| Lydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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World
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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| Lydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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World
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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| Lydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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World
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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| Lydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Asia
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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| Lydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Asia
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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| Lydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Indian Rhino
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| In the jungles of Assam the Indian rhinoceros not only dwells, but is as completely concealed as is a rabbit in a cornfield. To those who have never seen Indian grass jungles, it may seem incredible that such a huge animal should be hidden by such covert, but when it is realised that the grass of... |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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World
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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| Lydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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World
Ecology - Habitat
Indian Rhino
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| As a matter of fact, the rhinoceros, like the Indian buffalo, makes regular tunnels, or 'runs,' among this gigantic grass; and from these retreats it may be driven out by beating with a line of elephants, or by tracking on foot. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 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'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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World
Ecology - Population
Indian Rhino
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| Individuals have lived for over twenty years in the London Zoological Gardens, and it is stated that others have been kept in confinement for fully fifty years. Consequently, there is no doubt that the animal is long-lived, and it has been suggested that its term of life may reach as much as a c... |
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| Heck, L.; Heinroth, O. 1906 Fuehrer durch den Berliner Zoologischen Garten. Berlin, Zoologischer Garten |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Berlin Zoo. The young specimen (4 years) drinks daily 22 liter milk besides all the other food. |
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| Heck, L.; Heinroth, O. 1906 Fuehrer durch den Berliner Zoologischen Garten. Berlin, Zoologischer Garten |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Berlin Zoo. The young specimen (4 years) drinks daily 22 liter milk besides all the other food. |
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| Schneider, G. 1906 Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Saeugetiere (Mammalia). Zoologische Jahrbucher 23: 123-125 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| When we continued our march, we found a path which the animal had taken often, with a large dung heap of the rhino. |
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| Johnston, H.H. 1906 British Central Africa, an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambesi, 3rd ed. London, Methuen and Co, pp. i-xix, 1-544 |
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World
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Found all over British central Africa except on high plateaus. |
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| Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Food
Asian Rhino Species
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| Burma - species not mentioned. With regard to the nature of their food I am inclined to think that these rhinoceroses are not great grass-feeders, but prefer to browse ob leaves, twigs, shoots, etc., and they seem very partial to fruits. In the dry season the stomach generally contains wild man... |
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| Sanyal, R.B. 1905 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1904-05. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-23 |
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Captive - Asia
Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| Calcutta Zoo. The Indian rhino now living in the garden, will not touch any kind of grain, but will readily eat sutoo made into a pulp with gur. |
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| Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Sumatran Rhino
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| they do not fear elephants or tigers. |
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| Tjeenk Willink, H.D. 1905 Mammalia voorkomende in Nederlandsch-Indie. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indi 65: 153-345 |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| The rhinoceros occurs both in the plains and in inaccessible mountains. |
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| Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| In the cool weather they may wander a good deal as also during the rains, ranging along the ridges and visiting the head waters of streams. During the rainy season R. sumatrensis certainly tours through the lower-lying country, as their tracks are to be met with within, in some places, three or ... |
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| Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Food
