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Reference Base  Het voorkomen van eenige diersoorten in het landschap Koetai |
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| Title: |
Het voorkomen van eenige diersoorten in het landschap Koetai |
| Author(s): |
Witkamp, H. |
| Year published: |
1932 |
| Journal: |
Tropische Natuur |
| Volume: |
21 (10) |
| Pages: |
167-177, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The distribution is extensive but the density is low. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In Kutai, the wide Mahakam River is a divide, south of which the rhino does not occur. For the upper reaches of the river, where it is much narrower, i.e. in the subdivision of Boven-Mahakam, this is no longer correct. Rhinos occur in the mpountains on the upper reaches of the rivers Belajan, K... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Kutai region in SE Kalimantan, near Samarinda. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the mountains near the source of the Telen, visited in 1925 by the Midden-Oost-Borneo expedition, only scarce tracks were found, partly at 2000 m high, and we found the same on the upper reach of the Atan, a tributary of the Klindjau. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| We saw often the feeding remnants of these animals, which are much like those of an elephant, but they are smaller in size. We remember how it occurred to us that in many cases a young rotan had grown from a dung ball, which obviously was a fertile ground for it. |
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