| Otto, E. 1903 Pflanzer- und Jaegerleben auf Sumatra. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. 1-185 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| The first horn was shining black and about 20 cm long, the second was quite small. Another animal: front horn 11 cm, second horn 5 cm. |
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| Peel, C.V.A. 1903 The zoological gardens of Europe: their history and chief features. London, F.E. Robinson, pp. i-xiv, 1-256 |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| house contained Indian and Sumatran rhino. |
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| Anonymous 1903 A unique pet (in North Borneo). Rugby Advertiser Tuesday 21 April 1903: 2 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Anonymous 1903 La gran tienda de fieras. Notas curiosas de este comercio. Alrededor del Mundo No. 197 (13 March 1903): 173-174 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Maxwell, G. 1903 The Pinjih rhino. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 174: 258-276 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia
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Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Maxwell, G. 1903 The Pinjih rhino. Living Age 138 (3089) 19 September 1903: 739-754 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1902 Annual Report of the Raffles Library and Museum for 1902. Singapore, Raffles Museum, pp. 1-4 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Singapore
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| The most important donation received was a female Rhinoceros sumatrensis which, although belonging to the Austrian Government, had been on exhibition in the Museum since 1900. The acting Consul-General for Austria, Mr R. von Pustau, kindly presented this valuable specimen to the Museum in February. |
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| Knottnerus-Meyer, T. 1902 Der Zoologische Garten zu Antwerpen. Zoologische Garten A.F. 43 (6): 176-186 |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| one Sumatran rhino. |
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| Anonymous 1902 Arrival of a rhinoceros. Straits Times, Singapore 4 June 1902: 4 |
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| The Malacca landed a rhinoceros at the wharf yesterday [complete text] |
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| Anonymous 1902 Pet baby rhinoceros. Straits Times, Singapore 2 September 1902: 4 |
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Asia - South East Asia
Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Buckley, C.B. 1902 An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore. Singapore, Fraser & Neave, vol. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hornaday, W.T. 1902 Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park as far as completed, 5th ed. New York, Zoological Society |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| p.102 (no illustration) THE SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS.
On March 25, 1902, the Zoological Society received by pur- chase a fine female specimen of the Sumatran, or Hairy Rhinoceros, (Rhinoceros sumatrensis) . She was captured in the territory of Perak, Malay Peninsula, purchased f... |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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Asia - South Asia - Bangladesh
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skull, head skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Chittagong. Collected by: Zoological Society of London. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: 1901.1.22.1 |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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Museums - Europe
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skull, head skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Chittagong. Collected by: Zoological Society of London. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: 1901.1.22.1 |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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Asia - South Asia - Bangladesh
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skull, head skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Chittagong. Collected by: Zoological Society of London. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: 1901.1.22.1 |
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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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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Lately, however, two examples of R. sumatrensis have been on view at the Botanic Gardens and some notes on them may prove of interest. Both were females trapped at S'tiawan in Perak. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. In both the front horn was very short, a mere conical process, and the only trace of the second horn was a small rough plate in the older one, and even that was absent in the second one. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to the root of the tail which was 22 inches long. |
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| Hartert, E. 1901 Aus den Wanderjahren eines Naturforschers: Reisen und Forschungen in Afrika, Asien und Amerika, nebst daran anknupfenden, meist ornithologischen Studien. Berlin, R. Friedlander and Sohn; London, R.H. Porter and 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, pp. i-xv, 1-329 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is not really rare in the lowland forests of all N.E. Sumatra. I once saw one in the forest at Serdang, where I came across aprobably adult animal, which just walked away. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| These animals in captivity are very quiet for most of the day remaining immersed in a wallow of liquid mud and thickly coated with it after the manner of a buffalo. During the evening and night they are much more active roaming up and down the enclosure. |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| R.lasiotis. In the first place, with regard to the external characters of colour and hair development, a comparison of the head-skin of R. lasiotis with the two specimens in the Museum of 'Ceratorhinus niger' leads me to the conclusion that the differences described were mainly due to age. For ... |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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World
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Type of R. lasiotis. The following are its measurements, given in inches for comparison with those published by Sir W. Flower in 1878:
Length from occipital crest to end of nasals, in straight line 23 5/8.
