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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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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Javan Rhino
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| In the mountains it prefers the slopes in the wide and level valleys with streams of small lakes and swamps where it can take bath. Like the buffalo, it lies fully under the water during the heat of the day, with only the front part of the head with the nose and the eyes above the water, or it i... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| The animal also occurs in Borneo and is said to be especially numerous in the mountain range near the sources of the southern tributaries of the Upper Kapoeas and the Melawi Rivers. The natives tell about a species with three horns and Mr Pryer once saw a skull with three horns, although the thi... |
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Reproduction
Javan Rhino
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| According to the natives, the female has one calf every 2 to 2 ? years. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| The natives believe that the horn of the rhinoceros will detect poison when it is put in a liquid. It is called Tandokh-badak. The Malay and Sundanese call it Tjoela-badakh. Amulets made of the horn will ward off any kind of accident. The Chinese and Arabs will pay 10 to 20 guilders for these... |
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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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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| the height 1.35 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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Sumatran Rhino
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| The tail 0.32 m |
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