 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 - East Asia - Indochina |
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Distribution - Records |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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Information from E.M. de Villa of Hanoi. `The one-horned rhinoceros (monocorne) is still to be found in several parts of Indo-China, being fairly well represented on both sides of the great Annamite ange, and both north and south of it. The animal lives in marshy bush and thick forest undergrowth, where the rattan-cane makes fast walking impossible and tracking very difficult and dangerous. The average size is about 7 feet in height and 11 feet in length. The single horn attains a length of about 3 feet on the male. The two-horned (bicorne) rhinoceros is unknown in this country, but on one occasion a hunter shot a small rhinoceros which had one horn perfectly developed and ad a second embryo horn.
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