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Shelford, R.W.C. 1916. A naturalist in Borneo. Edited with a biographical introduction by Edward B. Poulton. London, T.Fisher Unwin. pp. i-xxxviii, 1-331.

A naturalist in Borneo. Edited with a biographical introduction by Edward B. Poulton

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Location Borneo Subject Distribution Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

In many books it is stated that Rhinoceros sondaicus also occurs in Borneo, but I do not know what authority there is for this statement.

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Location Borneo Subject Distribution Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis) Year 1916

The rhinoceros is still extant, but itseems to be confined to the mountainous regions in the far interior.

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Location Borneo Subject Distribution Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

The horn is much prized by the Chinese for medicinal purposes, but the other parts of the animal, having no commercial value, are not brouyght down by the inland natives to the bazaars of the river towns and Government stations.

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