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Reference Base  The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new ... |
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The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet' |
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Lydekker, R. |
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1907 |
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London, Rowland Ward |
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pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Names in vernacular
Asian Rhino Species
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Asia - South Asia - India
Names in vernacular
Indian Rhino
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| Karkadan |
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Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| As regards the cheek-teeth, those of the upper jaw are practically indistinguishable from the corresponding molars of the Javan rhinoceros, and may accordingly be taken as indicative of the leaf- and twig-eating propensities of this species. |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Javan Rhino
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| its disposition is, however, stated to be more gentle, and in Java tame individuals are frequently to be seen wandering about the villages of the natives. Mr. T. R. Hubback, on the evidence of native testimony, affirms that either this or the next species uses its lower tusks for fighting in the... |
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Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| As already stated, the structure of the teeth indicates that its food is chiefly grass; and such observations as have been made confirm the truth of this inference. |
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| The present species is of the same dusky-grey colour as the last, and its hide is equally devoid of hair. |
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Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
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| Yet another peculiarity of the Javan rhinoceros is to be found in the frequent, if not invariable, absence of the horn in the female. Male horns of between 10 and 11 inches in length are recorded. |
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Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| In habits the Sumatran rhinoceros appears to be very similar to the Javan species; both affecting forested hill-country, which may be at a considerable altitude above the sea. |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| The weight has been estimated at a couple of thousand pounds. |
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Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| Although found in the swampy Sandarbans of Lower Bengal, within a day's journey of Calcutta, the Javan rhinoceros prefers forest tracts to grass-jungles, and is generally met within hilly districts where it apparently ascends in some parts of its habitat several thousand feet above sea-level. |
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