 | 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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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| 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... |
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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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Sumatran Rhino
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| 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... |
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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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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| 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... |
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| Allen, G.M. 1914 Mammals from the Blue Nile valley. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 58: 303-357, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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Black Rhino
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| Specimens shot on Cheringangi Hills, Kenya, at 6000-7000 feet. |
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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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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Mohnike remarked that 'with the size of these animals it is remarkable that they will ascend mountains from 8000 to 10.000 feet high. Their paths are found everywhere in the mountain ranges of Java. These paths are known to the natives; they are the deep and well-trodden paths which take you st... |
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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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Africa - Southern Africa - Malawi
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Black Rhino
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| Inhabits rough, stony hills with plenty of bush about. |
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| Hobley, C.W. 1912 The rhino and its curious diet. Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 2(4): 133 |
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Black Rhino
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| East Africa. Black rhino has great predilection for the Euphorbia candelabra, despite many thorns and an acid juice. |
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| Hobley, C.W. 1912 The rhino and its curious diet. Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 2(4): 133 |
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| East Africa. Black rhino has great predilection for the Euphorbia candelabra, despite many thorns and an acid juice. |
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| Anonymous 1912 Tells of habits of rhinoceros. Forest and Stream 79 (21): 672 |
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| Anonymous 1911 At what time in life does an animal grow old. New York Times 12 Feb 1911 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Smiles, a rhinoceros in Central Park Zoo in New York. She came to the USA in 1873, when 3 years old, and was alive in 1911. Termed a two-horned rhinoceros, the picture provided is that of a (young) Indian rhinoceros. |
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