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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Value - Related to Horn |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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For a long time the animals were of no value at all, Kayans and Kenyahs carved the Rhino horns into knife handles and sword hilts, there are several specimens in the Sarawak Museum. From about 1918 onwards the horns became very profitable in the export trade to China for medicine and this made the Rhinoceros the most valuable of all animals: in less than ten years it was for practical purposes exterminated in Sarawak.
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