 | 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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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
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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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| 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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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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| Drake Brockman, R.E. 1910 The mammals of Somaliland. London, Hurst and Blackett, pp. i-xvii, 1-201 |
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| Somaliland. He lives on the small stunted acacias, creepers, and small plants which abound in his natural habitat. |
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| Drake Brockman, R.E. 1910 The mammals of Somaliland. London, Hurst and Blackett, pp. i-xvii, 1-201 |
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Black Rhino
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| Somaliland. He lives on the small stunted acacias, creepers, and small plants which abound in his natural habitat. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| As regards the cheek-teeth, those of the upper jaw are practically indistinguishable from the corresponding molars of the Javan rhinoceros, and may accordingly be taken as indicative of the leaf- and twig-eating propensities of this species. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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| As regards the cheek-teeth, those of the upper jaw are practically indistinguishable from the corresponding molars of the Javan rhinoceros, and may accordingly be taken as indicative of the leaf- and twig-eating propensities of this species. |
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| Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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Indian Rhino
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| As already stated, the structure of the teeth indicates that its food is chiefly grass; and such observations as have been made confirm the truth of this inference. |
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