 Reference Base  Among rhino and Javanese wild ox (banteng) in the Oedjoen... |
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Hoogerwerf, A., 1938. Among rhino and Javanese wild ox (banteng) in the Oedjoeng Koelon Game Reserve. Nature Protection in the Netherlands Indies Dept. of Economic Affairs, Batavia: 9-14, figs. 1-6
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java |
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Distribution - Records |
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Javan Rhino |
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As there are no `tegals' or grazing land, in the interior, the big game here (banteng and deer) is very scarce. It was only very occasionally that I came across their spoor. The track of the rhinoceros was not found here as often as might have been expected. The number of old rhino paths near the rivers, however, is quite large. The number of old rhino paths near the rivers, however, is quite large. I found these typical guilied paths, leading to the water, along every river I visited. These paths, so deeply worn into the hard river banks, must have been used for many years. They date most probably from a far distant period, when the number of rhinos was much greater than it is now, though the present number may still be adequate to keep the species from extinction, as may be supposed when we consider the data now in our possession.
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