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| Title: |
The one-horned rhinoceros in the Malay Peninsula |
| Author(s): |
Kloss, C. Boden |
| Year published: |
1927 |
| Journal: |
Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums |
| Volume: |
13 (4) |
| Pages: |
207-208, pl. 5 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. It was at one time fairly common in Java, where, however, it is now represented by a few dozen individulas all strictly protected. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Both Dicerorhinus sumatrensis and Rhinoceros sondaicus |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus apparently only in small numbers |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis occurs in Sumatra |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Only two specimens of Rhinoceros sondaicus known from the Malay Peninsula. The first of these is the (locally) famous ?Pinjih Rhino' which was shot by Mr. (now Sir) George W. Maxwell in the Pinjih Valley of the Kinta District of Perak in 1899. This was a bull, 5 ft 5 + inches high at the should... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| This is one of two known examples of Rhinoceros sondaicus in Malaysia. It is a cow that was killed at Kuala serukoi near Telok Anson, Perak on 16 April 1924. As this rhinoceros was shot by a person without a license and no report of the matter was made to the authorities the skull and head-skin... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus only known from two examples, see Pinjih valley and Kuala Serukoi. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Behaviour - Towards Man
Javan Rhino
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| Both the specimens killed at Pinjih in 1899 and at Kuala Serukoi in 1924 seem to have been extremely savage and given to unprovoked attacks. The Pinjih beast had been the terror of its valley from long before the British occupation (1874) and it was only large and well armed parties that venture... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus was fairly numerous in Tenasserim. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| Malaysia. The Pinjih animal ( Rhinoceros sondaicus shot in 1899) was kramat: the Malays credited it with supernatural powers and imagined it to be protected against all danger by a guardian spirit. It often happens that an animal which attaches itself to one locality and establishes a reputatio... |
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The one-horned rhinoceros in the Malay Peninsula
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