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On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula |
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Flower, S.S. |
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1900 |
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
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1900 April 3 |
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306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Names in vernacular
Asian Rhino Species
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Names in vernacular
Asian Rhino Species
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| A young female, just dead, was brought to the Siamese Museum on 10 Feb 1897, which I was told had been brought from the Laos country, and had died on reaching Bangkok. No horn. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
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| A good deal of uncertainty exists as to how many species of Rhinoceros inhabit this region, and which they are, and it is difficult to obtain information; they are poorly represented in the local museums. Cantor records Rhinoceros unicornis and Rhinoceros sondaicus and mentions a two-horned spec... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr Ridley (JSBRAS, 1894) mentions having seen tracks of some species of rhinoceros in the Tahan River woods, Pahang, where he also heard the animal at night. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| An Englishman once told me he had seen tracks of rhinoceros on Gunong Jerai (Kedah peak) at several thousands feet above the sea. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| W.L.Sclater (Cat.Mamm.1891) records specimens from Malacca |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the south of Perak, a friend told me he had once seen a rhinoceros in a swamp, it was reddish in colour. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Bangkok Times for 11 November 1897 mentions a rhino being shot by Mr. C. Ephraums - no species indicated - few details: animal was seen at a sulphur spring within 6 miles of Ipoh, Perak, it was an old male, 6 feet high at the shoulder and about 8 feet in length; his horn measured 13 inches an... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| At Alor Star, Kedah, the malays told me no rhinoceros was known in that district, which is mostly flat; they looked on it as an animal only inhabiting the mountains. |
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On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula
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