 Reference Base  Rhinoceros sondaicus: the Javan or lesser one-horned rhin... |
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Loch, C.W., 1937. Rhinoceros sondaicus: the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros and its geographical distribution. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 15 (2): 130-149, pls. 3-4, table 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular |
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Distribution - Records |
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Javan Rhino |
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Rhinoceros sondaicus - A. The ?Province Wellesley' Rhinoceros. The earliest specimen that we know of is in the collection of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Here amongst other skulls they have that of a very young sondaicus, killed by the side of its mother, on the Malay Coast opposite Penang, in 1816. Looking over from Penang to the Province Wellesley side at the present time it is hard to imagine that about 120 years ago these rhinos were to be found there.
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