Reference Base Notes for: Ecology - Food back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (4)  ... 2 3 4  Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino The white rhino eats exclusively grass, even rejecting (according to Lang) other grassy plants which he might cut off while grazing. This diet has very little moisture, for which rreason he needs to drink water frequently.   details Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Food Black Rhino Kaokoveld, Namibia. The Kaoko rhino would also eat grass, and it does not try to remove the earth from the stumps of grass. The East African rhino would only eat bushes.   details Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Food Black Rhino Kaokoveld, Namibia. The Kaoko rhino would also eat grass, and it does not try to remove the earth from the stumps of grass. The East African rhino would only eat bushes.   details Hobley, C.W. 1922 The fauna of East Africa and its future. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1922: 1-15 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Ecology - Food Black Rhino Kenya. Acacia shrubs forms its diet.   details Hobley, C.W. 1922 The fauna of East Africa and its future. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1922: 1-15 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Ecology - Food Black Rhino Kenya. Acacia shrubs forms its diet.   details Haagner, A. 1920 South African mammals: a short manual for the use of field naturalists, sportmen and travellers. London, H.F.G. Witherby and Cape Town, T. Maskew Miller, pp. i-xx, 1-248 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino The food of this species consists entirely of grass.   details Haagner, A. 1920 South African mammals: a short manual for the use of field naturalists, sportmen and travellers. London, H.F.G. Witherby and Cape Town, T. Maskew Miller, pp. i-xx, 1-248 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino The food of this species consists entirely of grass.   details Haagner, A. 1920 South African mammals: a short manual for the use of field naturalists, sportmen and travellers. London, H.F.G. Witherby and Cape Town, T. Maskew Miller, pp. i-xx, 1-248 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino It is smaller than the White Rhino and has the upper lip attenuated in the middle, forming a flexible or prehensile organ, wherewith to facilitate the grasping of the reeds, leaves, plants etc. which form its food.   details Haagner, A. 1920 South African mammals: a short manual for the use of field naturalists, sportmen and travellers. London, H.F.G. Witherby and Cape Town, T. Maskew Miller, pp. i-xx, 1-248 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino It is smaller than the White Rhino and has the upper lip attenuated in the middle, forming a flexible or prehensile organ, wherewith to facilitate the grasping of the reeds, leaves, plants etc. which form its food.   details Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino B?ttikofer tells the following: 'Soon after arrival on the station Poenan Caves, on the western slopes of the Liang Koeboeng, we found in the wet places of the forest numerous tracks of the rhinoceros. At the same time we found many numerous young treetrunks, about the thickness of an arm, which...   details Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Food Javan Rhino The food of the rhinoceros consists of all kinds of leaves, grass, thin branches etc. He likes the leaves of Ficus nivea and Ficus fistulosa, young sprouts of the bamboo, glaga, alang alang. In remote plantations of coffee or other crops it can often do a lot of damage, for which reason there i...   details Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino B?ttikofer tells the following: 'Soon after arrival on the station Poenan Caves, on the western slopes of the Liang Koeboeng, we found in the wet places of the forest numerous tracks of the rhinoceros. At the same time we found many numerous young treetrunks, about the thickness of an arm, which...   details Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Food Javan Rhino The food of the rhinoceros consists of all kinds of leaves, grass, thin branches etc. He likes the leaves of Ficus nivea and Ficus fistulosa, young sprouts of the bamboo, glaga, alang alang. In remote plantations of coffee or other crops it can often do a lot of damage, for which reason there i...   details Hobley, C.W. 1912 The rhino and its curious diet. Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 2(4): 133 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino East Africa. Black rhino has great predilection for the Euphorbia candelabra, despite many thorns and an acid juice.   details Hobley, C.W. 1912 The rhino and its curious diet. Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 2(4): 133 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino East Africa. Black rhino has great predilection for the Euphorbia candelabra, despite many thorns and an acid juice.   details Drake Brockman, R.E. 1910 The mammals of Somaliland. London, Hurst and Blackett, pp. i-xvii, 1-201 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia Ecology - Food Black Rhino Somaliland. He lives on the small stunted acacias, creepers, and small plants which abound in his natural habitat.   details Drake Brockman, R.E. 1910 The mammals of Somaliland. London, Hurst and Blackett, pp. i-xvii, 1-201 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia Ecology - Food Black Rhino Somaliland. He lives on the small stunted acacias, creepers, and small plants which abound in his natural habitat.   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino 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.   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino 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.   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Indian Rhino 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.   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Indian Rhino 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.   details Heck, L.; Heinroth, O. 1906 Fuehrer durch den Berliner Zoologischen Garten. Berlin, Zoologischer Garten Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Berlin Zoo. The young specimen (4 years) drinks daily 22 liter milk besides all the other food.   details Heck, L.; Heinroth, O. 1906 Fuehrer durch den Berliner Zoologischen Garten. Berlin, Zoologischer Garten Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Berlin Zoo. The young specimen (4 years) drinks daily 22 liter milk besides all the other food.   details Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Asian Rhino Species 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...   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Asia Ecology - Food Indian Rhino 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.   details Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Asian Rhino Species 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...   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Asia Ecology - Food Indian Rhino 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.   details Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino 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'.   details Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Indian Rhino Chewing mud. Photo of Rhinoceros unicornis, animal was actually chewing the mud when the photo was taken.   details Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino 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'.   details Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Indian Rhino Chewing mud. Photo of Rhinoceros unicornis, animal was actually chewing the mud when the photo was taken.   details Otto, E. 1903 Pflanzer- und Jaegerleben auf Sumatra. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. 1-185 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Sumatra. Rhinos were eating leaves of trees and bananas. There were some large trees with Bua-Kayu fruit, which the rhinos like to eat.   details Otto, E. 1903 Pflanzer- und Jaegerleben auf Sumatra. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. 1-185 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Sumatra. Rhinos were eating leaves of trees and bananas. There were some large trees with Bua-Kayu fruit, which the rhinos like to eat.   details Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Asia Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino 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...   details Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Asia Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino 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...   details Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino 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.   details Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino 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.   details Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino Its food consists entirely of the leaves, twigs, and sometimes the roots of certain bushes and shrubs, never of grass.   details Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino Its food consists entirely of the leaves, twigs, and sometimes the roots of certain bushes and shrubs, never of grass.   details Moura, J. 1883 Le Royaume de Cambodge. Paris, Ernest Leroux, vol. 1, pp. i-viii, 1-518 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - East Asia - Cambodia Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Cambodia. Like the elephant, the rhinoceros eats the large plants and the leaves of wild bamboo.   details Moura, J. 1883 Le Royaume de Cambodge. Paris, Ernest Leroux, vol. 1, pp. i-viii, 1-518 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - East Asia - Cambodia Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Cambodia. Like the elephant, the rhinoceros eats the large plants and the leaves of wild bamboo.   details Sigel, W.L. 1881 Die Thierpflege des Zoologischen Gartens in Hamburg, Slot. Zoologische Garten A.F. 22 (12): 355-363 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Indian Rhino 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...   details Sigel, W.L. 1881 Die Thierpflege des Zoologischen Gartens in Hamburg, Slot. Zoologische Garten A.F. 22 (12): 355-363 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Indian Rhino 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...   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Java. The rhinoceros would only eat thorns.   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Java. The rhinoceros would only eat thorns.   details Bradley, J. 1876 A narrative of travel and sport in Burmah, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula. London, Samuel Tinsley, pp. i-vi, 1-338 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Thailand Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Rhinoceroses often nearly ruin the villagers by breaking into the rice and maize fields.   details Anderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino [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 ...   details Gorkom, K.W. van 1868 Verslag omtrent de kina-kultuur op Java over het jaar 1867. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie 30: 235-247 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Javan Rhino 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.   details Gorkom, K.W. van 1865 Jaarlijksch berigt over 1864, aangaande den toestand der kinakultuur op Java. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie 28: 241-265 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Food Javan Rhino An old lancifolia and an succirubra, part of the kina plantations were destroyed by rhinoceros.   details Kirk, J. 1864 List of Mammalia met with in Zambesia, East Tropical Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 December: 649-660 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino Zambesi River. Its food consists of leaves and twigs of trees.   details Kirk, J. 1864 List of Mammalia met with in Zambesia, East Tropical Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 December: 649-660 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino Zambesi River. Its food consists of leaves and twigs of trees.   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino These huge animals eat the thorns of the bamboo, which probaly only give them a light prickling sensation in the mouth.   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino These huge animals eat the thorns of the bamboo, which probaly only give them a light prickling sensation in the mouth.   details Pallegoix, J. B. 1854 Description du Royaume de Thaï ou Siam. Bulletin de la Societé de Géographie (4) 8: 269-283 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Thailand Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino In Siam, there are many rhinoceros, monstrous quadrupeds which feed on bamboo.   details Epp, F. 1852 Schilderungen aus Hollaendisch Ostindien. Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-vii, 1-490 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Java. The main food is the grass Hierochlea odorata.   details Epp, F. 1852 Schilderungen aus Hollaendisch Ostindien. Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-vii, 1-490 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Java. The main food is the grass Hierochlea odorata.   details Nagel, G.H. 1828 Schetsen uit mijne Javaansche portefeuille. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, pp. i-vii, 1-117 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Javan Rhino They eat only grass and herbs.   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food African Rhino Species 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...   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food African Rhino Species 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...   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Indian Rhino Pidcock, London . He was fed upon hay and oats, also potatoes, and other fresh vegetables.   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Indian Rhino Pidcock, London . He was fed upon hay and oats, also potatoes, and other fresh vegetables.   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (4)  ... 2 3 4