Asian Rhino Species
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| Burma - species not mentioned. With regard to the nature of their food I am inclined to think that these rhinoceroses are not great grass-feeders, but prefer to browse ob leaves, twigs, shoots, etc., and they seem very partial to fruits. In the dry season the stomach generally contains wild man... |
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| Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Both species in this country show a decided preference for hilly tracts and even mountainous country. In the hot season they are invariably found in hilly or mountainous country, by no means necessarily well wooded, but where shade is sufficient. They rarely range far from the perennial streams i... |
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| Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| I have met with tracks of both varieties at considerable elevations, especially in places infrequently visited by men. |
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| Delme-Radcliffe, C. 1905 Rough notes on the natural history of the country west of Lake Victoria Nyanza. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 (2): 181-191 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| The rhinos appear to have no hesitation in frequenting the extremely steep and difficult hills of Karagwe. Their tracks and signs were seen up and down hills and on ridges which appeared more adapted to the habits of klipspringers and goats than of such bulky animals as rhinos. |
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| Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Sumatran Rhino
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| they do not fear elephants or tigers. |
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| Sanyal, R.B. 1905 Report of the Honorary Committee for the Management of the Zoological Garden, for the year 1904-05. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Depot, pp. 1, 1-23 |
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Captive - Asia
Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| Calcutta Zoo. The Indian rhino now living in the garden, will not touch any kind of grain, but will readily eat sutoo made into a pulp with gur. |
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| Eliot, C. 1905 The East Africa Protectorate. London, Edward Arnold, pp. i-xii, 1-334 |
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World
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| It is said that he attacks and gores ostriches and other animals. |
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| Broun, W.H. 1905 Heads of Rhinoceros bicornis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 November 14: 297 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| In Kenya in 1904, shot a female near Jambeni Mts. At 4150 feet above the sea, and a male north of Aberdares 9600 ft above sea. |
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| Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma. The contents of the stomach consisted of wild mangoes and other fruit, leaves and twigs of a tree not recognised, and the twigs and leaves of a species of bamboo known locally as 'Kayen-wa'. |
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| Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 |
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World
Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| Chewing mud. Photo of Rhinoceros unicornis, animal was actually chewing the mud when the photo was taken. |
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| Beccari, O. 1904 Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo, travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak: travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak. London, Archibald Constable, pp. i-xxiv, 1-424 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| The rhinoceros, although adapted for existence in unwooded regions, is also perfectly organised to wander amid dense vegetation, where their weight and size ensures an easy passage. |
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| Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma. The contents of the stomach consisted of wild mangoes and other fruit, leaves and twigs of a tree not recognised, and the twigs and leaves of a species of bamboo known locally as 'Kayen-wa'. |
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| Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 |
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World
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
White Rhino
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| these colossi were continually attended by their winged sentinels, the faithful rhinoceros bird (Buphaga africana), ever alert to give their dull-witted hosts notice of approaching danger by their shrill cries, or by thrusting their beaks into their ears. |
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| Maud, P. 1904 Exploration in the southern borderland of Abyssinia. Geographical Journal, London 23 (5): 552-579 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| expedition Jan 1903 with L.J. Baird in South Ethiopia
Its banks are fringed with tropical vegetation, but a few yards away from the river one is confronted by thick thorn bush, through which it was often difficult to find a way for the caravan. Elephant and rhino tracks were ubiquitous. These ... |
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| Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Sumatran Rhino
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| It is highly probable that the calf was killed by a tiger a few days after birth, more especially as the old cow was found to be severely bitten on one hind leg. |
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| Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 |
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World
Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| Chewing mud. Photo of Rhinoceros unicornis, animal was actually chewing the mud when the photo was taken. |
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| Weczerzick, A. 1904 Nashorn im Kampf mit einem Leoparden. Gartenlaube 1904: 765-766 |
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Asia - South Asia
Ecology
Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Frenzel, O. 1904 Rinoceronte atacando a un tigre para obligarle a soltar su presa. Iris (Barcelona) 6, no. 281 (1904-09-24): 5, plate only |
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Asia
Ecology
Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Otto, E. 1903 Pflanzer- und Jaegerleben auf Sumatra. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. 1-185 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Sumatra. Rhinos were eating leaves of trees and bananas. There were some large trees with Bua-Kayu fruit, which the rhinos like to eat. |
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| Otto, E. 1903 Pflanzer- und Jaegerleben auf Sumatra. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. 1-185 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Sumatra. Rhinos were eating leaves of trees and bananas. There were some large trees with Bua-Kayu fruit, which the rhinos like to eat. |
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| Barnes, W.D. 1903 Notes on a trip to Gunong Benom in Pahang. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 39: 1-18 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| On almost the highest point was a quantity of rhinoceros' dung. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Captive - Asia
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. They ate sweet potatoes, sugar cane, champedak, fruits and leaves, and the leaves of the Mahang Putih (Macaranga hypoleuca) and various species of Ficus, especially the Waringin (Ficus Benjamina) and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak m... |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Captive - Asia
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. They ate sweet potatoes, sugar cane, champedak, fruits and leaves, and the leaves of the Mahang Putih (Macaranga hypoleuca) and various species of Ficus, especially the Waringin (Ficus Benjamina) and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak m... |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Population
Sumatran Rhino
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| On August 31st, 1900, there died in the Gardens of the Society the famous female Rhinoceros from Chittagong. As the animal was captured in January 1868, its age at death was more than 32 years. |
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| Oustalet, E. 1900 La longevite chez les animaux vertebres. Nature (La) 28: 378-379 |
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World
Ecology - Population
Indian Rhino
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| The longevity in rhino is probably less than in elephant. An Indian Rhino in the Paris menagerie at the start of the 19th century was over 25 years old and showed signs of age; according to Mr. Cornish, a rhinoceros of the same species lived for 37 years in the London Zoo. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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World
Ecology - Food
White Rhino
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| The food of this species, in contradistinction to the other, consists entirely of grass of which it consumes enormous quantities. It drinks very regularly about midnight, and is never a great distance from water. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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World
Ecology - Food
White Rhino
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| The food of this species, in contradistinction to the other, consists entirely of grass of which it consumes enormous quantities. It drinks very regularly about midnight, and is never a great distance from water. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| An Englishman once told me he had seen tracks of rhinoceros on Gunong Jerai (Kedah peak) at several thousands feet above the sea. In Perak, English friends have told me, rhinoceroses were not uncommon till 3 or 4 years ago in the Larut Hills, above 4000 feet. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Asian Rhino Species
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| Malaysia - no species indicated.
At Alor Star, Kedah, the malays told me no rhinoceros was known in that district, which is mostly flat; they looked on it as an animal only inhabiting the mountains.
In the south of Perak, a friend told me he had once seen a rhinoceros in a swamp, it was reddish... |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| South Africa. The common rhinoceros frequents bush covered country more than the open grass-lands, and is often found in rocky stony districts. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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World
Ecology - Habitat
White Rhino
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| The square-mouthed rhinoceros is found in open country, and is particularly fond of the wide grassy valleys so frequently met with on the high veld of Matabele and Mashonaland |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Subject:
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World
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Its food consists entirely of the leaves, twigs, and sometimes the roots of certain bushes and shrubs, never of grass. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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World
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
White Rhino
