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Reference Base  Niah Cave animal bone, VIII: Rhinoceros in late quaternar... |
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| Title: |
Niah Cave animal bone, VIII: Rhinoceros in late quaternary Borneo |
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Medway, Lord |
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1965 |
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Sarawak Museum Journal |
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12 (25/26) |
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77-82, pl. 21 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimen unspecified. Locality: Sandakan. Collected by: W.B. Pryer, 1886. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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Museums - Europe
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimen unspecified. Locality: Sandakan. Collected by: W.B. Pryer, 1886. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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Museums - Asia
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Mounted head. Locality: Sabah, S. Tingkayu. In coll. National Museum, Singapore |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimen unspecified. Locality: Sandakan. Collected by: W.B. Pryer, 1886. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Mounted head. Locality: Sabah, S. Tingkayu. In coll. National Museum, Singapore |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| The second previous collection of rhinoceros remains from Sarawak consists of a series of bones together with two upper molars, recovered from gold workings in an alluvial cave deposit in the upper Sarawak river, presumably at or near Ban. These were presented to the British Museum (Natural Hist... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
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| The presence of rhinoceros among the animal remains from the Sarawak Museum excavation in the West Mouth of Niah cave (see Harrisson. 1964, and also previous issues of the S.M.I. for background information), has already been demonstrated by the identification of fragmentary molar teeth (Medway, 1... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
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| The second previous collection of rhinoceros remains from Sarawak consists of a series of bones together with two upper molars, recovered from gold workings in an alluvial cave deposit in the upper Sarawak river, presumably at or near Ban. These were presented to the British Museum (Natural Hist... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
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| Borneo, Sarawak - teeth mentioned by Busk
In addition to the material from Niah, fossil or subfossil rhinoceros remains have previously been recorded also from south-western Sarawak. The first to come to light were two teeth sent to Sir Charles Lyell by Rajah James Brooke, and discussed by G. B... |
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