File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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Names in vernacular
Javan Rhino
Badak raya
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor; the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928, and Telok Anson, Perak, in 1932
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Rhinoceros sondaicus . the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928.
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
Malaysia. The footprints of mature adults exceed 22 cm in average diameter.
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928, and Telok Anson, Perak, in 1932 .
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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World
Morphology
Javan Rhino
The skin bears a mosaic-like pattern of roughened thickenings, and is heavily folded. Distinguished from Sumatran rhinoceros by larger size, the single horn, and by the presence of three continuous folds of skin running over the back, one in front of and one behind the shoulder, and one over the...
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Van Peenen, F.D.P. 1969 Preliminary identification manual for mammals of South Vietnam. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, pp. i-vi, 1-310
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World
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
Length of body 2100-4200 mm
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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World
Morphology
Javan Rhino
The skin bears a mosaic-like pattern of roughened thickenings, and is heavily folded. Distinguished from Sumatran rhinoceros by larger size, the single horn, and by the presence of three continuous folds of skin running over the back, one in front of and one behind the shoulder, and one over the...
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Van Peenen, F.D.P. 1969 Preliminary identification manual for mammals of South Vietnam. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, pp. i-vi, 1-310
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World
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
Horn less than 250 mm, usually present in males only
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Van Peenen, F.D.P. 1969 Preliminary identification manual for mammals of South Vietnam. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, pp. i-vi, 1-310
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World
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
Length of tail 600-750 mm
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File AvailableKourist, W. 1969 Historische Zootier-Fotos. Zoologische Beitraege 15 (2/3): 465-473, figs. 1-9
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
Photos by Thomas J. Dixon of Javan rhino in London, animal died in 1885, photos must have been made around 1884.
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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World
Reproduction
Javan Rhino
One young is born.
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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World
Taxonomy
Javan Rhino
Distinguished from Sumatran rhinoceros by larger size, the single horn, and by the presence of three continuous folds of skin running over the back, one in front of and one behind the shoulder, and one over the rump.
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
Height at shoulder 1.4 - 1.7 m
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File AvailableCleland, J. 1969 Early history 1878-1900: part II. Annual Report, Royal Zoological Society of South Australia 91 (for 1968-1969): 25-28
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Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
The Director, Mr. R.E. Minchin, visited Ceylon, Singapore, Siam and Java on behalf of the Society in 1885-86 and obtained 36 mammals including a rhinoceros, 70 birds and 12 reptiles.
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127
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World
Reproduction
Javan Rhino
Gestation period about 17 months.
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File AvailableGuerin, C.; Mourer, C. 1969 Le Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest du gisement neolithique de Long Spean, province de Battambang, Cambodge. Documents du Laboratoire de Geologie de la Faculte des Sciences de Lyon 31: 39-53, figs. 1-4
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Asia - East Asia - Cambodia
Taxonomy
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableSchenkel, R.; Schenkel, L. 1969 Nashoerner vom Aussterben bedroht. Umschau 69: 760-763, figs. 1-4
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableSchenkel, R.; Schenkel, L. 1969 The Javan rhinoceros (Rh. sondaicus Desm.) in Udjung Kulon Nature Reserve: its ecology and behaviour: Field study 1967 and 1968. Acta Tropica 26 (2): 97-135, figs. 1-9, tables 1-9
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableSchenkel, R.; Schenkel, L. 1969 The last remnants of the Javan rhinoceros in Udjung Kulon Nature Reserve, Java. Biological Conservation 2 (1): 68-70, figs. 1-2
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableAnonymous 1968 Rare rhinos studied. Animals 11 (1): 45
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
21-28, cf. Schenkel. Very low proportion of young animals, no calves < 1 year.
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File AvailableSchaurte, W.T. 1968 Threatened species of rhinoceros in tropical S.E. Asia: pp. 284-293

In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10
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Asia
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
40
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File AvailableSomberg, J. 1968 Udjung Kulon, Indonesisch paradijs. Panda Nieuws 4 (9): 2-6, figs. 1-3
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Poaching
Javan Rhino
During second world war, the reserve was neglected. At least 15 rhinos were poached.
