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Reference Base  Mammals of Borneo: field keys and an annotated checklist |
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Mammals of Borneo: field keys and an annotated checklist |
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Medway, Lord |
| Year published: |
1965 |
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Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
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36 (3) |
| Pages: |
i-xi, 1-193, figs. 1-9, map 1, pls. 1-34 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| A little further southwest Abbott, in 1907, noted reports of rhinoceroses from about `Batu Dajeu' (? = Bajeuh), in the upper S. Simpang, from the lowlands about the base of G. Palung (= G. Panti), and the neighbourhood of G. Kedijo. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the Kelabit uplands Harrisson later found (Harrisson, in Davis, 1958) that `the Sumatran rhinoceros, once common in the area - in the last century even breaking fences around padi fields - has not been reported anywhere in the area for twenty years. There are living Kelabits who have killed m... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
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Sumatran Rhino
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| There are specimens from S. Tingkayu, in the former East Coast Residency, Sabah (SNM, fide Davis, 1962). |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The near extermination of the species has been rapid. In Sabah, a little over eighty years ago, in the vicinity of Sandakan, Pryer (1881) found rhinoceroses `not infrequent; the tracks of one or two may usually be seen in the course of a walk in the low districts.' There are specimens from Sand... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Eighteen years later, Harrisson (1949) wrote, `there are now almost certainly no rhinoceros left in Sarawak', although he was able to report observations in 1946 from the upper S. Padas, in Sabah, and in 1945 from S. Raya and from high ground in the upper S. Bahau in Kalimantan. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| There are recent reports of animals encountered or tracks seen in Sabah on G. Kinabalu (J.L. Harrison, personal communication, 1962) and towards the east coast, `at S. Bole on the Segama. There are also reliable records for the Dent Peninsula, Ulu S. Kalumpang and Ulu Kuamat' (P.F. Burgess, in l... |
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Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Pigmy Rhinoceros |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Synonyms
Didermocerus sumatrensis harrissoni Groves, 1965, Saugetier. Mitt. 13: 128-130 - Borneo.
Rhinoceros sumatrensis Pryer, 1881, Zoologist 5: 394; Davis, 1958, Fieldiana: Zool. 39: 147.
Rhinoceros sumatranus Hose, 1893, Mammals of Borneo: 62.
Ceratorhinus sumatrensis Jentink, 1897, Notes... |
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