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Kloss, C. Boden 1909. The primates, carnivores and ungulates of the Peninsular Region. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 53: 1-47.

The primates, carnivores and ungulates of the Peninsular Region

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Location Peninsula Subject General Species Asian Rhinos

Badak

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Location World Subject Morphology Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

Skin thinly clad with long hairs.

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Location World Subject Morphology Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

Brownish.

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Location World Subject Morphology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Skin practically naked.

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Location World Subject Morphology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Blackish grey throughout.

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Location World Subject Morphology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Skin practically naked.

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Location World Subject Morphology Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

Brownish.

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Location World Subject Morphology Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

Skin thinly clad with long hairs.

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Location World Subject Morphology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Blackish grey throughout.

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Location World Subject Morphology Species All Rhino Species

horns, composed of hardened skin.

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Location World Subject Taxonomy Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

Skin thinly clad with long hairs, granular, slightly folded, brownish. Two horns, the foremost largest. Height at shoulder 4 feet.

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Location World Subject Morphology Species Javan Rhino (sondaicus)

Height at shoulder 5 ? feet

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Location World Subject Taxonomy Species All Rhino Species

Genus Rhinoceros. The animals of this genus are clothed with a very thick skin which in places grows in folds. Their horns, composed of hardened skin, grow throughout life and if lost are reproduced.

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Location Peninsula Subject Morphology Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

Height at shoulder 4 feet, Malaysia

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