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Reference Base  Rhinoceros sondaicus: the Javan or lesser one-horned rhin... |
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| Title: |
Rhinoceros sondaicus: the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros and its geographical distribution |
| Author(s): |
Loch, C.W. |
| Year published: |
1937 |
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Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| Volume: |
15 (2) |
| Pages: |
130-149, pls. 3-4, table 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| E. The ?Sungai Palawan'Rhinoceros. In the same paper Mr. Barnard describes how he and his brother Mr. H. C. Barnard shot a male of the species in 1898 on the Sungai Palawan near Chikus, Lower Perak. At that time, of course, the country around here was mostly virgin forest and practically uninha... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| info from Dammerman. The species is now rare in Java: a few are said to live in the district south of Tasikmalaja (C. Java) and a few others south of Bantam (W. Java), whereas a dozen or more are found in Oedjoengkoelon. |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros jamrachii. A specimen taken at Manipur in 1874 was brought to London by the dealer Jamrach, and was later sent to the Berlin Zoological Gardens. It had been determined as R. sondaicus both in Berlin and London. Jamrach was not satisfied with this, and insisted that it represented a h... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus - I. The Ujong Permatang Rhinoceros. In January 1928, a Police Officer stationed at Kuala Sciangor at the mouth of the Selangor River heard reports of an enormous animal that was destroying the Chinese gardens in the Ujong Permatang district some five miles to the north and ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| The writer first became interested in the subject, when living at Changkat Pa'Badak on the Kinta River, not far from the town of Kampar, during the years 1929-33. Malays coming from Changkat Pingan a few miles down stream would speak of a ?badak' of enormous size living in the jungle to the sout... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus - F. The ?Pinji' Rhinoceros. In 1899, the famous ? Pinji ? rhinoceros was shot by Sir George W. Maxwell in the Pinji Valley, not a great distance from the Laliat Railway Station, in Kinta. The classic description of its exploits and the shooting of this animal may be read i... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Asian Rhino Species
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| The occurrence of the Javan rhinoceros in the island of Sumatra, was first noted by Desmarest in 1822. Up till lately it was doubted that the animal was indigenous, a suspicion now proved to be ill-founded.
De Beaufort, 1928, gives an account of a complete specimen presented to the Zoological M... |
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World
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Javan Rhino
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| Professeur Bourret, a well-known zoologist, of the Direction de l'Instruction Publique writing from Hanoi is certain of the existence of two species of Rhino, sondaicus and sumatrensis, in the south of Indo-China ; As an instance of the nomadic tendencies of the animal he calls attention to 'Les ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Javan Rhino
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| D. Batu Gajah Rhinos. Mr. B. H. F. Barnard, for many years a Forest Officer in Malaya, writing in the ?Malayan Forester' for July 1932 instances the shooting of two rhinos in 1897 by Mr. F. J. Weld formerly of the Malay Civil Service. This was at a spot about three miles from Batu Gajah on the ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
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Asian Rhino Species
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| Info from Mr. William W. Fegan of the `Bangkok Sport and Gossip' (1933). As to the one-horned, I have been thirty-three years in this part of the world and have travelled over the major part of Siam and I have never yet met a man, native or European, who has shot one. Some twenty years ago two ... |
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