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An exceptionally large track. This will most certainly denote R. sondaicus but again an immature specimen will not leave a large track. It will also be borne in mind that a beast leaves a very different track according to the nature and state of the ground, the speed at which it is travelling and whether up or down hill, or on the level. The nest method of identification is to measure as many tracks as possible over as long a distance as possible, making careful notes of variations in soil, the state of the weather, and whether the animal was feeding, walking steadily, trotting or galloping, on the level or up or down hill. I had casts and photographs to illustrate the different tracks made by a single beast over approximately two miles of rather mixed going, but these went to the looters in 1941 together with other irreplacable records.
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Rhinoceroses
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