With tape over curve of nasals 24.5 ;
greatest zygomatic breadth 12 7/8 ;
interor... |
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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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Captive - Asia
Ecology - Food
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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Captive - Asia
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| They ate sweet potatoes [etc] and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or squeak much out of proportion to the size of the animal. They made no other noise except by snorting now and then but in the forests, what I suppose to be the same species makes a loud neighing sound. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| The animals were both of a quiet and inoffensive disposition, allowing themselves to be stroked and patted and readily fed from the hand although they had been quite recently caught. |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| R. lasiotis. Nor is there in colour any difference worthy of note, that described by Selater having apparently disappeared with advancing age. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears. |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| R.lasiotis. In the first place, with regard to the external characters of colour and hair development, a comparison of the head-skin of R. lasiotis with the two specimens in the Museum of 'Ceratorhinus niger' leads me to the conclusion that the differences described were mainly due to age. For ... |
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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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Captive - Asia
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears. |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| R. lasiotis. Nor is there in colour any difference worthy of note, that described by Selater having apparently disappeared with advancing age. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Ecology - Food
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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Captive - Asia
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. In both the front horn was very short, a mere conical process, and the only trace of the second horn was a small rough plate in the older one, and even that was absent in the second one. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The hide is covered everywhere with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| These animals in captivity are very quiet for most of the day remaining immersed in a wallow of liquid mud and thickly coated with it after the manner of a buffalo. During the evening and night they are much more active roaming up and down the enclosure. |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| (Sub)species of Sumatran Rhino. On August 31st, 1900, there died in the Gardens of the Society the famous female Rhinoceros from Chittagong, and the characters of which it is only fitting should be here noted, now that its skull and headskin have passed into the possession of the National Museum... |
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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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Captive - Asia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| They drink remarkably slowly and only a small quantity at a time, eat very large quantities of food, and pass the excreta always in exactly the same spot and almost always at night as the tapir does. |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Population
Sumatran Rhino
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| On August 31st, 1900, there died in the Gardens of the Society the famous female Rhinoceros from Chittagong. As the animal was captured in January 1868, its age at death was more than 32 years. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Lately, however, two examples of R. sumatrensis have been on view at the Botanic Gardens and some notes on them may prove of interest. Both were females trapped at S'tiawan in Perak. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to... |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| On August 31st, 1900, there died in the Gardens of the Society the famous female Rhinoceros from Chittagong. As the animal was captured in January 1868, its age at death was more than 32 years. The first reference to this specimen is an account of its external characters given by the late Dr. A... |
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| Thomas, O. 1901 Notes on the type specimen of Rhinoceros lasiotis Sclater, with remarks on the generic position of the living species of rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 June 4: 154-158 |
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World
Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Further material may also prove that the typical horn of Gray's 'Rhinoceros crossii' belongs to the northern subspecies, in which case the name crossii will have to supersede lasiotis. But this identification is as yet too doubtful to be definitely accepted. |
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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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Captive - Asia
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Singapore, Botanic Gardens. The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to the root of the tail which was 22 inches long. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1901 Straits Settlements. Annual Report of the Botanic Gardens for the year 1901. Singapore, Government Printing Office |
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Captivity
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| No details available yet |
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| Dum Dum 1901 R.I.P. Elegy on a rhinoceros, lately deceased. Homeward Mail from India, China and the East 1901 January 21: 67 |
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Captivity
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dum Dum, 1901. R.I.P. Elegy on a rhinoceros, lately deceased. Homeward Mail from India, China and the East 1901 January 21: 67 ** Dum Dum is pseudonym of John Kaye Kendall 1869-1952 R.I.P. Elegy on a Rhinoceros, Lately Deceased Come, let us weep for Begum; he is dead. Dead; and afa... |
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| Pollok, F.T. 1901 A disastrous trip. Wide World Magazine 8: 192-197 |
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Asia - South East Asia
