 | Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Captive - Asia
Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| The animals were both of a quiet and inoffensive disposition, allowing themselves to be stroked and patted and readily fed from the hand although they had been quite recently caught. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Captive - Asia
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Captive - Asia
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Captive - Asia
Ecology - Food
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. They ate sweet potatoes, sugar cane, champedak, fruits and leaves, and the leaves of the Mahang Putih (Macaranga hypoleuca) and various species of Ficus, especially the Waringin (Ficus Benjamina) and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak m... |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Morphology - Horn
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. In both the front horn was very short, a mere conical process, and the only trace of the second horn was a small rough plate in the older one, and even that was absent in the second one. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Captive - Asia
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Captive - Asia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| These animals in captivity are very quiet for most of the day remaining immersed in a wallow of liquid mud and thickly coated with it after the manner of a buffalo. During the evening and night they are much more active roaming up and down the enclosure. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Captive - Asia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| They drink remarkably slowly and only a small quantity at a time, eat very large quantities of food, and pass the excreta always in exactly the same spot and almost always at night as the tapir does. |
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 | Ferguson, H.S. 1901 Report on the Trivandrum Museum and Public Gardens for the year ME 1075/ AD 1899-1900. Trivandrum, Museum and Public Gardens, pp. 1, 1-25, i-xi |
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Captivity - Zoo Records
Indian Rhino
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| Annual Report 1899-1900 - no rhino listed. |
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Notes for: Captive - Asia
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