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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
Coll. Indian Museum - Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. p. Pt. of skull, Upper Martaban, E. Blyth, 1861, A S.B.
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File AvailableBartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1
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Sumatran Rhino
The specimen No. 5 in the photograph is similar to the one in my father's possession. The prominence for the second horn is scarcely visible, hence the doubt formerly expressed respecting, its belonging to a single or a two-horned Rhinoceros. The general appearance of this animal (judging from ...
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File AvailableBartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1
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Sumatran Rhino
The above-mentioned skulls and horns came from the jungle regions of the upper Rajah River, inhabited by the Kyans, a dangerous race of people, very distinct fron the Dyaks. These Kyans procure the horns for barter, for which they receive a high price from the Chinese, who import them to China f...
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File AvailableBartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
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Sumatran Rhino
The Rhinoceros is becoming extremely rare in the Province of Sarawak on account of the value set upon the horns, but in Central and North Borneo in the very old jungle it is more plentiful. I have heard that two species exist; but this, I think, is doubtful.
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File AvailableMeyer, J.J. 1891 Tjarita Ki-Asdoera: het verhaal van Ki-Asdoera: tekst, vertaling en aanteekeningen, met eene inleiding en opmerking over de spreektaal in Zuid-Banten. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (5) 6: 347-384
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Asian Rhino Species
Indonesia. The whole animal will fetch 150 guilders and more. Besides the horn, the important parts are the incisors (menoer) which are put in rings. And also the hide, that is used against the 'hama koengkang' (stenocoris varicornis), an insects that appears in swarms when the new fruits from...
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Asian Rhino Species
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis. The Chittagong and Tipperah Hills; this species is replaced by the next in the Malay peninsula and the line of division between the two is not actually made out, but probably this species will be found to be the one distributed all over Burma.
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File AvailableZondervan, H. 1891 Die jungste Expedition quer durch Sumatra. Ausland 64: 532-534
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Sumatran Rhino
Expedition from west coast to Siak on east coast, along Kwantan River. The tracks of elephants and rhinoceroses were numerous.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Javan Rhino
coll. Indian Museum - Rhinoceros sondaicus, n. Skull, Tavoy Point, Genl. Fytche, 1861, A.S.B.
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File AvailableBartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1
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Sumatran Rhino
Borneo. The general appearance of this animal (judging from the two heads with skin attached) is similar to that of the Sumatran species (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). It is perfectly black, covered with short black bristles; the ears are short and covered with short black hair without fringe (unlik...
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1891 Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis in South Tenasserim ?
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