 Reference Base  Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis |
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Evans, G.H., 1905. Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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The habit of depositing its ordure in one place as attributed to the African species and R.indicus, does not apply to these rhinoceroses, that is, if it is understood to mean that this is a place repeatedly visited for that purpose. Small heaps or mounds, perhaps the droppings of a week, may be found on the hillsides, where they lie up daily. But as a general rule, I do not think they can be at all particular in the matter, as one habitually finds single droppings on their tracks on the sides of hills, ridges etc, ,and an abundance of them scattered about in the beds of streams. If the pools in which they lie be disturbed one has rapid olfactory evidence that they contain more than a small quantity of their droppings. In appearance they are much the same as that of an elephant.
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