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| like many of the other large thin-haired animals they are constantly accompanied by rhinoceros birds (Buphaga), which feed on the ticks and other parasites lodged on the skin of their host, and give timely warning of any approaching danger; when the rhinoceros is disturbed, and makes off, the bir... |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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World
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Its food consists entirely of the leaves, twigs, and sometimes the roots of certain bushes and shrubs, never of grass. |
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| Bolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336 |
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World
Ecology - Population
Indian Rhino
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| The rhinoceros had to be euthanized. It came on 14 March 1870 when young, and lived here 30 years and 3 months. It was a male from India. |
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| Bolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Population
Indian Rhino
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| One Indian rhino had lived 8 yrs 9 mo 16 days until 31.12.1878 and was still alive.. |
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| Bolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Population
Sumatran Rhino
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| Zoo Hamburg. One Sumatran Rhinos lived for 4 yrs 2 months and 6 days in the zoo. |
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| Doughty, F.W. 1900 How the elephant fights. Happy days: a paper for young and old 11 (285), 31 March 1900: 12-13 |
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Subject:
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Asia
Ecology
Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Arago, J. 1899 Los pajaros custodios. Alrededor del Mundo 14 December 1899: 7-8 |
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Africa
Ecology
African Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Neumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rivers Pane and Bila, Sumatra. Rhinos of two species are found both in the plains and on the highest and most inaccessible mountains. |
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| Burrows, G. 1898 The land of the pigmies. London, C. Arthur Pearson, pp. i-xxx, 1-299 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Congo (Zaire)
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Frequents marshy jungles. |
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| Henri d'Orleans 1898 De Tonkin aux Indes, Janvier 1895 - Janvier 1896. Paris, Calmann Levy, pp. i, 1-442 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
|
| On 1 Dec 1895, we climbed into the valley of Nam Tsa? on a reasonably good road. The public works on bridges and roads are done here by the rhinoceros who level and enlarge the paths by their frequent passage. |
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| Brauer, F. 1897 Beitraege zur Kenntnis aussereuropaeischer Oestriden und parasitischer Muscarien. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien 64: 259-282, figs. 1-18 |
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World
Ecology
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| Breslau Zoo 1896 Geschaeftsbericht des Breslauer Zoologischen Gartens fuer das Jahr 1895. Zoologische Garten A.F. 37 (9): 278-283 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Population
Indian Rhino
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| Indian rhino died, it was 42 years old. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1895 The mammals of the Malayan Peninsula, part 3. Natural Science 6: 161-166 |
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Asia
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Javan Rhino
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| It frequents the hill jungles, ascending up to 4000 feet altitude. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1895 The mammals of the Malayan Peninsula, part 3. Natural Science 6: 161-166 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| It has a habit of constantly using the same track. |
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| Brauer, F. 1895 Bemerkungen zu einigen neuen Gattungen der Muscarien und Deutung einiger Originalexemplare. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 104: 582-592, pl. 1 |
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World
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All Rhino Species
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| Baumann, O. 1894 Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle: Reisen und Forschungen der Massai-Expedition des deutschen Antisklaverei-Komite in den Jahren 1891-1893. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, pp. i-xiv, 1-385 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| The next day we came to the Tarangire River. On the other bank there was a dead rhino, which had been killed by some lions. |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Somaliland. The ground they like best is very stony broken hills with some river-bed not too many miles distant, where thet can go at night to drink and bathe. |
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| Charlton, J. 1893 A wounded rhinoceros defending its young against a lion. The Graphic Saturday 2 December 1893: 685 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| Brauer, F. 1892 Ueber die aus Afrika bekannt gewordenen Oestriden und insbesondere ?ber zwei neue von Dr Holub aus S?dafrika mitgebrachte Larven aus dieser Gruppe. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 101: 4-10, pl. 1 |
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World
Ecology
All Rhino Species
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| Oppermann, E. 1892 Nashorn und Tiger. Jugend-Gartenlaube 2: 62-66 |
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Asia - South Asia
Ecology
Indian Rhino
