 | 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 |
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| The White Rhino is found in open grass veld and is of somewhat solitary habit. |
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| 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 |
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Black Rhino
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| Wroughton, R.C. 1918 Bombay Natural History Society's mammal survey of India, Burma and Ceylon: Report no. 29: Pegu. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 25 (3): 472-481 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| I have seen tracks of four Rhinos together, and have been told by a sahib that he has seen six of these animals together. So it seems that they are at times gregarious, though generally met with singly. (Any notes on this would be very interesting. The reason may be seasonal, connected with foo... |
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| Lekkerkerker, C. 1916 Land en volk van Sumatra. Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp. i-x, 1-368 |
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| It lives in pairs. |
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| Gyldenstolpe, N. 1916 Zoological results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Siam, 1911-1912 & 1914-15, V: Mammals II. Kg Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 57 (2): 1-59, pls. 1-6 |
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| We followed its tracks for a considerable distance in the high grass through which the animal had made veritable tunnels but as the water was very deep, we were not able to stalk as silent as necessary and suddenly, I heard the animal rushing away uttering a grunting noise. |
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| 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 |
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| The rhinoceros lives solitary or sometimes in pairs in the densest parts of the forest |
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| 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 |
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Javan Rhino
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| Outside the mating season it is rare to find two together. |
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| 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 |
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| The mating season is in August, according to Junghuhn. Every evening after nightfall, he heard a cry which sounded like that of a buffalo, but more refined and more wild. It was the cry of the rhinoceros.
It produces a loud sniffing and blowing noise which can be heard from a great distance, b... |
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| Stigand, C.H. 1913 Hunting the elephant in Africa and other recollections of thirteen years' wanderings. London, MacMillan, pp. i-xv, 1-379 |
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Black Rhino
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| I find in my Diary for 5th November, 1907, 'Came near to Maboloni Hill. Saw seven rhino grazing near the hill and steered the caravan safely past, leaving four about a hundred yards up wind and three about four hundred yards dawn wind.' The next day I find 'Met twelve rhino all in our immediate... |
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| Lyell, D.D. 1912 Nyasaland for the hunter and settler. London, Horace Cox, pp. i-xi, 1-116 |
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