 | Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Male height 4-5 feet, female slightly smaller |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The skin is said to be more than half an inch thick but the epidermis is very thin and I believe dries very quickly. There is a deep fold in the skin behind the shoulder and another not so deep, just in front of the hind quarters. |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Borneo. Rhino tracks often show the toes of the fore-feet dug well into the ground, the toes of the hind feet imprinted on them to produce a ridge and furrow pattern characteristic of the Rhinoceros. |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| Places to wallow in the mud were always necessary. I saw a good one in the Ular Bulu mountains on the water-shed between the Rejang river and the Mukah river. Afterwards it had rubbed against a smooth rock, probably used on many previous occasions. |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| There seemed to be no feeding and sleeping times, it was on the go all day. |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| Defecation takes place in water as well as on land, the droppings round like tennis balls but I have never seen or heard of the pyramids of cannon balls piled in one place. |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| The male organ points backwards between the hind legs, urine is said to be sprayed along the back track for as much as half an hours walk, sometimes six feet off the ground and twenty feet away. |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| Places to wallow in the mud were always necessary. I saw a good one in the Ular Bulu mountains on the water-shed between the Rejang river and the Mukah river. The crest of the ridge went up and down and in one of the downs a Rhino had made a muddy pond about ten feet by five feet and three feet... |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| one young born, about 2 feet high. |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Reproduction
Sumatran Rhino
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| Borneo. One young is born about two feet high and follows the dam very closely, its head between her hind legs and they are said to stay with the mother for as long as seven years. |
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