Nardelli, F., 1985. The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 7: 4-8, figs. 1-2
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Main tracks may connect wallowing places too, as it is essential for the Sumatran rhino to have baths or wallows in mud as often as once or twice each day, for several hours at a time, in order to keep its skin healthy, free of cracks, parasites, and inflammation. Streams with stony beds or pools formed by waterfalls are favourite sites for wallows, which may be as large as eight meters across and are usually surrounded by a patch of trampled vegetation. The banks of the wallowing places may be eroded by the animals rubbing their skins or horns against them.
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