Vernay, A.S., 1924. Hunting the Sumatran rhinoceros. Natural History 24 (5): 625-627, figs. 1-2
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In the July-August issue of Natural History, p. 527, allusion was made to a cable sent by Mr. Arthur S. Vernay, in which he announced that he had secured a female and young male of the rare Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). These rhinos are very carefully protected because of their scarcity and it was only thanks to the generous interest that Sir Harcourt Butler, the governor general of Burma, his taken in the expedition that permission to secure specimens for the American Museum was accorded. The district chosen for the hunt was the Pegu Yomas, a rough, precipitous region of shale and sandstone, in the south-central part of Burma. Arrangements for the successful prosecution of the hunt were made by Mr. Hopwood, the conservator of forests, Tenasserim Circle, sixteen elephants being provided for transport and a detail of six military police mounted on ponies being ordered to accompany Mr. Vernay. [One female shot.] As Mr. Vernay approached the wallow, a small object emerged from behind the fallen animal. It was a baby male rhino about one month old. It charged viciously but ineffectually. This little rhino was transported to camp in a bamboo basket, quickly and skillfully made by the two natives. It took milk out of a bottle and was a camp pet for several days. It was then sent to Rangoon, to be placed in the Zoo. But it did not survive and, as a consequence, it will be mounted with its mother in an American Museum group
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