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Bangkok Zoo 1986 Sumatran

2025 Brack Melintang BartlettSoc Wolfgang Nahring 1986 cc

Female Sumatran rhinoceros caught in Melintang Forest, Malaysia, after which she was exhibited in Melaka Zoo from 18 April 1985 to July 186 with the name Melintang (studbook no. 3). She was donated to King Bhumipol of Thailand, and exhibited in the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, until her death on 23 November 1986, with the new name Linchong (meaning Flower).

This photo was taken in 1986 by Wolfgang Nähring.

From: Brack, C. 2025. Melintang. Bartlett Society Newsletter no. 182: 17-19.

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