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| London Zoo 1891 Alter eines Nashorns, Rhinoceros bicornis, im Londoner Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 32 (5): 155 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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| A Diceros bicornis in London died after living 22 years in the zoo. |
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| Higginson, S.J. 1890 Java, the pearl of the East. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co, pp. i-viii, 9-204 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| The rhinoceros roams through the forests and jungles on the highest mountains, often descending to the salt swamps and flats skirting the sea for salt water. |
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| Noack, T. 1887 Beitraege zur Kenntnis der Saeugethier-Fauna von Ost- und Central-Afrika. Zoologische Jahrbucher 2: 193-202, pls. 8-10 |
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Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Report by Richard B?hm
Tracks, loosened earth and dung were found upto the region of Kakoma, especially common on the rivers in Kawende, where paths made by rhinos, elephants and buffalo are common. |
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| Decinthel 1887 Un beau coup . . . manqué (un drame dans la jungle). La Chasse Illustrée, journal des chasseurs et la vie à la campagne 20 (40), 1 October 1887: 316-318, 1 plate |
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Asia - South Asia
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| Thomas, O. 1886 List of mammals obtained and observed on Mount Kilima-Njaro and its vicinity: pp. 387-394
| In: Johnston, H.H. The Kilima-Njaro expedition: a record of scientific exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa, and a general fescription of the natural history, languages, and commerce of the Kilima-Njaro district. London, Kegan Paul, Trench and Co: pp. i-xv, 1-572 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Is not found in the true forest, but only in the bush. |
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| Brauer, F. 1885 Gyrostigma sumatrensis n.g. et sp., die Magenbremse des sumatrensischen Nashorns. Verhandlungen der Zoologischen-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 34: 269-272, pl. 1 |
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All Rhino Species
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| D. 1884 Kampf zwischen Elefant und Nashorn. Abendschule: ein illustriertes Familienblatt (Saint Louis) 30 (23), 31 January 1884: 368, plate on p. 361 |
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Africa
Ecology
Black Rhino
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| Moura, J. 1883 Le Royaume de Cambodge. Paris, Ernest Leroux, vol. 1, pp. i-viii, 1-518 |
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Asia - East Asia - Cambodia
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| Cambodia. The rhinoceros lives in places with marshes, forests. |
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| Moura, J. 1883 Le Royaume de Cambodge. Paris, Ernest Leroux, vol. 1, pp. i-viii, 1-518 |
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Asia - East Asia - Cambodia
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Cambodia. Like the elephant, the rhinoceros eats the large plants and the leaves of wild bamboo. |
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| Moura, J. 1883 Le Royaume de Cambodge. Paris, Ernest Leroux, vol. 1, pp. i-viii, 1-518 |
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Asia - East Asia - Cambodia
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Cambodia. Like the elephant, the rhinoceros eats the large plants and the leaves of wild bamboo. |
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| Frenzel, O.; Closs, G.A. 1883 El rinoceronte librando a su cachorro de las garras del tigre. El Mundo Illustrado (Barcelona) 8 (92): 756-757, 760 |
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Asia
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Indian Rhino
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| Mason, F.; Theobald, W. 1882 Burma, its people and productions; or, notes on the fauna, flora and minerals of Tenasserim, Pegu and Burma, vol. I. Geology, mineralogy and zoology, rewritten and enlarged by W. Theobald, 3rd ed. Hertford, Stephen Austin and Sons, vol. 1, pp. i-xxv, 1-560 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Javan Rhino
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| Burma. Though often seen on the uninhabited banks of large rivers, as the Tenasserim, tehy are fond of ranging the mountains. |
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| Jentink, F.A.; Hagen, B. 1881 Voorloopige mededeelingen over de fauna van Oost-Sumatra. Aardrijkskundig Weekblad 2 (44-45): 273-288, 289-293 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| These animals are found everywhere on the islands, from the coastal forests to the highest mountains. |
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| Sigel, W.L. 1881 Die Thierpflege des Zoologischen Gartens in Hamburg, Slot. Zoologische Garten A.F. 22 (12): 355-363 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| Hamburg Zoo. The diet of the rhinos in the zoo is as follows. The adult Indian rhino eats 50 pounds of hay, the younger two-horned rhino 20 pounds. In addition, all rhinos and elephants receive 75-77 pounds of cooked rice (raw weight 16 3/4 pounds), 4-5 pounds wheat leaves, 4 pounds maize, 6 p... |
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| Sigel, W.L. 1881 Die Thierpflege des Zoologischen Gartens in Hamburg, Slot. Zoologische Garten A.F. 22 (12): 355-363 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| Hamburg Zoo. The diet of the rhinos in the zoo is as follows. The adult Indian rhino eats 50 pounds of hay, the younger two-horned rhino 20 pounds. In addition, all rhinos and elephants receive 75-77 pounds of cooked rice (raw weight 16 3/4 pounds), 4-5 pounds wheat leaves, 4 pounds maize, 6 p... |
