 Reference Base  Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Sa... |
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Schneider, G., 1906. Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Saeugetiere (Mammalia). Zoologische Jahrbucher 23: 123-125
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra |
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Distribution - Records |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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The Sumatran Rhinoceros was encountered by chance in several instances, including Tandjung Laut. In the forest of Tandjung Laut I once saw around 1 pm in a wallow a rhinoceros, and I was able to fire a shot at the eye region of the head, but it did not die (probably because my 16 calibre gun was too small for this kind of game). In the same area I saw around 11 pm at night, when travelling downstream in a sampan, close to the river banks a rhinoceros. As it was a night of full moon, I could see it well, but I did not get a shot at it as it quickly turned around and disappeared into the jungle.
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