 Reference Base  Notes on the animal productions of the Tenasserim Provinces |
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Helfer, J.W., 1838. Notes on the animal productions of the Tenasserim Provinces. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 7 (2): 855-863
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
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Distribution - Records |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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The rhinoceros is a common animal throughout the provinces, and perhaps more numerous than the elephant, though its less gregarious manners, and its wilder character, do not admit an easy approach to it.
. The Tenasserim Provinces seem to be a congenial place for this genus, for I dare to pronounce almost positively, that the three known Asiatic species, occur within their range. The Rhinoceros Indicus being found in the mothern parts of the provinces, in that high range bordering on Zimmay called “ the elephant tail mountain;" the R. Sondaicus of Baron Cuvier, on the contrary, occupies the southernmost parts; while the R. bicornis Sumatrensis, or the doublehorned species, is to be found throughout the extent of the territories from the 17° to 10° of latitude. In character the R. Sondaicus seems to be the mildest, and can be easily domesticated; the powerful Indian rhinoceros is the shyest, and the double-horned the wildest.
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