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skull - sumatrensis. Perak Museum, Malaysia |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skull. In coll. Selangor Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| 60 horns. In coll. , no data. In Siamese Museum, Bangkok, Thailand. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skeleton. In coll. Raffles Museum, Singapore |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skull - lasiotis. Perak Museum, Malaysia |
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| Nieuwenhuis, A.W. 1900 In Centraal Borneo: reis van Pontianak naar Samarinda. Leiden, E.J. Brill, vol. 2, pp. i-viii, 1-369, i-xvi |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| One of the people went to the watersource on the mountain, but found the spring occupied by a rhinoceros which ran away quickly. During the climb we were much helped by the paths made by the rhinos which was so steep that we had to walk on hands and feet. About half-way up the mountain we found... |
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| Nieuwenhuis, A.W. 1900 In Centraal Borneo: reis van Pontianak naar Samarinda. Leiden, E.J. Brill, vol. 2, pp. i-viii, 1-369, i-xvi |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Upper Mahakam. One of the hunters met a rhinoceros which was disturbed in the bed of a small stream by the noise of dogs trying to get at some otters in a hole. The rhinoceros did not wait for an attack, but went away, while the dogs did not date to oppose this enormous animal. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr Ridley (JSBRAS, 1894) mentions having seen tracks of some species of rhinoceros in the Tahan River woods, Pahang, where he also heard the animal at night. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| An Englishman once told me he had seen tracks of rhinoceros on Gunong Jerai (Kedah peak) at several thousands feet above the sea. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The turf was plough up at one of these grassy patches by rhinoceros, but the animals were not seen. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, ?I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. It was about 8 to 9 feet in length (guessed). |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| W.L.Sclater (Cat.Mamm.1891) records specimens from Malacca |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the south of Perak, a friend told me he had once seen a rhinoceros in a swamp, it was reddish in colour. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Bangkok Times for 11 November 1897 mentions a rhino being shot by Mr. C. Ephraums - no species indicated - few details: animal was seen at a sulphur spring within 6 miles of Ipoh, Perak, it was an old male, 6 feet high at the shoulder and about 8 feet in length; his horn measured 13 inches an... |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, ?I went to see a big rhinoceros in apitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. [dimensions] The great thing that struck me was her extraordinary tameness. She had only been caught three days, but fed readily f... |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr Ridley told me that in 1896 he saw a rhinoceros in the Dindings. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In Perak, English friends have told me, rhinoceroses were not uncommon till 3 or 4 years ago in the Larut Hills, above 4000 feet. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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| Sclater (1875) mentions a rhinoceros of this species ?captured in the Sunghi-njong (probably Sungei-Ujong) district of Malacca' and says other specimens ?from the same district or the neighbouring territory of Johore were imported into Europe.' |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, 'I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. [dimensions] The great thing that struck me was her extraordinary tameness. She had only been caught three days, but fed readily ... |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1900 Annual Report of the Raffles Library and Museum for 1900. Singapore, Raffles Museum, pp. 1-11 |
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| The most important addition, though it is only on loan, was a female Rhinoceros sumatrensis. It was caught in Perak for the Austrain Government, but died in Singapore before it could be shipped to Europe, and was mounted by the Museum staff. The Acting Consul-General for Austria, Mr. R. von Pusta... |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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| Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, 'I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis: dark reddish-brown in colour. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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| An Englishman once told me he had seen tracks of rhinoceros on Gunong Jerai (Kedah peak) at several thousands feet above the sea. In Perak, English friends have told me, rhinoceroses were not uncommon till 3 or 4 years ago in the Larut Hills, above 4000 feet. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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| Malaysia. In the south of Perak, a friend told me he had once seen a rhinoceros in a swamp, it was reddish in colour. The 'Bada Api' or 'Fire Rhinoceros' of the malays is probably a red variety of this species. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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| Malaysia. In the south of Perak, a friend told me he had once seen a rhinoceros in a swamp, it was reddish in colour. The 'Bada Api' or 'Fire Rhinoceros' of the malays is probably a red variety of this species. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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| Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, 'I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis: dark reddish-brown in colour. |
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| Bolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336 |
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| Zoo Hamburg. One Sumatran Rhinos lived for 4 yrs 2 months and 6 days in the zoo. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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| Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. It measured 4 feet 3 inches at shoulder, measured with a standard. |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 A botanical excursion to Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 34: 23-30 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Mr. A.L. Butler wrote from Kuala Lumpur, 25 Oct 1898, 'I went to see a big rhinoceros in apitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis. [dimensions] The great thing that struck me was her extraordinary tameness. She had only been caught three days, but fed readily f... |
