 | Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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| They drink remarkably slowly and only a small quantity at a time, eat very large quantities of food, and pass the excreta always in exactly the same spot and almost always at night as the tapir does. |
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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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| they are very fond of wallowing in pools and plastering themselves all over with clay and mud |
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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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| and their excrement which they scatter about with their horns and never allow to accumulate, is dark coloured and full of twigs and chips. |
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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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| they drink in the evening, and at dawn, often wallowing at the latter time. |
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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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| They feed at night, or in the cooler part of the morning and evening, spending the day in sleep as often as not in the open veld under the shade of some solitary tree, but sometimes concealed in thick bush; when thus found asleep they are awakened with great, difficulty and can be approached near... |
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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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| It has a curious habit of always depositing its excrement at the same place where it accumulates in enormous masses; when these have reached an inconvenient height it sometimes demolishes the mass with its horn, moreover, owing to the nature of the food, the animal can always be identified by th... |
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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
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Javan Rhino
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| It seems usually to move about at night, though one may come upon it by day. |
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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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Javan Rhino
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| It has a habit of dropping its dung in the same place daily, a habit common to the tapir also. |
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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
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Black Rhino
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| They go to the river at night to drink and bathe. They travel considerable distances to the river and wander all night up and down the channel looking for a convenient pool, and making a maze of tracks in the soft sand. |
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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
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| Everywhere in Central Ogaden the caravan tracks are furrowed in grooves a yard or more long and six inches deep, which look like the work of a plough. This is done by the rhinoceros plunging his front horn and hard thick lip into the ground as he walks along. |
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