Banks, E., 1978. Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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Places to wallow in the mud were always necessary. I saw a good one in the Ular Bulu mountains on the water-shed between the Rejang river and the Mukah river. The crest of the ridge went up and down and in one of the downs a Rhino had made a muddy pond about ten feet by five feet and three feet deep. I believe it lay down with the feet tucked underneath and mixed up the mud to its liking with the horn. Afterwards it had rubbed against a smooth rock, probably used on many previous occasions.
The skin is said to be more than half an inch thick but the epidermis is very thin and I believe dries very quickly. Wallowing daily is vital and when the hill top sites dry out, the Rhino wanders off into the lowlands in search of other places and these are the stray animals met with in unlikely places and at odd times.
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