| Bickmore, A.S. 1868 Travels in the East Indian Archipelago. London, John Murray, pp. 1-555 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Sumatran Rhino
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| The natives here know nothing of the frequent combats between these animals and elephants, that are so frequently pictured in popular works on natural history. |
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| Bickmore, A.S. 1868 Travels in the East Indian Archipelago. London, John Murray, pp. 1-555 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Sumatra. The rhinoceros lives indifferently anywhere between the sea-shores and the tops of the highest peaks. |
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| Gorkom, K.W. van 1868 Verslag omtrent de kina-kultuur op Java over het jaar 1867. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie 30: 235-247 |
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World
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Javan Rhino
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| The lancifolia of the kina plantation only grows in mountains. Maintenance and supervision is there impossible and slowly the largest specimens are destroyed by forest animals like rhinoceroses and wild cows. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| In eastern Abyssinia and also in the Kolla countries of North and West Abyssinia, up to a height of 7000 feet.
idem, Dicerorhinus cucullatus, seen by Harris and Roth on the Schoa. Climbs up to 7000 feet high. |
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| Jagor, F. 1866 Singapore - Malacca - Java: Reiseskizzen. Berlin, Julius Springer, pp. i-vi, 1-252 |
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Javan Rhino
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| Next day we climbed the Slamat, on which slopes there is a village called Priatin at 4000 ft. The climb would be much more difficult without the tracks of the rhinoceroses, which in easy curves wind up to the summit of the mountain.
These animals climb the highest mountains to obtain their fav... |
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| Beavan, R.C. 1865 The rhinoceros in Bhotan (Rhinoceros indicus, Cuv). Intellectual Observer 6: 170-174 |
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Indian Rhino
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| When provoked, the rage of the Indian rhinoceros is almost beyond conception; it charges blindly with great violence, and combining as it does enormous weight with an almost bullet-proof hide, its onset is much dreaded by even the staunchest in the line of elephants engaged in beating, and as oft... |
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| Gorkom, K.W. van 1865 Jaarlijksch berigt over 1864, aangaande den toestand der kinakultuur op Java. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie 28: 241-265 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| An old lancifolia and an succirubra, part of the kina plantations were destroyed by rhinoceros. |
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| Kirk, J. 1864 List of Mammalia met with in Zambesia, East Tropical Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 December: 649-660 |
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Black Rhino
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| Zambesi River. Its food consists of leaves and twigs of trees. |
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| Kirk, J. 1864 List of Mammalia met with in Zambesia, East Tropical Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 December: 649-660 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Zambesi River. It frequents forest and bush country, avoiding grass plains. |
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| Kirk, J. 1864 List of Mammalia met with in Zambesia, East Tropical Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 December: 649-660 |
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World
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Black Rhino
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| Zambesi River. Its food consists of leaves and twigs of trees. |
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| Borcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| Translocated animals
The male calf became separated from its mother and was eventually taken by lions at Saminungu 13 days after release. |
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| Gens, E. 1861 Promenade au Jardin Zoologique d'Anvers. Antwerpen, J.E. Buschmann, pp. 1-188 |
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All Rhino Species
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| It is estimated that this animal, like man, lives up to 70 or 80 years. |
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| Pallegoix, J.B. 1854 Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam, comprenant la topographie, histoire naturelle, moeurs et coutumes, legislation, commerce, industrie, langue, litterature, religion, annales des Thai et precis historique de la mission. Paris, Mission de Siam, vol. 1, pp. 1-488 |
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World
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Sumatran Rhino
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| These huge animals eat the thorns of the bamboo, which probaly only give them a light prickling sensation in the mouth. |
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| Pallegoix, J.B. 1854 Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam, comprenant la topographie, histoire naturelle, moeurs et coutumes, legislation, commerce, industrie, langue, litterature, religion, annales des Thai et precis historique de la mission. Paris, Mission de Siam, vol. 1, pp. 1-488 |
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World
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Sumatran Rhino
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| These huge animals eat the thorns of the bamboo, which probaly only give them a light prickling sensation in the mouth. |
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| Pallegoix, J. B. 1854 Description du Royaume de Thaï ou Siam. Bulletin de la Societé de Géographie (4) 8: 269-283 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| In Siam, there are many rhinoceros, monstrous quadrupeds which feed on bamboo. |
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| Anonymous 1854 La sentinelle du rhinoceros. Magasin Pittoresque 22: 270-271 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Epp, F. 1852 Schilderungen aus Hollaendisch Ostindien. Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-vii, 1-490 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Java. The main food is the grass Hierochlea odorata. |
