 | Nieuwenhuis, A.W. 1900 In Centraal Borneo: reis van Pontianak naar Samarinda. Leiden, E.J. Brill, vol. 2, pp. i-viii, 1-369, i-xvi |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Upper Mahakam. One of the hunters met a rhinoceros which was disturbed in the bed of a small stream by the noise of dogs trying to get at some otters in a hole. The rhinoceros did not wait for an attack, but went away, while the dogs did not date to oppose this enormous animal. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
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Javan Rhino
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| A young female, just dead, was brought to the Siamese Museum on 10 Feb 1897, which I was told had been brought from the Laos country, and had died on reaching Bangkok. No horn. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Asian Rhino Species
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| A good deal of uncertainty exists as to how many species of Rhinoceros inhabit this region, and which they are, and it is difficult to obtain information; they are poorly represented in the local museums. Cantor records Rhinoceros unicornis and Rhinoceros sondaicus and mentions a two-horned spec... |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr Ridley (JSBRAS, 1894) mentions having seen tracks of some species of rhinoceros in the Tahan River woods, Pahang, where he also heard the animal at night. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| An Englishman once told me he had seen tracks of rhinoceros on Gunong Jerai (Kedah peak) at several thousands feet above the sea. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The turf was plough up at one of these grassy patches by rhinoceros, but the animals were not seen. |
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| Marshall, W. 1900 Die Tierwelt Chinas. Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaften 73: 71-96 |
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Asia - East Asia - China
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Asian Rhino Species
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| The south and especially the South-West of China has a quite Indian mammalian world, including the indian tapir and the one-horned rhinoceros. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, ?I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. It was about 8 to 9 feet in length (guessed). |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| W.L.Sclater (Cat.Mamm.1891) records specimens from Malacca |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the south of Perak, a friend told me he had once seen a rhinoceros in a swamp, it was reddish in colour. |
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