| Sadjudin, H.R. 1987 The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desm.) census in Ujung Kulon National Park. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 16-26, figs. 1-2, tables 1-3 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Ujung Kulon, Javan rhino prefers to live in dense vegetation in the forest. |
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| Nardelli, F. 1985 The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 7: 4-8, figs. 1-2 |
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Asia
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Although primary tropical rain forest is the rhino's favourite habitat, it has been recorded in other settings, from swamps at sea level to regions as high as 2,500 metres, always preferring the dense undergrowth, which was formerly widespread. Low-lying land has been cleared more easily, so tha... |
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| Nardelli, F. 1985 The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 7: 4-8, figs. 1-2 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The travels of the rhino often follow well-marked trails established by other members of his own or different species. |
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| Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 |
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Asia
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The Twohorned Rhinoceros, like the Smaller Onehomed has a preference for forested hill tracts where it wanders up to considerable elevations. A sufficiency of shade and a good supply of water are essential to its habitat. |
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| Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 |
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Asia
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Indian Rhino
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| Though it prefers swamp and grass the Great Indian Onehorned Rhinoceros is also found in wood jungle up ravines and low hills. |
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| Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 |
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Asia
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Javan Rhino
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| The Smaller Onehorned Rhinoceros is more an inhabitant of tree forest than of grass land. Its usual habitat is forested hill country where it has been found at elevations as high as 7000 ft (2135 cm.) above sea-level.
The feeding habits of this rhinoceros and of the twohorned rhinoceros descri... |
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| Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Tracks lead off in all directions from these wallows. They present the appearance of large tunnels hollowed through the dense undergrowth. Unlike the elephant, a rhinoceros does not break through the jungle but burrows its way through the dense tangle. |
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| Veevers-Carter, W. 1979 Land mammals of Indonesia. Jakarta, PT Intermasa |
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Asia
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Javan Rhino
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| Unlike the African rhinos, the Javan rhino is a forest dweller, eating bushes, leaves, young shoots and also several thorny, stinging or burning plants which are harmful to man. |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1978 The mammals of Zambia. Chilanga, The National Parks and Wildlife Service, pp. i-v, i-ii, 1-120 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
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Black Rhino
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| No record from montane areas. Rhinos were wide-spread especially in the low-lying valleys. |
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| Bigalke, R.C. 1978 Mammals: pp. 981-1048
| In: Werger, M.J.A. Biogeography and ecology of Southern Africa. Amsterdam, Junk (Monographia Biologicae, vol. 31): vol. 2, pp. 663-1439 |
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Black Rhino
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| Both African species of the family Rhinocerotidae have suffered great reductions in numbers and range. Diceros bicornis is the more widespread of the two and originally occupied the widest range of open and closed savanna vegetation types, occurring in many parts of the South West Arid, Southern... |
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