 Reference Base  Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expe... |
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Miller, G.S. Jr., 1942. Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition 1936-1939, part V Mammals collected by Frederick A Ulmer Jr on Sumatra and Nias. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia 94: 107-165, pls. 3-6
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra |
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Distribution - Poaching |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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North Sumatra - Spear trap. The pawong and his men hunted the rhinos here twenty years ago, suing both guns and dead-falls over the rhino trails. We encountered the remains of a deadfall along the trail to Blangbeke. It consisted of a huge log in which, originally, a sharpened bamboo blade was inserted. This spear was suspended over the trail and the blundering rhino tripped the rattan trigger-cord, releasing the spear. Sometimes natives were killed in these traps. The pawong personally had captured 24 rhinos with these spike traps.
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