Tenasserim, Burma, species not clear. The rhinoceros frequents the swampy banks of retired rivulets.
The rhinoceros frequents the swampy banks of retired rivulets. The rhinoceros is found all the way down to the Malacca straits. It is frequent in the low tracts of Keddah and on the borders of that district of Keddah which was ceded to the British.
Rhinoceros horn are an article of trade but the quantity is very limited, the natives being more afraid of this animal than of the elephant or even the tiger. He is considered courageous who will venture near the spot where one may be luxuriating in the cool mud of a creek, for the animal it is said, almost invariably attacks any person whom he sees near him. On such occasions he uses his teeth.
Rhinoceros horn are an article of trade but the quantity is very limited, the natives being more afraid of this animal than of the elephant or even the tiger.
