Mammals collected in Eastern Sumatra by Dr W.L. Abbott during 1903, 1906, and 1907, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Proceedings of the US National Museum 34: 619-679, pls. 52-56 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| I also shot over the country about the headwaters of the Tongkam, which is covered with heavy forest extending from the Tamiang River. Saw many fresh tracks of rhinoceros here. But a Malay who had a gun was continually after them, until, before I left, I could find no more fresh tracks. |
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| Abbott, W.L. 1908 Notes
| In: Lyon, M.W. Jr. Mammals collected in Eastern Sumatra by Dr W.L. Abbott during 1903, 1906, and 1907, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Proceedings of the US National Museum 34: 619-679, pls. 52-56 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Tigers also exist, but no elephants or rhinoceroses. |
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| Loisel, G. 1908 The zoological gardens and establishments of Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Annual Report, Smithsonian Institution 1907: pp. 407-448, figs. 1-25 |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the same House are found .. a two-horned Indian rhinoceros. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Horns. Locality: Burma, Singpho. In coll. Sir Charles Elliot, United Kingdom |
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| British Museum (Natural History) 1907 Guide to the great game animals (Ungulata) in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). London, British Museum (Natural History) |
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Museums - Europe
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Horn. Collected by: Edward Cross, 1854. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: 1854.12.11.1 |
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| Elliot, D.G. 1907 A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Field Columbian Museum, Zoology 8: 1-694 |
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Museums - North America
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimen unspecified. Sex: Male. Locality: Sumatra. Collected by: F.W. Franklin. In coll. Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, USA. |
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| Elliot, D.G. 1907 A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Field Columbian Museum, Zoology 8: 1-694 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimen unspecified. Sex: Male. Locality: Sumatra. Collected by: F.W. Franklin. In coll. Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, USA. |
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| Elliot, D.G. 1907 A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Field Columbian Museum, Zoology 8: 1-694 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimen unspecified. Sex: Male. Locality: Sumatra. Collected by: F.W. Franklin. In coll. Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, USA. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Other specimens of the hairy-eared race have been subsequently obtained in Assam, where the species is rare; and one example has been killed in Tippera, and a second in the Bhutan Duars. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Museums - Europe
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Horns. Locality: Burma, Singpho. In coll. Sir Charles Elliot, United Kingdom |
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| British Museum (Natural History) 1907 Guide to the great game animals (Ungulata) in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). London, British Museum (Natural History) |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Horn. Collected by: Edward Cross, 1854. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: 1854.12.11.1 |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Asia - South Asia - Bhutan
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Other specimens of the hairy-eared race have been subsequently obtained in Assam, where the species is rare; and one example has been killed in Tippera, and a second in the Bhutan Duars. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Other specimens of the hairy-eared race have been subsequently obtained in Assam, where the species is rare; and one example has been killed in Tippera, and a second in the Bhutan Duars. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| At their bases the two horns are separated from one another by a considerable interval; and although in captive individuals they are generally much worn down, when fully developed they are slender for the greater part of their length, the front one curving backwards in an elegant sweep, and attai... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| As regards the cheek-teeth, those of the upper jaw are practically indistinguishable from the corresponding molars of the Javan rhinoceros, and may accordingly be taken as indicative of the leaf- and twig-eating propensities of this species. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. In the Mergui Archipelago a rhinoceros, which may be this species, is stated to have been seen swimming from island to island. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| its colour, which varies from earthy-brown to almost black, is. likewise different from that of either of the onehorned species. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| As regards the cheek-teeth, those of the upper jaw are practically indistinguishable from the corresponding molars of the Javan rhinoceros, and may accordingly be taken as indicative of the leaf- and twig-eating propensities of this species. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| In habits the Sumatran rhinoceros appears to be very similar to the Javan species; both affecting forested hill-country, which may be at a considerable altitude above the sea. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| The weight has been estimated at a couple of thousand pounds. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Compared with the typical Sumatran animal (R. sumatrensts typicus), a specimen from Chittagong formerly living in the London Zoological Gardens was distinguishable by its superior dimensions, paler and browner hair, shorter and more fully tufted -tail, and the strongly developed fringe on the mar... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| As though suggestive of a transition towards the smooth-skinned rhinoceroses of Africa, the. folds in the skin of the present species are much less pronounced than in the other Asiatic kinds; and of the three main folds, only one, namely, that situated behind the shoulder, is continued across the... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| As though suggestive of a transition towards the smooth-skinned rhinoceroses of Africa, the. folds in the skin of the present species are much less pronounced than in the other Asiatic kinds; and of the three main folds, only one, namely, that situated behind the shoulder, is continued across the... