 | Medway, Lord 1965 Niah Cave animal bone, VIII: Rhinoceros in late quaternary Borneo. Sarawak Museum Journal 12 (25/26): 77-82, pl. 21 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Borneo, Sarawak - teeth mentioned by Busk
In addition to the material from Niah, fossil or subfossil rhinoceros remains have previously been recorded also from south-western Sarawak. The first to come to light were two teeth sent to Sir Charles Lyell by Rajah James Brooke, and discussed by G. B... |
|
|
| Medway, Lord 1964 Post-pleistocene changes in the mammalian fauna of Borneo: archaeological evidence from the Niah caves. Studies in Speleology 1 (1): 33-37, pl. 1 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
|
| There is no evidence of any rhinoceros other than Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. The larger Rhinoceros sondaicus exists on Java, and also alongside the Sumatran Rhinoceros on continental SE Asia. Its presence in quaternary Borneo has been claimed by earlier authors, but re-examination of the fossils... |
|
|
| Corner, E.J.H. 1961 Royal Society expedition to North Borneo 1961: Reports. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 175 (1): 9-32, pls. 1-18, figs. 1-4 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
|
| North Borneo. Camp 3 (8300 ft). It was here that ben Esoli first drew my attention to some tooth-marks on the bark of a tree, which he recognized as those of a rhinoceros, and he pointed out the rotten trunks which they had been eating, as is their wont. |
|
|
| Harrisson, T. 1961 The threat to rare animals in Borneo. Oryx 6 (2): 126-128 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Archaeological evidence from the Sarawak Museum excavations in the great Caves of Niah show that the rhinoceros was being hunted as a ritual animal. |
|
|
| Sarawak Government 1960 Report of the Maias Protection Commission. Kuching, pp. 1-32 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
|
| No details available yet |
|
|
| Medway, Lord 1959 Niah animal bone, II (1954-8). Sarawak Museum Journal 9 (13/14): 151-163, tables 1-4 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Metapodials. Locality: Niah Cave, Sarawak. In Sarawak Museum, Kuching, Malaysia. |
|
|
| Arnold, G. 1959 Longhouse and jungle: an expedition to Sarawak. London, Chatto and Windus, pp. 1-206 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
|
| I had repeatedly told everyone that under no circumstance were they to kill a rhinoceros, but I hoped we shouldn't meet one, because the delight of the chase and magnificent excitement of so great a kill would certainly have ouweighed any Government prohibition. Madang and Lian asked me what was... |
|
|
| Medway, Lord 1959 Rhinoceros' and pigs' teeth as Niah charms?. Sarawak Museum Journal 8: 637-638, fig. 1 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Niah cave excavations 1954-58. Metapodials of rhinoceros in W/E1, 24-36 inches, and X/W1, 48-60 inches, prove that this animal was eaten at least twice in the cave mouth. The bone pillow of an early burial, figured and discussed by Harrison (1957: 164) has been confirmed as the radius of rhinoc... |
|
|
| Medway, Lord 1959 Rhinoceros' and pigs' teeth as Niah charms?. Sarawak Museum Journal 8: 637-638, fig. 1 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
|
| The ?dragon' teeth identified by Professor von Koenigswald (above) from Chinese pharmacies in Sarawak are quite expensive medicine. In Kuching they are sold by weight at $2.50 a tahil (4s. 4 ? d. an ounce); by comparison dried frogs and centipedes cost 5 cents each, and sea horses 50 cents, but ... |
|
|
| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Once abundant in the Upper Baram and Limbang, noticeably around Mt. Batu Lawi, there are now definitely none in these great areas. In 1934 Banks saw fresh tracks of one at over 6,000 feet on Mulu , but my extensive 1946 search of this area revealed no trace of rhino, though old wallows and hunte... |
|
|
|
Notes for: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
print
details