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Title: |
Wild-reservaat in de Lampongsche districten |
Author(s): |
Anonymous |
Year published: |
1937 |
Journal: |
Indische Gids |
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59 (1) |
Pages: |
559-561 |
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File: |
View PDF: 396,5 kb |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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In the reserve in the Lampongsche Districten, the one horned Rhinoceros sondaicus still occurs. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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The hunt of the rhinoceros used to be very cruel. The animal was caught with so-called 'toekas', which is erected above a shallow pit and is covered with thick branches. If an elephant or a rhino fall into the pit, a mechanism is activated which lowers a long heavy piece of wood withan iron poi... |
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