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Reference Base  Notes on the fauna and flora of Ratburi and Petchaburi di... |
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Notes on the fauna and flora of Ratburi and Petchaburi districts |
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Gairdner, K.G. |
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1915 |
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Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam |
| Volume: |
1 (3) |
| Pages: |
131-156 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Names in vernacular
Javan Rhino
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| Raadt |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Kra-soo |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| In 1911, a female with young attacked a survey party in the Yang Choom valley and savagely bit a coolie in the arm. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| I followed down the Pran valley to the next Karang hamlet and ascending a range of 600 m to the south east, crossed ober into the Huey Sat Yai, a stream considerable bigger than the parent Pran river. On the march we found old evidences of rhinoceros.
Two days later, continuing the march upstre... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Two days later, continuing the march upstream, the fresh tracks of rhinoceros were found. I have not yet seen one, but from the fact of native hunters recognizing the raadt (one-horned) and kra-soo (two horns), it is almost certain that both R. sondaicus and R. sumatrensis exist in the area |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| Thailand. The cook collected all the dried excrement he could find, the Chinese having great faith in anything connected with the rhinoceros as medicine. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1911, a female with young attacked a survey party in the Yang Choom valley and savagely bit a coolie in the arm. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| I have found rhino tracks up to and above 4000 feet. |
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