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Title: Sumatran rhinoceros (Didermocerus sumatraensis) at Copenhagen Zoo
Author(s): Andersen, S.
Year published: 1963
Journal: International Zoo Yearbook
Volume: 3
Pages: 56-57, pl. 3
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Captive - Europe
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
Copenhagen Zoo - Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. A warm den and a pool of heated water had been prepared for Subur and the first thing she did on arrival was to go straight into the pool where she immediately defaecated (throughout the flight from Singapore she had hardly defecaeted at all) - and ever...
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
During the summer of 1959, ten Sumatran Rhinos were captured in the Siak river area: nine females and one male which unfortunately escaped. One of the females was sent to Bogor Zoo where it died in 1961, one went to Basle Zoo where it died in the summer of 1961 of incurable anaemia; and a third,...
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
In the summer of 1959 an expedition, organized by the Copenhagen and Basle Zoos in association with the Bogor Zoo, Indonesia, set out to try and capture three pairs of Sumatran Rhinos for the Copenhagen, Basle and Bogor Zoos. The underlying purpose of the expedition was to try and start breeding...
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
Copenhagen Zoo. Until she arrived at Copenhagen, Subur had been fed daily with boiled rice balls. This was just about the worst thing we could have given her, but when the leaves of her native forests were no longer available, rice was the only thing she would accept. As the result she suffere...
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
Copenhagen Zoo. Until she arrived at Copenhagen, Subur had been fed daily with boiled rice balls. This was just about the worst thing we could have given her, but when the leaves of her native forests were no longer available, rice was the only thing she would accept. As the result she suffere...
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Captive - Europe
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
Copenhagen Zoo. Although her skin appears to be thick and heavy, it cannot stand the dryness of the danish summer(even though it often seems very wet to us!). During her first summer (1960), the skin on her back became very broken and chapped. We therefore made her a mud pool in her outdoor en...
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Captive - Europe
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
Copenhagen Zoo. Another characteristic of the Sumatran Rhino is its soft feet. For this reason we put sand in Subur's enclosure as sharp gravel hurts her feet.
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Captive - Europe
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
Copenhagen Zoo. Another characteristic of the Sumatran Rhino is its soft feet. For this reason we put sand in Subur's enclosure as sharp gravel hurts her feet.
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Captive - Europe
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
Copenhagen Zoo. Although her skin appears to be thick and heavy, it cannot stand the dryness of the danish summer(even though it often seems very wet to us!). During her first summer (1960), the skin on her back became very broken and chapped. We therefore made her a mud pool in her outdoor en...
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Captive - Europe
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
A warm den and a pool of heated water had been prepared for Subur and the first thing she did on arrival was to go straight into the pool where she immediately defecated (throughout the flight from Singapore she had hardly defecated at all)
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