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Reference Base Begegnungen mit Sumatranashornern, Dicerorhinus sumatrens... |
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Begegnungen mit Sumatranashornern, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Fischer, 1814) |
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Grummt, W. |
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1998 |
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Milu, Berlin |
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9 |
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354-362, figs. 1-9 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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Dicerorhinus sumatrensis extinct in Assam. |
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Asia
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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less than 300 |
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Asia
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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539-991, cf. Khan 1988 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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extinct in Burma |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Sumatran Rhino
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animal seen |
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Captive - Europe
Ecology - Population
Sumatran Rhino
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32 yrs 8 months, female in London Zoo from 1872 |
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Europe
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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Rauhohrnashorn |
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World
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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Height at shoulder max. 150 cm |
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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The colour varies from black to brown-red. Female in San Diego (arr. 1988) had a remarkably red colour. Male in Cincinnati (Ipoh) is black on back and sides. In Sungei Dusun Breeding Centre there is a female with remarkably black hairs. Animals in the Centre in Sabah were dark brown. |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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Two subspecies recognized by Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1966): sumatrensis from Sumatra and Borneo, and lasiotis (Buckland, 1872) if SE Asian mainland. Gray (1873) named niger from Malaya, but = lasiotis. Groves (1965) named harrissoni from Borneo. Although Groves separated niger and lasiotis ... |
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