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the first place, this species is the smallest of living rhinoceroses, as it is also the most hairy. Hair grows sparsely all over the head and body, but attains its maximum development on the ears and the tail; its colour varying from brown to black. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| its colour, which varies from earthy-brown to almost black, is. likewise different from that of either of the onehorned species. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| At their bases the two horns are separated from one another by a considerable interval; and although in captive individuals they are generally much worn down, when fully developed they are slender for the greater part of their length, the front one curving backwards in an elegant sweep, and attai... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the first place, this species is the smallest of living rhinoceroses, as it is also the most hairy. Hair grows sparsely all over the head and body, but attains its maximum development on the ears and the tail; its colour varying from brown to black. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The type specimen of the hairy race of the Sumatran rhinoceros was a female, captured at Chittagong in the year 1868. When discovered by native hunters she was embedded in a quicksand, and well-nigh exhausted by her struggles to reach terra firma. By attaching ropes to her neck she was safely e... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Although possessed of two horns, the Sumatran rhinoceros resembles its Asiatic brethren in having teeth in the front of the jaw, as well as by its folded skin, and has therefore nothing to do with the African representatives of the family. As compared with the other Asiatic species (exclusive of... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Its usual height at the shoulder not being more than 4 to 4 ? feet, and the length from the tip of the muzzle to the root of the tail only about 8 feet. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| In the Mergui Archipelago a rhinoceros, which may be this species, is stated to have been seen swimming from island to island.; and it is probable that all the Asiatic representatives of the family will take readily to the water, although in Somaliland the African rhinoceros is found in absolutel... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The longest known specimen of the front horn is in the British Museum, and has a length of 32 ? inches, with a basal girth of 17 3/8 inches ; a second specimen in the same collection measuring 27 1/8 inches in length, and 17 7/8 in circumference. |
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| British Museum (Natural History) 1907 Guide to the great game animals (Ungulata) in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). London, British Museum (Natural History) |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimens in collection of BMNH London.
1854.12.11.1, length, 32 1/8 inch,81.6 cm
Maximum basal circumference, 17 3/8 inch = 44.1 cm |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| In Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula it is replaced by a smaller, blacker, and less hairy form, which if distinct from the typical Sumatran animal (as is probably the case) should be known as R. sumatrensis niger. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Its usual height at the shoulder not being more than 4 to 4 ? feet, and the length from the tip of the muzzle to the root of the tail only about 8 feet. Some female specimens even fall short of the foregoing dimensions, an old individual from the Malay Peninsula being only 3 feet 8 inches at th... |
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| O'Hara, G.M. 1907 Trapping of rhinoceros in the Dindings, Straits Settlements. Indian Forester 53: 383-388 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Renshaw, G. 1907 Final natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. 1-225 |
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General
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hubback, T. 1907 Three months in Pahang in search of big game: a reminiscence of Malaya. Singapore, Kelly and Walsh, pp. 1-88 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Footman 1907 An unsuccessful rhino hunt in Burma. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 110 (2860), 1907 October 19: 705 |
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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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| O'Hara, G.M. 1907 Trapping of rhinoceros in the Dindings, Straits Settlements. Amrita Bazar Patrika 1907 October 2: 2 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Schneider, G. 1906 Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Saeugetiere (Mammalia). Zoologische Jahrbucher 23: 123-125 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin, feet. Locality: Tandjung Laut, Sumatra. Collected by: Prof. Moesch, 1889. In coll. . Eidg. Polytechnikum, Zurich, Switzerland. |
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| Schneider, G. 1906 Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Saeugetiere (Mammalia). Zoologische Jahrbucher 23: 123-125 |
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Museums - Europe
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin, feet. Locality: Tandjung Laut, Sumatra. Collected by: Prof. Moesch, 1889. In coll. . Eidg. Polytechnikum, Zurich, Switzerland. |
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| Schneider, G. 1906 Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Saeugetiere (Mammalia). Zoologische Jahrbucher 23: 123-125 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Cup from horn. Industrielle Gesellschaft, Muelhausen, Germany. |
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| Schneider, G. 1906 Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Saeugetiere (Mammalia). Zoologische Jahrbucher 23: 123-125 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin, feet. Locality: Tandjung Laut, Sumatra. Collected by: Prof. Moesch, 1889. In coll. . Eidg. Polytechnikum, Zurich, Switzerland. |
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| Schneider, G. 1906 Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Saeugetiere (Mammalia). Zoologische Jahrbucher 23: 123-125 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Sumatran Rhinoceros was encountered by chance in several instances, including the forest near Pohorok. |
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| Schneider, G. 1906 Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Saeugetiere (Mammalia). Zoologische Jahrbucher 23: 123-125 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Sumatran Rhinoceros was encountered by chance in several instances, including Upper Langkat. |
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| Tehupeiory, J.E. 1906 Onder de Dajaks in Centraal Borneo: een reisverhaal. Batavia, G. Kolff and Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp. i-xvi, 1-219 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The Punans used to trade rhinoceros horns and bezoar stones with the Segai people for rice and salt, but now these two commodities are so rare, that it can take months before you taste rice or salt. |
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