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Reference Base  De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zo... |
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De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren |
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Balen, J.H. van |
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1914 |
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Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh |
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pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| The iris is brown, the horns and nails blackish. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| Mohnike remarked that 'with the size of these animals it is remarkable that they will ascend mountains from 8000 to 10.000 feet high. Their paths are found everywhere in the mountain ranges of Java. These paths are known to the natives; they are the deep and well-trodden paths which take you st... |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| the head is 0.70 m |
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Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| A large individual, measured from the tip of the snout to the start of the tail had a length of 3.16 m, with a height of 1.60 m; length of the tail 0.53 m, of the head 0.72 m. The females generally are a bit smaller and they are instantly recognizable by the absence of a horn, which is much less... |
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Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| A large individual, measured from the tip of the snout to the start of the tail had a length of 3.16 m, with a height of 1.60 m; length of the tail 0.53 m, of the head 0.72 m. The females generally are a bit smaller |
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Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| A large individual, measured from the tip of the snout to the start of the tail had a length of 3.16 m, with a height of 1.60 m; length of the tail 0.53 m, of the head 0.72 m. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Javan Rhino
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| Outside the mating season it is rare to find two together. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| The rhinoceros lives solitary or sometimes in pairs in the densest parts of the forest, where it visits early in the morning and at dusk the edges of the low forest. During most of the day, especially around noon, it immerses in the swamp or in a wallow which he frequently visits. |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| In size, its length from the tip of the snout to the start of the tail is 2.48 m, the head is 0.70 m, the tail 0.32 m and the height 1.35 m. |
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Javan Rhino
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| The mating season is in August, according to Junghuhn. Every evening after nightfall, he heard a cry which sounded like that of a buffalo, but more refined and more wild. It was the cry of the rhinoceros.
It produces a loud sniffing and blowing noise which can be heard from a great distance, b... |
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