 | Bartlett, 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
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| Specimens from Borneo in mus. Kuching
1. Head with the skin still on it.
Length of head, from front of nose to centre of coronal ridge of skin, 19 ? inches; across forehead to corner of eyes 7 3/4 inches; tip of upper lip to corner of mouth 6 1/4 inches; front horn 4 ? inches; hind horn 2 inc... |
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| Skertchly, S.B.J. 1891 On some Borneo traps. Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 20: 211-219 |
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| Hagen, B. 1890 Die Pflanzen- und Thierwelt von Deli auf der Ostkuste Sumatras - Naturwissenschaftliche Skizzen und Beitraege. Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (2) 7: 1-240, pl. 1 |
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Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Badak |
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| Hagen, B. 1890 Die Pflanzen- und Thierwelt von Deli auf der Ostkuste Sumatras - Naturwissenschaftliche Skizzen und Beitraege. Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (2) 7: 1-240, pl. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Badak krbo |
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| Hagen, B. 1890 Die Pflanzen- und Thierwelt von Deli auf der Ostkuste Sumatras - Naturwissenschaftliche Skizzen und Beitraege. Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (2) 7: 1-240, pl. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Badak tingiling |
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| Higginson, S.J. 1890 Java, the pearl of the East. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co, pp. i-viii, 9-204 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| The rhinoceros roams through the forests and jungles on the highest mountains, often descending to the salt swamps and flats skirting the sea for salt water. |
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| Higginson, S.J. 1890 Java, the pearl of the East. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co, pp. i-viii, 9-204 |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Javan Rhino
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| The rhinoceros is fierce, but flies from man. When wounded or a female with calf, the rhino is dangerous and hard to kill. |
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| Higginson, S.J. 1890 Java, the pearl of the East. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co, pp. i-viii, 9-204 |
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Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1890, Java, One horn sells for 40 to 150 florins |
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| Hagen, B. 1890 Die Pflanzen- und Thierwelt von Deli auf der Ostkuste Sumatras - Naturwissenschaftliche Skizzen und Beitraege. Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (2) 7: 1-240, pl. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Malay on Sumatra differentiate two species, one the Badak krbo is larger and rather quiet and inoffensive, and the smaller Badak tenggiling, which is quite aggressive and always attacks men. |
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| Higginson, S.J. 1890 Java, the pearl of the East. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co, pp. i-viii, 9-204 |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Javan Rhino
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| He is generally unaccompanied, is unsocial and fierce. Sometimes 7 or 8 assemble and visit a coffee or cinchona plantation where they commit serious depredations by eating the tender shoots and uprooting the younger trees. |
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