 | Ansell, W.F.H. 1960 Mammals of Northern Rhodesia: a revised checklist with keys, notes on distribution, range maps, and summaries of breeding and ecological data. Lusaka, Government Printer, pp. i-xxxi, 1-155, 1-24 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
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Black Rhino
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| Woodlands and thickets. Sometimes also in more open country. Perhaps never occurred in montane areas. |
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| Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures) |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| Forest |
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| Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures) |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| Swampy ground |
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| Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 554-555, 1 plate (2 figures) |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| It was reported as frequenting swampy ground in the Sunderbans as well as dense hill forest up to altitudes of 4000 ft. |
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| Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| They love frequent mud baths, rolling themselves for hours with lazy contentment in mud wallows as would a common village buffalo. These mud wallows are found on banks of streams in low terrain, and even on mountains heights above 5000 feet. |
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| Rosevear, D.R. 1953 Checklist and atlas of Nigerian mammals. Lagos, Nigerian Government, pp. 1-131 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Habitat in Nigeria, mostly Sufan Savannah. |
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 | Rosen, B. von 1953 Games animals of Ethiopia: a short guide for hunters and animal lovers. Addis Ababa, Swedish-Ethiopian Co, pp. 1-93 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| They like a flat, bushy country. |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| The belief that R. sondaicus is found only in low-lying swampy country is contradicted by S. H. Prater who states that this species has been recorded at heights up to 7,000 feet above sea level. I have received reports of unusually large tracks in Malaya up to 4,000 feet. Similar feeding habits ... |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| The belief that R. sondaicus is found only in low-lying swampy country is contradicted by S. H. Prater who states that this species has been recorded at heights up to 7,000 feet above sea level. I have received reports of unusually large tracks in Malaya up to 4,000 feet. Similar feeding habits ... |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| In the rainy season the rhino live in the fields, when the pans dry up they return to the rivers. |
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