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| Bolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336 |
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| Zoo Hamburg. One Sumatran Rhinos lived for 4 yrs 2 months and 6 days in the zoo. |
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| Anonymous 1900 Rhino sent to Austrian consul in Singapore. Straits Times, Singapore 24 July 1900: 2 |
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| A large rhinoceros has been sent to the Austrian Consul at Singapore from Perak. It is at present located at the Botanical Gardens, and later on it will be sent ti the Vienna Botanical Gardens. [complete text] |
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| Anonymous 1900 Rhino died in Singapore. Straits Times, Singapore 27 July 1900: 2 |
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| The rhinoceros which was sent down from Perak to the Austrian Consul here, and was sent to the Botanical Gardens, prior to being forwarded on to Vienna, has died. Death was due to a wound in the back caused by a stake which caught the animal when it fell into the pit. |
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| London Zoo 1900 The death of Begum [Sumatran Rhinoceros in London Zoo]. Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser Saturday 08 September 1900 |
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| Bartlett, A.D. 1900 Bartlett's life among wild beasts in the "zoo" : being a continuation of Wild animals in captivity : the habits, food, management and treatment of the beasts and birds at the 'zoo' with reminiscences and anecdotes . London, Chapman and Hall |
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| Ridley, H.N. 1900 Straits Settlements. Annual Report of the Botanic Gardens for the year 1900. Singapore, Government Printing Office |
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| F.S.B. 1900 Sport in the Arakan Yomas, Lower Burma. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 96 (2492), 1900 September 29: 496 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Epstein, L. 1899 Ein Ausflug nach den zoologischen Garten von Holland und Belgien. Zoologische Garten A.F. 40: 5-12 |
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| one specimen of Rhinoceros sumatrensis. |
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| Greenwood, J. 1899 The adventures of Reuben Davidger: seventeen years and four months captive aming the Dyaks of Borneo. London etc., Ward, Lock & Co |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Greenwood, J. 1899 The adventures of Reuben Davidger: seventeen years and four months captive aming the Dyaks of Borneo. London etc., Ward, Lock & Co |
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| Weld, F. 1899 Rhinoceros killed in Kinta District. Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly) 30 January 1899: 2 |
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| Neumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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| Rivers Pane and Bila, Sumatra. Rhinos of two species are found both in the plains and on the highest and most inaccessible mountains. |
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| Hanitsch, R. 1898 Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Raffles Museum. Annual Report of the Raffles Library and Museum for the year ending 31 Dec 1898, pp. 1-6 |
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| The list contains under Ungulata: Rhinoceros sumatrensis [Skeleton] |
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| Henri d'Orleans 1898 De Tonkin aux Indes, Janvier 1895 - Janvier 1896. Paris, Calmann Levy, pp. i, 1-442 |
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| On 1 Dec 1895, we climbed into the valley of Nam Tsa? on a reasonably good road. The public works on bridges and roads are done here by the rhinoceros who level and enlarge the paths by their frequent passage. |
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| Rathborne, A.B. 1898 Camping and tramping in Malaya: fifteen years' pioneering in the native states of the Malay Peninsula. London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, pp. i-x, 1-339 |
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| London Zoo 1898 The new rhinoceros. Leeds Times Saturday 22 October 1898 |
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| Anonymous 1898 Horn removed from the female Rhinoceros lasiotis in London Zoo. Zoologist (ser.4) 2: 142 |
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| Renshaw, G. 1898 Notes on the zoological collections of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Antwerp. Zoologist (ser.4) 3: 316-320 |
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| Anonymous 1898 The surgeon at the zoo [Horn removal of Sumatran rhino]. The Sketch Wednesday 9 March 1898: 22 |
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| Anonymous 1898 New rhinoceros at the zoo. London Evening Standard Thursday 29 September 1898: 6 |
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| Fea, L. 1897 Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regione vicine, LXXVI. Roassunto generale dei risultati zoologici. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 37: 385-658 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| [Results of travel to Burma and adjoining regions in 1895] Specimens in the collection: 55. Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuv.. |
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| Jentink, F.A. 1897 Zoological results of the Dutch Scientific Expedition to Central Borneo: The mammals. Notes from the Leyden Museum 19: 29-66, pls. 2-3 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Stetson, G.R. 1897 The fauna of Central Borneo. Science 5 (121): 640-643 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Anonymous 1897 A rhinoceros caught. Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser 31 May 1897: 2 |
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| It is stated at Penang that a young rhinoceros was captured by some Kedah Malays last Monday, in a dry well, about a mile from Pinang Tunggul station. The tracks of a very large rhinoceros were distinctly seen near the post. The Malays there complain of the destruction of their padi by these anim... |
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| Anonymous 1897 Rhinoceros caught in Penang. Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly) 1 June 1897: 10 |
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| Anonymous 1897 Rhinoceros pair on display in Singapore. Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly) 14 December 1897: 379 |
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| Clay, A.L. 1896 Leaves from a diary in lower Bengal. London, Macmillan |
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