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Moura, J. 1883. Le Royaume de Cambodge. Paris, Ernest Leroux. vol. 1, pp. i-viii, 1-518.

Le Royaume de Cambodge

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Location Cambodia Subject Ecology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Cambodia. The rhinoceros lives in places with marshes, forests.

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Location Cambodia Subject Ecology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Cambodia. The hide of the rhinoceros is grilled and afterwards boiled for a long time with spices, which makes it a rather sought-after delicacy.

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Location Cambodia Subject Ecology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

The horn is a precious talisman, and one scrapes a bit of it in medicines to give them their curative powers which they otherwise would not have.

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Location Cambodia Subject Ecology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Cambodia. Like the elephant, the rhinoceros eats the large plants and the leaves of wild bamboo.

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Location Cambodia Subject Ecology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Cambodia. Like the elephant, the rhinoceros eats the large plants and the leaves of wild bamboo.

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Location Cambodia Subject Ecology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

The rhinoceros now only exists in the wild state in Cambodia. Earlier, if we are to believe the tradition, the animals were raised in the neighbourhood of the capital for the fights in which they battled, at certain festivities of the year, in front of the royal palace.

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