Mounted head. Locality: Tingkayu, North Borneo. In coll. National Museum, Singapore
Mounted head. Locality: Tingkayu, North Borneo. In coll. National Museum, Singapore
It is well known in North Borneo.
The only North Bornean specimen I have seen is a mounted head exhibited in the Singapore National Museum and labelled Tingkayu, North Borneo, 1927. Tingkayu is a river on the east coast, emptying into Darvel Bay.
The body thinly covered with long dark hairs, longer on ears and tail.
Two horns on the rostrum.
Colour dark brown to black.
Colour dark brown to black.
Two horns on the rostrum.
The body thinly covered with long dark hairs, longer on ears and tail.
Borneo. The horns of this animal are greatly prized by the Chinese for medicinal purposes, and the rhino has been greatly persecuted to supply the market with these.
Height at shoulder about 4 feet, cf. Hose 1893.
