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| Title: |
On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula |
| Author(s): |
Flower, S.S. |
| Year published: |
1900 |
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
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1900 April 3 |
| Pages: |
306-379, fig. 1 |
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World
Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
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| Female Rhinoceros sondaicus in Siamese Museum There was no horn. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Malaysia. In the south of Perak, a friend told me he had once seen a rhinoceros in a swamp, it was reddish in colour. The 'Bada Api' or 'Fire Rhinoceros' of the malays is probably a red variety of this species. |
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Morphology - Size
Javan 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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World
Morphology - Size
Javan 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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World
Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| Female Rhinoceros sondaicus in Siamese Museum. Colour uniform dusky grey. |
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Morphology - Skull
Javan Rhino
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| Female Rhinoceros sondaicus in Siamese Museum. Only one pair of incisors showed through the gums in the lower jaw, they were tusk-like; none showed in the upper jaw, the gum forming a hard pad in the place where the incisors of a horse would be. |
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Captive - Asia
Captivity - Zoo 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 - Thailand
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| Thailand, value of blood
In Feb 1897 Siamese Museum acquired a specimen of Rhinoceros sondaicus. I may mention that to skin this animal we had any number of eager volunteers, mostly Siamese women, who in return for the work of removing the skin only wanted to have some of the blood. The rhinoc... |
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Trade
All Rhino Species
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| I have been told that it is more profitable for a Malay, if he happens to catch one of these animals in a pitfall, to kill it and sell the remains to the Chinese, than to sell the whole animal to a European. |
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Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula
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