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Title: Rum and rhinos
Author(s): Banks, E.
Year published: 1937
Journal: Sarawak Gazette
Volume: 1937 August 2
Pages: 163-164
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Now it cannot be denied that the rhino was once numerous in the Ulu Rejang, Ulu Baram and Ulu Trusan; without going into statistics each river even ten years ago was good for them from ten to twenty pairs of horns annually.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
After about sx or seven days walk we followed the Lupin River up unto the highlands forming the barrier between Sarawak and British North Borneo. Two days walk brought us out onto a ridge as flat as a board, but narrow and between 3000 and 4000 feet high with some of the thickets jungle and bigg...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Now it cannot be denied that the rhino was once numerous in the Ulu Rejang, Ulu Baram and Ulu Trusan; without going into statistics each river even ten years ago was good for them from ten to twenty pairs of horns annually.
  details

Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Now it cannot be denied that the rhino was once numerous in the Ulu Rejang, Ulu Baram and Ulu Trusan; without going into statistics each river even ten years ago was good for them from ten to twenty pairs of horns annually. There are almost none now, and in fact, after a prolonged visit to the U...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
1880, Borneo, Fifty years ago anyone, who shot a rhino was rather disappointed: he couldn't eat it all, it was too far to carry home, and the most that could be obtained from it was an occasional sword hilt made from the horn; these can still be obtained at a fabulous price.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value
Asian Rhino Species
Horn is used as aphrodisiac
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
Borneo. By all accounts, the rhino was, and still is, a sportsman, and runs for days when he finds a man coming after him, being, however, completely impervious to Government orders, dining well on the local tuba, and proceeding early next morning to the nearest stream for the purpose of stupefy...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
Borneo. By all accounts, the rhino was, and still is, a sportsman, and runs for days when he finds a man coming after him, being, however, completely impervious to Government orders, dining well on the local tuba, and proceeding early next morning to the nearest stream for the purpose of stupefy...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
By all accounts, the rhino was, and still is, a sportsman, and runs for days when he finds a man coming after him, being, however, completely impervious to Government orders, dining well on the local tuba, and proceeding early next morning to the nearest stream for the purpose of stupefying all t...
  details

Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
Fifty years ago anyone, who shot a rhino was rather disappointed: he couldn't eat it all, it was too far to carry home, and the most that could be obtained from it was an occasional sword hilt made from the horn; these can still be obtained at a fabulous price. Nowadays, a rhino may fetch anythi...
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