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| Epp, F. 1852 Schilderungen aus Hollaendisch Ostindien. Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-vii, 1-490 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Java. The main food is the grass Hierochlea odorata. |
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| Anonymous 1850 Leaves from the note-book of a naturalist, part IV. Littell's Living Age 26 (323): 179-187 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Anonymous 1849 Attaque d'un rhinoceros par des elephants. Museum du Jeunes Naturalistes 1849: 237-238, fig. 1 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Anonymous 1848 The fight between the elephant and rhinoceros. Liberator 1848 August 11: 128 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Butler, J. 1847 A sketch of Assam, with some account of the hill tribes. London, Smith, Elder and Co, pp. i-vi, v-x, 1-220 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Ecology - Habitat
Indian Rhino
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| Assam. Rhinoceros are to be found in very high grass jungle, near inaccessible miry swamps. |
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| Butler, J. 1847 A sketch of Assam, with some account of the hill tribes. London, Smith, Elder and Co, pp. i-vi, v-x, 1-220 |
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World
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Indian Rhino
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| If the rhinoceros succeeds in overtaking the elephant, he bites large pieces of flesh from the elephant's sides or legs, and with the horn on the nose not infrequently inflicts fearful wounds. |
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| Junghuhn, F. 1847 Die Battalander auf Sumatra: im Auftrage Sr Excellenz des General-Gouverneurs Hrn P Merkus in den Jahren 1840 und 1841 untersucht und beschrieben Aus dem hollandischen Original ubersetzt vom Verfasser, I Chrographie. Berlin, G. Reimer, pp. i-viii, 1-300 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Tracks of elephants are found at 3500 feet height, but those of a small kind of tiger and rhinoceroses still at higher places. The latter have made paths, which in many places form 2 feet deep swamps between the trees. |
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| Junghuhn, F. 1847 Die Battalander auf Sumatra: im Auftrage Sr Excellenz des General-Gouverneurs Hrn P Merkus in den Jahren 1840 und 1841 untersucht und beschrieben Aus dem hollandischen Original ubersetzt vom Verfasser, I Chrographie. Berlin, G. Reimer, pp. i-viii, 1-300 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Tracks of elephants are found at 3500 feet height, but those of a small kind of tiger and rhinoceroses still at higher places. The latter have made paths, which in many places form 2 feet deep swamps between the trees. |
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| Cantor, T. 1846 Catalogue of Mammalia inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula and islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15: 241-279 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| A two-horned rhinoceros is stated by the Malays to inhabit, but rarely to leave, the densest jungle. |
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| Darwin, C. 1839 Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, RN from 1832 to 1836. London, Henry Colburn, pp. i-xiv, 1-615, 1-16 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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| By the kinds ness of Dr Andrew Smith, - he informed me that in lat. 24? in one day's march with the bullock-waggons, he saw, without wandering to any great distance on either side, between 100 and 150 rhinoceroses, which belonged to three species [bicornis, simum, keitloa] |
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| Gelpke, J.H.F.S. 1838 Schets van het eiland Nousakambang-an. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie 1 (2): 54-70 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Population
Asian Rhino Species
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| Island Nousakambang-an, off Java's south coast. Rhinoceroses have settled on the island, but if we are to believe the story of the local people who have lived on the island for seventy years, it appears that there is only one of these dangerous animals on the island, which the people perceive as... |
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| Alexander, B. 1838 The rhinoceros and its sentinel. New-Yorker 1838 December 15: 196 |
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Ecology
All Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Low, J. 1836 History of Tenasserim. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3: 25-54, figs. 2-4 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Tenasserim, Burma, species not clear. The rhinoceros frequents the swampy banks of retired rivulets. |
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| Verhuell, Q.M.R. 1836 Herinneringen van eene reis naar de Oost-Indie. Haarlem, Vincent Loosjes, vol. 2, pp. i-x, 1-247 |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Javan Rhino
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| The dung of the rhinoceros worried us, because it is looked for by the tiger, who eats it. As the tiger is bloodthirsty, the almighty Creator has shown it to use the dung of the rhinoceros as a repellant. |
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| Anonymous 1836 Fight between the rhinoceros and elephant. Poughkeepsie Casket 1 (14), 1836 July 2: 110 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Hodgson, B.H. 1834 On the mammalia of Nepal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834 August 26: 95-104 |
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| It is believed that the animal lives for one hundred years; one, taken mature, was kept at Katmandoo for 35 years without exhibiting any symptoms of approaching decline. |
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| Knight, C. 1833 The menageries: quadrupeds, described and drawn from living subjects vol. 2. London, Charles Knight (Library of Entertaining Knowledge) |
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Asia
Ecology
Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Nagel, G.H. 1828 Schetsen uit mijne Javaansche portefeuille. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, pp. i-vii, 1-117 |
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Javan Rhino
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| They eat only grass and herbs. |
