Sarawak, Brunei, unknown number in Rejang basin
11-13all but one on the north-east
10 (?5),all in the north centre
Rhino in Rejang basin (Sarawak and Brunei).
Worst of all is D. sumatrensis, for which Borneo was long regarded as a reservoir area. I have been at much pains to seek every level of native and official information from all corners of the island since 1961. My estimate for May 1965 is as follows: Kalimantan 10 (?5) all in the north centre Sabah 11-13 all but one on the north-east Sarawak, Brunei in Rejang basin There has been only one recent report of two animals within contact range, and none of babies or young since 1957.
Chinese in Borneo. As Medway shows, D.s.h. is on the verge of total extinction in Borneo now, thanks in part to the astonishing negligence of previous curators and others in doing nothing to stop the Dayak slaughter in the thirties - for Chinese aphrodiacs.
Meanwhile in Germany, another mammalogist Dr Groves has somewhat ironically described a new form of the Sumatra-Borneo rhinoceros in our 'honour' as Didermocerus sumatrensis harrissoni. As Medway shows, D.s.h. is on the verge of total extinction in Borneo now, thanks in part to the astonishing negligence of previous curators and others in doing nothing to stop the Dayak slaughter in the thirties - for Chinese aphrodiacs.
