 Reference Base  Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis |
|
Evans, G.H., 1905. Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561
|
|
|
|
| |
| Location: |
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
| Subject: |
Behaviour - Social Behaviour |
| Species: |
Javan Rhino |
|
The only sound I have heard is a kind of grunt or rather a short harsh blowing sound. I heard one, a sondaicus, emit this noise when evidently surprised in cover. He heard us, and had not got the wind. On being hit, unless killed outright, they usually grunt, and also do so while charging. Burman hunters say that rhinoceroses are very tenacious of life after being wounded. No doubt with the weapons they used on them they were so; the wonder is they killed them at all. As with any other kind of game, I do not think any one has a right to press trigger unless he has a reasonable shot, giving a fair chance of bagging the animal.
|
|
|
File available
details
Original text on this topic: