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The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project |
| Author(s): |
Nardelli, F. |
| Year published: |
1985 |
| Journal: |
Help Newsletter, Port Lympne |
| Volume: |
7 |
| Pages: |
4-8, figs. 1-2 |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Each of the broad, flat feet bears three nails. The measurements of rhino footprints seem to vary with the quality of the ground, for the soft skin beneath the feet is quite elastic. |
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Captive - Europe
Management - Programs
Sumatran Rhino
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| Agreement 24 May 1985. On Friday, 24 May 1985, an historic agree- ment was signed in Jakarta for the formal establishment of a project for the conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), a project based on close cooperation between the Howletts and Port Lympne Foundation ... |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| Sumatran rhinos are solitary animals, except for intervals when a mating pair or a mother and calf live together. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| wandering about in a large territory, though the males seem to cover more ground than the females. |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| A preliminary survey has shown that the Torgamba district in the eastern part of Sumatra contains enough rhinos to make it a likely source of the first captures. This region has some of the last groups surviving in the lowlands, and the team will start work there in July. The Field Supervisor r... |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
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| Urine sprayed on the leaves of plants along the trails is a sign of the presence of rhinos, while twisted saplings may show the boundaries of particular animals' territories, especially those of males. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
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| Along these paths, droppings are often left in specific, recognized areas, although rhinos may also defecate in water, if there is a stream or pond nearby. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
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| Main tracks may connect wallowing places too, as it is essential for the Sumatran rhino to have baths or wallows in mud as often as once or twice each day, for several hours at a time, in order to keep its skin healthy, free of cracks, parasites, and inflammation. Streams with stony beds or pool... |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| The horns, smaller in the female. The front horn is always the larger of the two, and the horns seem to develop at different rates, for some of the rhinos with the largest front horns on record had mere knobs as back ones. The horns can be replaced if they are lost, for they grow throughout life |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Management - Programs
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| On Friday, 24th May 1985, an historic agreement was signed in Jakarta for the formal establishment of a project for the conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), a project based on close cooperation between the Howletts and Port Lympne Foundation and the Indonesian Direc... |
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The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project
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