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Raffles, T.S., 1822. Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, with additional notices illustrative of the natural history of these countries. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 239-274
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra |
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Taxonomy |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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Tennu. There is, however, another animal in the forests of Sumatra never yet noticed, which in size and character nearly resembles the rhinoceros, and what is said to have a single horn. This animal is distinguished by having a narrow whitish belt encircling the body, and is known to the natives of the interior by the name of Tennu.
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