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Rhinoceros trapping |
| Author(s): |
Wray, L. |
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1905 |
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Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums |
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1 (2) |
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63-65 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin. Sex: Male. Locality: Dindings, Malaysia. In coll. Perak Museum, Malaysia |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin. Sex: Male. Locality: Dindings, Malaysia. In coll. Perak Museum, Malaysia |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Extracted in Boettger 1905. These notes were made in 1901, when an attempt was made to procure a specimen of Rhinoceros sondaicus for the British Museum. It, however, was discovered that this species did not occur near the Dindings. Three animal of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis were caught. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Extracted in Boettger 1905. In and near the Dindings, the catching and exporting of rhinoceros has been, in the past, quite a regular trade. It is said by the local Malays that some fifty of these animals have been caught there altogether; and that formerly they were very plentiful, but now hav... |
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World
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| when first taken off, the hide was fully 1 ? inches in thickness, in places. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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| They are caught in pit-falls, made in the jungle tracks which they follow. The pits are rectangular holes 7 hasters long, 3 hasters wide and 5 hasters deep, i.e. 10 ? ft x 4 ? ft x 8 ? ft. These pits are dug out with perpendicular sides, then the sides and ends are lined with stakes of about 4 ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| [Animal shot and skinned] Some Chinese woodcutters begged for the flesh. They also took other parts of the body for medicinal purposes. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| Malaysia. [Animal shot and skinned] Some Chinese woodcutters begged for the flesh, and removed practically the whole of it. |
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Trade
All Rhino Species
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| In and near the Dindings, the catching and exporting of rhinoceros has been, in the past, quite a regular trade. It is said by the local Malays that some fifty of these animals have been caught there altogether. |
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Captive - Asia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1901, three were caught in the Dindings, Malaysia. One was shot and taken to Perak Museum, one died from old wound, and the third was shipped to Singapore. |
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Rhinoceros trapping
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