 | Lekkerkerker, C. 1916 Land en volk van Sumatra. Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp. i-x, 1-368 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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| They are caught in pits or killed by putting sharp knoves in the narrow, well trodden paths leading towards their drinking places. |
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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 natives of Sumatra hunt this animal in several ways. East of Padang, at Padang Reste, three individuals were caught in pits by Malays, according to M?ller. To do this, the natives dig pits in the paths of the rhinoceros, which are 6 to 7 feet long and 2 ? to 3 feet wide. The inside of thes... |
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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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| A native hunter told M?ller that he would never touch the rhinoceros in a dense jungle, but that he would try to get them to a forest with large trees or to a valley by yelling at them. There he would shoot them from a tree. He would climb the tree and throw down his shirt, upon which the rhino... |
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| Carbou, H. 1912 La region du Tchad et du Ouadai: etudes ethnographiques. Paris, Ernest Leroux, vol. 1, pp. i-iii, 1-380 |
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| The locals hunt the rhinoceros on horse back and kill it with blows from their sword. |
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| Hose, C.; MacDougall, W. 1912 The pagan tribes of Borneo: a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition with some discussion of their ethnic relations. London, MacMillan, vol. 1, pp. i-xv, 1-283 |
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| Punans, who hunt withou dogs, will lie in wait for the rhinoceros beside the track by which he comes to his daily mud-bath, and drive a spear into his flank or shoulder; then, after hastily retiring, they track him through the jungle, until they come upon him again, and find an opportunity of dri... |
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| Schouteden, H. 1911 Le rhinoceros blanc. Revue Zoologique Africaine 1: 118-124, pl. 6, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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| Since the start of the 19th century, the white rhino has been so intensively hunted by white and indigenous hunters that at the moment it is practically gone from the region. |
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| Skeat, W.W.; Blagden, C.O. 1906 Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xl, 1-724 |
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| Hunting by Semang tribe in Malaysia. The rhinoceros is obtained with yet greater ease. This animal is frequently found wallowing in marshy places, with its whole body immersed in the mud and only part of its head visible. The malays call such an animal 'badak tapa', or the 'recluse' rhino. Es... |
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| Skeat, W.W.; Blagden, C.O. 1906 Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xl, 1-724 |
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| Hunting by Sakai tribe, Malaysia. The Sakai use the b'lantek or spring-spear trap for all game, from porcupine to rhinoceros. |
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| Wray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65 |
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| They are caught in pit-falls, made in the jungle tracks which they follow. The pits are rectangular holes 7 hasters long, 3 hasters wide and 5 hasters deep, i.e. 10 ? ft x 4 ? ft x 8 ? ft. These pits are dug out with perpendicular sides, then the sides and ends are lined with stakes of about 4 ... |
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| Kandt, R. 1904 Caput Nili: eine empfindsame Reise zu den Quellen des Nils. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Dohsen), pp. i-xvi, 1-538 |
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| The hunters of Karagwe try to kill it in pits, and more commonly with a kind of guillotine, that is a spear put in a heavy log or treetrunk, which is attached to a tree and which is released when the animal trips on the rope. |
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