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Reference Base  Mating Sumatran rhinoceros at Sepilok Rhino Breeding Cent... |
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Mating Sumatran rhinoceros at Sepilok Rhino Breeding Centre, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia |
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Bosi, E.J. |
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1996 |
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Pachyderm |
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21 |
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24-27, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Management - Programs
Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1985, the State Government of Sabah's Rhino and Wildlife Conservation Committee (SRWCC) established a local capture and breeding programme. The capture programme was activated in 1987 and began with the capture of rhinos that were exposed to poachers due to the loss of their habitat.
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Captive - Asia
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| Sabah Managed Breeding Centre - Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. It is advisable to have a mud wallow in the breeding enclosure.
The breeding enclosure should have undulating topography for easier mating to occur.
It takes about two months for one rhino to clear one hectare of jungle with low vegetat... |
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Reproduction
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| Sabah, Managed Breeding Centre. The female was obviously interested in the male when she was in oestrus. The male would go to the common gate to make lip contact and to lock horns. The female would walk or pace along the wall, followed by the male on the other side. The male was not intereste... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Reproduction
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| Sabah, Managed Breeding Centre. We released her into the breeding enclosure during the morning of 28 October 1995 but there was no mutual interest with Sidom. She spent her time in the mud wallow while Sidom walked about. We put Sidom into the individual pen and returned him at 14.54 hours. T... |
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