 | Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Chewing mud. Photo of Rhinoceros unicornis, animal was actually chewing the mud when the photo was taken. |
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| Otto, E. 1903 Pflanzer- und Jaegerleben auf Sumatra. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. 1-185 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Sumatra. Rhinos were eating leaves of trees and bananas. There were some large trees with Bua-Kayu fruit, which the rhinos like to eat. |
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| Otto, E. 1903 Pflanzer- und Jaegerleben auf Sumatra. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. 1-185 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Sumatra. Rhinos were eating leaves of trees and bananas. There were some large trees with Bua-Kayu fruit, which the rhinos like to eat. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. They ate sweet potatoes, sugar cane, champedak, fruits and leaves, and the leaves of the Mahang Putih (Macaranga hypoleuca) and various species of Ficus, especially the Waringin (Ficus Benjamina) and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak m... |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 The Sumatran rhinoceros. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 35: 105-106 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. They ate sweet potatoes, sugar cane, champedak, fruits and leaves, and the leaves of the Mahang Putih (Macaranga hypoleuca) and various species of Ficus, especially the Waringin (Ficus Benjamina) and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak m... |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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White Rhino
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| The food of this species, in contradistinction to the other, consists entirely of grass of which it consumes enormous quantities. It drinks very regularly about midnight, and is never a great distance from water. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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White Rhino
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| The food of this species, in contradistinction to the other, consists entirely of grass of which it consumes enormous quantities. It drinks very regularly about midnight, and is never a great distance from water. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Black Rhino
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| Its food consists entirely of the leaves, twigs, and sometimes the roots of certain bushes and shrubs, never of grass. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Black Rhino
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| Its food consists entirely of the leaves, twigs, and sometimes the roots of certain bushes and shrubs, never of grass. |
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| Moura, J. 1883 Le Royaume de Cambodge. Paris, Ernest Leroux, vol. 1, pp. i-viii, 1-518 |
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Javan Rhino
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| Cambodia. Like the elephant, the rhinoceros eats the large plants and the leaves of wild bamboo. |
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