 | Meckvichai, C. 1987 On the status of the Sumatran rhino in captivity in Thailand. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 57-58 |
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| Animal in zoo Bangkok. It was very tame. |
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| Nardelli, F. 1987 So near and yet so far. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 9: 38-42, figs. 1-2 |
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| Nardelli, F. 1987 The conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis): a situation report and proposal for future directions. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 31-37 |
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| Captured animals to 1986.
Howlett & Port Lympne 2 'Torgamba' and 'Subur'
Jakarta Zoo 1
Torgamba base Camp, Riau prov 1
Malacca Zoo, Malaysia 4
Bangkok Zoo 1
Sex ratio 3 male, 6 female
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| Cranbrook, Earl of 1987 Riches of the wild: land mammals of South-East Asia. Singapore, Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, pp. i-vii, 1-95 |
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| The skin folds are reduced and only two cross the spine, one over the fore-parts and one over the rump. The surface texture of the skin is granular. |
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| Meckvichai, C. 1987 On the status of the Sumatran rhino in captivity in Thailand. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 57-58 |
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| Zoo Bangkok 1986. The food given to the animal was different to what it used to get in Malaysia. It was pointed out the difficulties in obtaining wild plants in such an urban city as Bangkok, far from forests. Therefore, as an alternative, the animal was given beans, bananas, sweet potatoes a... |
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| Cranbrook, Earl of 1987 Riches of the wild: land mammals of South-East Asia. Singapore, Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, pp. i-vii, 1-95 |
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| Both rhinos are browsers, feeding on a mix of foliage and fruit, particularly of plants associated with disturbed forest or secondary vegetation, like Macaranga sp., Mallotus sp., Artocarpus sp. and figs. |
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| Furley, C.W. 1987 The death of Subur. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 9: 43, fig. 1 |
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| Port Lympne - death of female Subur in 1986. At the time there happened to be three veterinary surgeons present: myself; Dr. John Lewis of the Zoological Society of London and David Taylor of the International Zoo Veterinary Group.
The consensus of opinion was a diagnosis of acute colic. Despit... |
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| Khan, M. 1987 Country report - Malaysia: Distribution and population of the Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis in Peninsular Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 75-82, fig. 4, table 1 |
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| The capture of two female Sumatran rhino in Peninsular Malaysia: In April 1984, a young female Sumatran rhino was captured by estate workers in an oil palm plantation, near Jeram, Selangor. This animal was one of the young born to the Sungai Dusun Group and the Department had been aware of the a... |
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| Atmawidjaja, R. 1987 Country report - Indonesia: Rhino management in Indonesia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 70-74 |
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| The most recent measure taken is setting up the Sumatran Rhino Breeding programme. The Howlett and Port Lympne Zoo is well known for experience in breeding wild animals in captivity. The first stage will include the capture and breeding of 4 pairs of Sumatran rhino. Two pairs will be kept in E... |
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| Atmawidjaja, R. 1987 Country report - Indonesia: Rhino management in Indonesia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 70-74 |
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| Active in the night (nocturnal). |
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