 | Anderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132 |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] She has a peculiar habit of squirting out her urine to a great distance, s?nding it out behind her nearly twenty feet, a habit which may be the means by which the male is made aware of her presence in the dense recesses of her native forests, w... |
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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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| 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, but although we must each time have been within a few yards of him as he was ... |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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Black Rhino
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| In the hot and dry season the rhinos wallow in mud. Probably they do this to rid themselves of flies and ticks, maybe at the same time to keep the hide soft. |
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| Beavan, R.C. 1865 The rhinoceros in Bhotan (Rhinoceros indicus, Cuv). Intellectual Observer 6: 170-174 |
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| Far remote from human habitations, it frequents during the day the densest reed covers, and passes the time either in sleep or in wallowing in the swamps, the tracks it leaves behind it being often as large as if elephants had been there. |
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| Junghuhn, F. 1858 Toestand der aangekweekte Kinaboomen op het eiland Java tijdens het bezoek van Zijne Excellentie de Gouverneur Generaal Chs F Pahud, in het laatst der maand July en het begin 1857, kort beschreven. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie 15 (4e serie deel 1): 23-138 |
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Javan Rhino
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| It was found that fencing of the kina trees was necessary. We found large dung heaps made by rhinoceros, and we found many tracks. |
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| Low, J. 1850 The Karean tribes or aborigines of Martaban and Tavai, with notices of the aborigines in Keddah and Perak. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia 4: 413-432 |
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| The rhinoceros is found frequently in marshy places, with its whole body immersed in mud, and part of the head only visible. |
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