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| Nagel, G.H. 1828 Schetsen uit mijne Javaansche portefeuille. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, pp. i-vii, 1-117 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| The paths made by rhinos cross the forest. They push down even the heaviest trees. The noise of the falling trees tells of their arrival from a great distance. |
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| Children, J.G. 1826 Letter to Dixon Denham, dated 1 May 1826: p. 475
| In: Bovill, E.W. Missions to the Niger, volume 3: The Bornu Mission 1822-25, part 2. Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, Works Second Series, vol. 129: pp. i-xii, 309-595 |
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African Rhino Species
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| With respect to the Kerkadan [rhinoceros] chewing the cud, it is to be observed, that all the ruminating animals, except the camel, lama and musk deer, want the canine tooth altogether, and have no incisor teeth in the upper jaw; and although the system of dentition of the rhinoceros is different... |
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| Children, J.G. 1826 Letter to Dixon Denham, dated 1 May 1826: p. 475
| In: Bovill, E.W. Missions to the Niger, volume 3: The Bornu Mission 1822-25, part 2. Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, Works Second Series, vol. 129: pp. i-xii, 309-595 |
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African Rhino Species
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| With respect to the Kerkadan [rhinoceros] chewing the cud, it is to be observed, that all the ruminating animals, except the camel, lama and musk deer, want the canine tooth altogether, and have no incisor teeth in the upper jaw; and although the system of dentition of the rhinoceros is different... |
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| Hodgson, B.H. 1825 Remarks on the procreation of the rhinoceros. Quarterly Oriental Magazine: review and register 3 (5): 155-156 |
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| The gestation of the rhinoceros was supposed by Buffon not to exceed 9 months and its corresponding life not to pass that of man, and this remark has been repeated by Desmarest. |
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| Reinwardt, C.G.C. 1823 Over de hoogte en verdere natuurlijke gesteldheid van eenige bergen in de Preanger Regentschappen. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 9: 1-37 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| The rhinoceros, which is found everywhere in these elevated regions, ascends with an astonishing swiftness, even to the highest top of the mountains; it is on that account that this animal is so rarely to be found, and that it was frequently pursued in vain. |
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| Reinwardt, C.G.C. 1823 Over de hoogte en verdere natuurlijke gesteldheid van eenige bergen in de Preanger Regentschappen. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 9: 1-37 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Java, Preanger. The rhinoceros has a habit to push on to the end of the highest mountain, and its paths have often been useful to us in the dense forest. These paths even extended to the top of the Patoeha and across the difficult Goenoeng Goentoer, over the sharp lava along the crater. |
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| Marsden, W. 1811 The history of Sumatra, containing an account of the Government, laws, customs, and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural productions, and a relation of the ancient political state of that island, 3rd ed. London, Printed for the author, by J. McCreery, Black Horse Court, pp. i-viii, 1-479, 1-8 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Sumatran Rhino
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| I do not know anything to warrant the stories told of the mutual antipathy, and the desperate encounters of these two enormous beasts. |
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| Daniell, W. 1807 Interesting selections from animated nature, with illustrative scenery, designed and engraved by William Daniell. London, T.Cadell and W. Davies, vol. 2, pls. 1-63 |
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Black Rhino
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| With this powerful weapon of defence, the rhinoceros will contend with the elephant, and frequently proves victorious. |
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| Thomas, H.L. 1801 An anatomical description of a male rhinoceros. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 91 (1): 145-152, pl. 10 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| Pidcock, London . He was fed upon hay and oats, also potatoes, and other fresh vegetables. |
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| Thomas, H.L. 1801 An anatomical description of a male rhinoceros. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 91 (1): 145-152, pl. 10 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Food
Indian Rhino
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| Pidcock, London . He was fed upon hay and oats, also potatoes, and other fresh vegetables. |
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| Martin, B. 1782 The young gentleman and lady's philosophy in a continued survey of the works of nature and art, by way of dialogue. London, W.Owen and the author, pp. i-xvi, 1-366, i-xvi |
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| No details available yet |
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| Petri ab Hartenfelss, G.C. 1715 Elephantographia curiosa. Erfurt, J.H. Grosch , pp. i-xxx, 1-284 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Jansen, J. 1695 Curieuse Elephanten-Beschreibung : ihre Gestalt, Aufenthalt, Hochachtung, Wildheit, Bezähmung, Eigenschafften und Wundernswürdige Verrichtungen betreffend. Augspurg, Koppmayer, pp. 1-82 |
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Asia
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Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Francisci, E. 1668 Ost-und West-indischer wie auch sinesischer Lust-und Stats-Garten: mit einem Vorgespräch von mancherley lustigen Discursen. Nürnberg, in Verlegung Johann Andreae Endters, und Wolfgang dess jüngern sel. Erben |
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| No details available yet |
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| Horn, C. 1629 Elephas, das ist: Historischer und philosophischer Discurs, von dem grossen Wunderthier dem Elephanten, dessen wunderbarer Natur und Eygenschafften; dergleichen unlangsten einer in Teutsch-Land umbgeführet, und von vielen Tausend Menschen gesehen worden. Nürnberg, Halbmayer, pp. 1-160 |
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| Guyon, L. 1625 Les diverses lecons, vol. 2. Lyon, Antoine Chard |
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