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File AvailableSchenkel, R.; Schenkel, L. 1968 The first Javan rhino calf. Oryx 9 (6): 397
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
The footprints of a calf only 3-5 months old together with those of a one year old rhino were seen this year. This is cheering news, as one of the disturbing facts about this last surviving population is that no calf had been seen for some years. A census showed 20-29 animals.
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File AvailableSchaurte, W.T. 1968 Threatened species of rhinoceros in tropical S.E. Asia: pp. 284-293

In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
1965, Dr. Lee Talbot (1965), in carrying out a survey of the Udjung Kulon Reserve at the request of the Indonesian Government with particular attention to the Javan Rhino, reported that there were still rhino, probably several dozen though the number might well be less, living in the reserve. At...
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File AvailableAnonymous 1968 Patrouilleboot voor Udjung Kulon. Panda Nieuws 4 (11/12): 8
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableAnonymous 1968 Saving the Javan rhino. Oryx 9 (5): 340-341, pls. 3-8
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableByleveld, M.F.I.J. 1968 De activiteiten van WWF in 1966-1967. Panda Nieuws 4 (11/12): 1-6, figs. 1-5
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableHooijer, D.A. 1967 Comment on the proposed ruling on the validity of Didermocerus Brookes, 1828. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24 (4): 202
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Subject:
Species:
World
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
Tooth measurements TABLE 2. Tooth measurements of Rhinoceros sondaicus (in mm) Gua Cha Individuals Subfossil Pleistocene A B C D Recent (Sumatra) (Java) l r l r l...
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File AvailableAnonymous 1967 Actie voor het behoud van de Javaanse neushoorn. Panda Nieuws Blijdorp 15 (2): ii
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableClutton-Brock, J. 1965 Excavations at Langhnaj: 1944-63 Part II: The Fauna. Poona, Deccan College, pp. i-xxiii, 1-44, figs. 1-11
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Subject:
Species:
Museums - Europe
Museums
Javan Rhino
Scapula. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: 723d
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File AvailablePfeffer, P.; Sinaga, W. 1965 La reserve de Baluran (Java-est). Science et Nature, par la photographie et par l'image no. 67, Jan-Feb: front cover, 2-10, 16 images
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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Coolidge, H.J. 1964 Vanishing mammals of Asia. Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Zoology 8: 33-36
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Subject:
Species:
Museums - Asia
Museums
Javan Rhino
Horn stolen from 3 specimens. In coll. Museum Zoologicum Bogorienses, Bogor, Indonesia.
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Coolidge, H.J. 1964 Vanishing mammals of Asia. Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Zoology 8: 33-36
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
20-25
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in the plains of Namtha (1961) and Muong Sing (1900-1915).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Indochina
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Observations show that the rhinoceros is often sen at the upper Nam Moane and at the right tributaries of the Nam Cading.
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in Phouk? (1940, two animals killed) and south of Nonghet (1959).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in the plains of Namtha (1961) and Muong Sing (1900-1915).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Observations show that the rhinoceros is often sen at the upper Nam Moane and at the right tributaries of the Nam Cading.
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in Phouk? (1940, two animals killed) and south of Nonghet (1959).
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Coolidge, H.J. 1964 Vanishing mammals of Asia. Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Zoology 8: 33-36
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Poaching
Javan Rhino
I recall that just after the war a notorious Chinese poacher moved in to make his fortune by killing off the rhinos in the reserve, but was, however, killed by a tiger.
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in the north of the province (1900-1915).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in Phouk? (1940, two animals killed) and south of Nonghet (1959).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in upper Nam Poun (1957).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in Tch?pone (1930-1937) and Keng Kabao (1954).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in Tch?pone (1930-1937) and Keng Kabao (1954).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in Tch?pone (1930-1937) and Keng Kabao (1954).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Numerous rhinoceros before 1930, none seen between 1930 and 1937.
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Not defined localities (1930-37), Muong Soi (1937).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in Phongsaly (1940).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in upper Nam Mouane (1945, 1946, 1958), right tributaries of Namcading (1960) and Pakcading (1961).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Found in the plains of Namtha (1961) and Muong Sing (1900-1915).
