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Reference Base  Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on... |
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Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, with additional notices illustrative of the natural history of these countries |
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Raffles, T.S. |
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1822 |
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Transactions of the Linnean Society of London |
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13 |
| Pages: |
239-274 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Names in vernacular
Asian Rhino Species
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| Badak |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Morphology - Horn
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| The natives assert that a third horn is sometimes met with and in one of the young specimens procured an indication of the kind was observed. |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The female has a longer and heavier head than the male, but is similar in other respects. |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The skin of the Sumatran rhinoceros is much softer and more flexible than that of the Indian and is not corrugated into plates of mail. It has however some doublings or folds, particularly round the neck, shoulders and haunches, rather more distinct and defined than in Dr. Bell's drawing. |
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| The female has a longer and heavier head than the male, but is similar in other respects. |
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Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| The skin of the Sumatran rhinoceros is much softer and more flexible than that of the Indian and is not corrugated into plates of mail. It has however some doublings or folds, particularly round the neck, shoulders and haunches, rather more distinct and defined than in Dr. Bell's drawing. |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| They are not bold and one of the largest size has been seen to run away from a single wild dog. |
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Taxonomy
Sumatran Rhino
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| Tennu. There is, however, another animal in the forests of Sumatra never yet noticed, which in size and character nearly resembles the rhinoceros, and what is said to have a single horn. This animal is distinguished by having a narrow whitish belt encircling the body, and is known to the native... |
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