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Steenis, C.G.G.J. van 1938. Exploraties in de Gajo-Landen Algemeene resulaten der Losir-Expeditie 1937. Bulletin van de Maatschappij ter Bevorderingvan het Natuurkundig Onderzoekder Nederlandsche Kolonien No. 97: 728-801, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-32, maps 1-2.

Exploraties in de Gajo-Landen Algemeene resulaten der Losir-Expeditie 1937

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Location Sumatra Subject Ecology Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

[Rhinos are caught in traps with spears] After some days the path on which the animal escaped is sometimes found and followed, and often the body is already consumed by tigers, who prey on the dying animal, and parts of the rhino are flown around.

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Location Sumatra Subject Ecology Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

Sumatra. He should after some weeks, when the trap was set off, look for the dead animal, of which mainly the horn and hoofs are valuable.

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