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Deuve, J.; Deuve, M. 1964 Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes du Laos (3). Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Laos 10: 25-35
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Names in vernacular
Javan Rhino
Het
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File AvailableHooijer, D.A. 1964 New records of mammals from the Middle Pleistocene of Sangiran, Central Java. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 40 (10): 73-87, figs. 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Taxonomy
Javan Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableAnonymous 1963 Les effectifs mondiaux des cinq especes de rhinoceros. Terre et la Vie 17: 102
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
Total minimum 24, maximum 50, all in Ujung Kulon.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
24-50
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File AvailableAnonymous 1963 Les effectifs mondiaux des cinq especes de rhinoceros. Terre et la Vie 17: 102
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
Total minimum 24, maximum 50, all in Ujung Kulon.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
World
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
The food of both species is probably very similar, consisting principally of small twigs. These twigs are often obtained by felling small saplings, sometimes by a most peculiar technique of twisting the trunk. The Sumatran rhino is also known to eat fruits and, as it does not digest the seeds, ...
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
Both species of Southeast Asian rhino can probably live in almost any kind of topography. They probably once inhabited much of the swampy lowlands and wet highlands of our area, but have been forced exclusively to the most inaccessible mountain forests by the pressure of human agriculture and hu...
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File AvailableNguyen van Hiep 1963 A report of rhinos in Vietnam. Conservation News SE Asia 1963 August: 20
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Mr Nguyen van Hiep has received reports that both one- and two-horned rhinos are still found in Vietnam. The Rhinoceros sondaicus still exists in mountainous regions. It prefers densely vegetated hillocks where there are wet valleys in which it can find ideal places to wallow. It is most likel...
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
World
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Javan Rhino
Like all rhinos, both the Javan and Sumatran species are principally nocturnal animals. They move about only when it is cool, spending the hot part of the day resting in the shade or in mud wallows.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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World
Behaviour - Fighting
Javan Rhino
Neither species seems to use its horns as the principal instrument of defense, relying more on the pointed lower tusks, which are said to be capable of inflicting very severe gashes.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
It is only certain that the javan rhino exists in one small area:the 117 square-mile reserve of Udjung Kulon in Java. It is estimated that 24-50 individuals exist there and, if poaching is prevented, they may be safe.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
Both the Javan one-horned rhino and the Sumatran two-horned rhino are generally forest dwelling animals. The Javan rhino seems rather less adapted to steep terrain and lives mostly in low swampy areas or in more gradually sloped wet mountain forests. It is probable that both species were once c...
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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World
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Javan Rhino
Both species are very timid and solitary creatures, being found together only when mating and in cases of a mother and calf. (A case javan rhinos traveling in a small group has, however, been reported from Vietnam.)
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
World
Morphology
Javan Rhino
In general appearance the Javan rhino has more folded skin than the Sumatran rhino. The Javan rhino is characterized by the folds on the rump and by the saddle-shaped piece of skin covering the back of the neck. The skin is coarse in both species and is marked by a cracked mosaic pattern in the ...
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
Location:
Subject:
Species:
World
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
The food of both species is probably very similar, consisting principally of small twigs. These twigs are often obtained by felling small saplings, sometimes by a most peculiar technique of twisting the trunk. The Sumatran rhino is also known to eat fruits and, as it does not digest the seeds, ...
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
Location:
Subject:
Species:
World
Morphology
Javan Rhino
In general appearance the Javan rhino has more folded skin than the Sumatran rhino. The Javan rhino is characterized by the folds on the rump and by the saddle-shaped piece of skin covering the back of the neck. The skin is coarse in both species and is marked by a cracked mosaic pattern in the ...
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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World
Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
In the female Javan rhino the single horn is always poorly developed or totally absent.
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
World
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Javan Rhino
Both Sumatran and Javan rhinos appear to move over fairly large areas during their daily travels. They move in search of food and between their favorite wallowing places and salt-licks. In some cases these rhinos are known to make rather long seasonal migrations, living in naturally dry areas du...
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File AvailableBruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2
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World
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
Height at shoulder 170 cm
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
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World
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
Summarizing the information available, we know that in 1937 a sondaicus was shot in this vicinity, which is a typical habitat, i.e. low swampy ground. The species is also known to travel to higher levels periodically. The sumatrensis is more apt to be found in the hills near the sources of stre...
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File AvailableMilton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4
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Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
In Malaya the last definite record of sondaicus was in 1937 when a specimen was shot in the Ulu Bernam area, slightly north of the area I now write about.
