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Gyldenstolpe, N., 1916. Zoological results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Siam, 1911-1912 & 1914-15, V: Mammals II. Kg Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 57 (2): 1-59, pls. 1-6
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand |
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Distribution - Records |
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Javan Rhino |
This is apparently a more southern form being far more common in the southern districts than R. sumatrensis. At two different occasions during my stay among the mountains in the Siamese Malaya on about 12 degrees north, I observed the tracks of a rhinoceros probably belonging to this species. They are very shy and retiring in their habits and are seldom met with or shot especially by European sportsmen.
Mr G.C. Shortridge, however, succeeded in shooting a female specimen near Bankachon in S. Tenasserim. Bankachon is situated some distance south of the places I visited, though on the other side of the peninsula, and surrounded by dense evergreen jungles.
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