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| Cordes, J.W.H. 1881 De djati-bosschen op Java; hunne natuur, verspreiding, geschiedenis en exploitatie. Batavia, Ogilvie and Co, pp. i-vii, 1-318 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Java. The rhinoceros would only eat thorns. |
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| Cordes, J.W.H. 1881 De djati-bosschen op Java; hunne natuur, verspreiding, geschiedenis en exploitatie. Batavia, Ogilvie and Co, pp. i-vii, 1-318 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Java. The rhinoceros would only eat thorns. |
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| Schlagintweit, E. 1880 Indien, in Wort und Bild: Eine Schilderung des Indischen Kaiserreiches. Leipzig, Heinrich Schmidt and Carl Guenther, vol. 1, pp. i-vi, 1-255 |
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World
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| The rhinoceros uses its horn like the hogs use their incisors, and in Nepal they will even attack elephants. |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| Maharaja Jang Bahadur was very successful this year; they killed several and wounded a large number of rhinoceros. Generally the elephants are afraid of them. |
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| Rosenberg, H. von 1878 Der Malayische Archipel: Land und Leute in Schilderungen, gesammelt eahrend eines dreissigjaehrigen Aufenthaltes in den Kolonien. Leipzig, Gustav Weigel, pp. i-iii, i-xvi, 1-615 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| It is found even at a height of 6000 feet. |
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| Baldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380 |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceri are usually found in swamps where the reeds and grass are very dense, remaining hidden, often asleep, during the day: at night they come out to feed on the edge of the forest. We usually came across them on the edge of some inland jheel or lake, where the water was surrounded by dense ... |
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| Baldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380 |
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World
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| If left unmolested they are, usually speaking, harmless, but when wounded, dangerous, especially to a sportsman on foot. They will occasionally, in this condition, like the buffalo, charge an elephant with their eyes closed, and inflict severe wounds. I have never seen this happen, but I rememb... |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1877 Reise in Nordost-Afrika: Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habat, nebst zoologische Skizzen und einem Fuhrer fur Jagdreisenden. Braunschweig, Georg Westermann, vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-304 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| In the dry season it retreats into the mountains, in the region of the bamboos and even higher. |
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| Schmalhausen, J. 1877 Vorläufiger Bericht uber die Resultate mikroskopischer Untersuchungen des Futterreste eines Sibirischen Rhinoceros antiquitatis seu tichorhinus.. Mélanges Biologiques tires du Bulletin de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, St.-Pétersbourg; IX: 661-666 |
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Asia - Palearctic Asia
Ecology
Fossil
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| Bradley, J. 1876 A narrative of travel and sport in Burmah, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula. London, Samuel Tinsley, pp. i-vi, 1-338 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Javan Rhino
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| In 1870, on River Menam, we witnessed a fight between a bull buffalo and a rhinoceros in which, however, neither seemed much hurt. |
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| Bradley, J. 1876 A narrative of travel and sport in Burmah, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula. London, Samuel Tinsley, pp. i-vi, 1-338 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
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Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceroses often nearly ruin the villagers by breaking into the rice and maize fields. |
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| Anonymous 1874 Fearful fight with a rhinoceros [elephant at London Zoo]. Reynolds's Newspaper Sunday 29 November 1874 |
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Captive
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| Anderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] She is fed on pulse and grass, but has a special liking for the thick fleshy stems of the plantain and for the small branches of the mango-tree, which she devours with evident pleasure, her powerful jaws crushing with ease young twigs about an ... |
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| MacMaster, A.C. 1871 Notes on Jerdon s Mammals of India (by an Indian sportsman and lover of natural history). Madras, Higginbotham, pp. i-vi, 1-266 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| I have twice while looking for elephant come upon a rhinoceros, perhaps the same animal in both cases, in a large swamp, in the dense forest north of Shuay Gheen in Burmah, and not far from the beautiful Bogatha stream. |
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| Jesse, W. 1869 Remarks upon the Abyssinian expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 January 28: 111-117 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| While at Waliko, finding a great scarcity of birds, I followed up more closely the tracks of the Rhinoceros, passing through very dense jungle that is never penetrated by sun or air, by means of their paths, which are from 2 to 3 feet broad, and formed like galleries in a mine, about four feet hi... |
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