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File AvailableHooijer, D.A. 1962 Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest from the Hoabinhian of Gua Cha Rock Shelter, Kelantan. Federation Museums Journal 7: 23-24, tables 1-2
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Taxonomy - Evolution
Javan Rhino
Gua Cha Rock shelter, Malaysia A few years age, through the courtesy of Mr. C. A. Gibson-Hill of the then Raffles Museum, Singapore, and of Dr. F. C. Fraser of the British Museum (Natural History), London, I received for study rhinoceros teeth found at Gua Cha rock shelter. Kelantan, Federation...
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File AvailableKoesnadi, P.S.R. 1961 Udjung Kulon nature park, Java: pp. 107-124, pls. 23-24, map 1

In: Wyatt-Smith, J. et al. Nature conservation in western Malaysia, 1961. Special issue of the Malayan Nature Journal.. Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society: pp. i-viii, 1-260
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File AvailableKloes, H.G. 1961 Large mammals at W. Berlin Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 45-47, 53-54, pls. 9-10
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File AvailableReynolds, R.J. 1961 Javan rhino in the Berlin Zoo. International Zoo News 8 (3): 76-77
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Javan Rhino
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File AvailableKloes, H.G. 1960 Berlin Zoo's rhinos. International Zoo News 7 (4): 108
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Javan Rhino
In 1879 the zoo showed 4 species of rhino, Diceros bicornis. Rhinoceros unicornis, Rhinoceros sondaicus and Didermocerus s. sumatrensis
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File AvailableBemmel, A.C.V. van 1960 In memoriam H.J.V. Sody (1892-1959). Lutra 2: 1-5
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Javan Rhino
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File AvailableLommel, A. 1960 Die Sudsee-Sammlung Lamare Picquot im Staatlichen Museum fur Volkerkunde in Munchen. Ethnologica NF 2: 105-131
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Javan Rhino
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File AvailableDaon, P.M. 1960 La vie malchanceuse d’Auguste Lamare-Picquot. Les Normands de Paris 50 (266): 10-15
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File AvailableSody, H.J.V. 1959 Das Javanische Nashorn, Rhinoceros sondaicus, historisch und biologisch. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 24 (3/4): 109-240, figs. 1-13
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Javan Rhino
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
in small and diminishing numbers
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
It may be recalled that Mr. R.C. Morris who led an expedition to Malaya on behalf of Mr. A.S. Vernay to procure a specimen for the American Museum of Natural History [New York] in 1935 returned empty-handed without even seeing any footprints except Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, or obtaining any other...
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
sondaicus present
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
Forest
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
Skin not tuberculated but with a mosaic-like pattern as on the flanks of a crocodile; throat folds less heavy; shoulder folds joining above the neck to form an anterior saddle-like nape fold.
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
Rajmahal Hills, Bihar
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
Theodore Hubback, during his term as Chief Game Warden, after prolonged search in Malaya found a single living example which he was so convinced was the last of its species (and mateless) that he permitted it to be shot for some American Museum ?in the interest of science.'
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
Mr. E.O. Shebbeare who followed Hubback as Game Warden in Malaya for several years before the war did not even see the tracks of this rhinoceros [R. sondaicus].
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
Swampy ground
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
believed to have become extinct
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
commercial poaching
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File AvailableAppelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1
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Javan Rhino
As readers may have read in the newspapers, on 31 January [1934} there was killed a good male badak (Rhinoceros sondaicus) on the southern coast of the regency of Tasikmalaja for the Zoological Museum. A few remarks will be beneficial. In the first place I want to clarify why this animal was ki...
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
It was reported as frequenting swampy ground in the Sunderbans as well as dense hill forest up to altitudes of 4000 ft.
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures)
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World
Morphology
Javan Rhino
Skin not tuberculated but with a mosaic-like pattern as on the flanks of a crocodile; throat folds less heavy; shoulder folds joining above the neck to form an anterior saddle-like nape fold.
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
Horn in females small or absent
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File AvailableAppelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1
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Javan Rhino
seen near human habitations
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File AvailableAli, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures)
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Javan Rhino
Height at shoulder 5 ft. 8 in.
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File AvailableAppelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1
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Tracks in the field were 28 x 29 cm.
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