Ridley, H.N., 1901. The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106
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They ate sweet potatoes [etc] and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak much out of proportion to the size of the animal. They made no other noise except by snorting now and then but in the forests, what I suppose to be the same species makes a loud neighing sound.
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The Sumatran rhinoceros
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