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Rhinoceroses |
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Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. |
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1951 |
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Malayan Nature Journal |
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5 |
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191-193 |
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| File: |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| The belief that R. sondaicus is found only in low-lying swampy country is contradicted by S. H. Prater who states that this species has been recorded at heights up to 7,000 feet above sea level. I have received reports of unusually large tracks in Malaya up to 4,000 feet. Similar feeding habits ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| Malaya. The presence of a single horn. This alone is not a sure guide for the field observer as the posterior horn in R. sumatrensis is often little more than a thickening of the skin on the nose and impossible to observe accurately in jungle. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Some years ago when the Vernay Expedition was looking for Rhinoceros sondaicus in Lower Perak, tracks, which to the best of my recollection measured 20.5 cm, proved to be those of a very old and unusually large specimen of Rhinoceros sumatrensis. A track of 23 cm. or over, measured on firm level ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Some years before the war, the late T. R. Hubback expressed the opinion that R. sondaicus was approaching extinction in Malaya, with possibly one or two isolated individuals surviving which could not propogate the species. He also held the belief that this species penetrated into the Malay Penins... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The information contained in Mr F. P. Burgess' letter [This Journal, p. 163, March 1951] is more valuable than he may believe. Up to date knowledge of the distribution of Rhinoceros is meagre and all first hand information is most useful not only in itself, but as narrowing the field when long ov... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
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| Malaya. The presence of a single horn. This alone is not a sure guide for the field observer as the posterior horn in R. sumatrensis is often little more than a thickening of the skin on the nose and impossible to observe accurately in jungle. |
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World
Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| Positive identification of R. sondaicus can be made from the typical 'tesselated' hide with heavy folds at neck, shoulder and hip; the fold of skin behind the shoulder being carried right across the back. The hide of R. sumatrensrs does not show this mosaic pattern and most of the body is covered... |
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Location:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
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| Malaya. The presence of a single horn. This alone is not a sure guide for the field observer as the posterior horn in R. sumatrensis is often little more than a thickening of the skin on the nose and impossible to observe accurately in jungle. |
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Location:
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World
Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| Positive identification of R. sondaicus can be made from the typical 'tesselated' hide with heavy folds at neck, shoulder and hip; the fold of skin behind the shoulder being carried right across the back. The hide of R. sumatrensrs does not show this mosaic pattern and most of the body is covered... |
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Rhinoceroses
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