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Reference Base  Rhinoceros sondaicus: the Javan or lesser one-horned rhin... |
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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 |
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15 (2) |
| Pages: |
130-149, pls. 3-4, table 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus . In a letter received from the Forest Department, Shwebb, it stated that four specimens of the Javan rhinoceros probably occur in the Kahilu Game Sanctuary. This is located in the Thaton and Salween Districts, in Lower Burma. |
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
Names in vernacular
Asian Rhino Species
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| Lam-mia |
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
Names in vernacular
Asian Rhino Species
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| Con-Tay |
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| They have been destroyed by the Meos, a mountain people who have imigrated from China in recent times. The Meos hunters search for them for the horn, used as a medicine. The value of the horns was so great that they figured in the tribute sent by the king of Luang-Prabang every year to the Empe... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| I am not sure about the elevation preferred by this animal. It is known and hunted on the Dar Lac Plateau at an elevation of about 3,000 feet, and last year some natives invited me to hunt a party of four rhinos near Cua Rao, about 100 feet above sea level. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
Culture
Asian Rhino Species
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| At the present time in the royal marriages of Luang-Prabang a rhino horn frequently figures in the dowry of the young princesses. |
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1937, Indochina, The horn and feet of a rhinoceros are worth about $2000, which probably explains why so few specimens find their way to museums. |
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World
Taxonomy
Indian Rhino
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| 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 hitherto undescribed spe... |
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Captive - Asia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
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| Info from Mr. William W. Fegan of the 'Bangkok Sport and Gossip' (1933). About the year 1886 a one-horn was captured and brought alive to Bangkok from a place near Krabin, to the west of the capital. It was kept in captivity here for some time ere it passed out. |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
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| The last example of the Javan rhinoceros that was kept alive in the Zoological Gardens in London, was purchased from Jamrach in 1874, the locality being given as Batavia. This was probably the only specimen really of that species they ever had in their collection. |
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