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Title: Exploraties in de Gajo-Landen Algemeene resulaten der Losir-Expeditie 1937
Author(s): Steenis, C.G.G.J. van
Year published: 1938
Journal: Bulletin van de Maatschappij ter Bevorderingvan het Natuurkundig Onderzoekder Nederlandsche Kolonien
Volume: No. 97
Pages: 728-801, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-32, maps 1-2
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Sumatran Rhino
[Rhinos are caught in traps with spears] After some days the path on which the animal escaped is sometimes found and followed, and often the body is already consumed by tigers, who prey on the dying animal, and parts of the rhino are flown around.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Value
Asian Rhino Species
Sumatra. He should after some weeks, when the trap was set off, look for the dead animal, of which mainly the horn and hoofs are valuable.
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