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Wells, C. 1927. Six years in the Malay jungle. London, Heinemann. pp. i-xiii, 1-261.

Six years in the Malay jungle

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Location Peninsula Subject Distribution Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Two species of rhinoceros are known. The smaller two-horned species at one time formed an article of export from the Dindings. Of the one-horned Javan variety only three or four individuals from the southern districts of Perak are extant in collections. It appears to be dying out.

Note
Location Peninsula Subject Distribution Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus) Year 1927

Two species of rhinoceros are known. The smaller two-horned species at one time formed an article of export from the Dindings. Of the one-horned Javan variety only three or four individuals from the southern districts of Perak are extant in collections. It appears to be dying out.

Note
Location Peninsula Subject Distribution Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus) Year 1927

Two species of rhinoceros are known. The smaller two-horned species at one time formed an article of export from the Dindings. Of the one-horned Javan variety only three or four individuals from the southern districts of Perak are extant in collections. It appears to be dying out.

Note
Location Peninsula Subject Distribution Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus) Year 1927

It appears to be dying out. Like the elephant, the rhinoceros is much persecuted, as its horn and almost every portion of its anatomy command large prices from Chinese medicine dealers.

Note
Location Peninsula Subject Distribution Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus) Year 1927

It appears to be dying out. Like the elephant, the rhinoceros is much persecuted, as its horn and almost every portion of its anatomy command large prices from Chinese medicine dealers.

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