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The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project |
| Author(s): |
Nardelli, F. |
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1985 |
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Help Newsletter, Port Lympne |
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7 |
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4-8, figs. 1-2 |
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Distribution - Reasons for decline
Sumatran Rhino
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| One of the most seriously endangered mammals in the world, thanks to the loss of its preferred rain-forest habitat, poaching, and other factors upsetting the normal patterns of the animal's life in the wild.
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Reproduction
Sumatran Rhino
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| Breeding is slow, perhaps only once in three or four years |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rarely more than 135 cm at the shoulder |
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Reproduction
Sumatran Rhino
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| Each calf seems to spend about eighteen months with its mother, and no other calf is born during this time. |
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The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project
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