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Reference Base  A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoc... |
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A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros |
| Author(s): |
Skafte, H. |
| Year published: |
1961 |
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Acta Tropica |
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18 |
| Pages: |
168-176, figs. 1-6 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Expedition in the region of the rivers Siak and Kampar. Also put traps near the little river Tenajan. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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| The native poachers used a sling of steelwire which automatically laced the snout of the rhino just above its horns. But the wire cut deeply into the skin, making the animal completely furious. It charged anything within range, until it finally dropped from sheer exhaustion, half-choked and par... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| They seem to feed and travel allnight and in the very early hours of the morning. We never saw any rhinos during the day. [female caught] To our amazement we discovered that she ate all day and night, merely interrupted by an occasional bath and a little nap. |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| It is an ill-tempered animal |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Translocation - Methods
Asian Rhino Species
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| To dig pits across all the trails leading to the swamp was another solution, but the difficulty in getting the heavy animal out, made us abandon that plan. We finally decied to build a solid, well camouflaged palisade-fence around the whole bathing place. Where the fence was to cross the trails... |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| It is a swamp and hill animal, lives in inaceessible tropical jungles. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| In part of us a trail, partly covered by withered leaves, made by rhinos and belonged to a system of similar trails. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| As far as we could ascertain from the network of rhino trails, they are great travellers. At certain times we found plenty of fresh rhino trails in our hunting district, at other times the animals seemed to have vanished completely. The local hunters believed that rhinos move periodically, alth... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Sumatran Rhino
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| It is an unsociable animal. Two adults are never seen together except for the rare moments of mating or when a cow is accompanied by a calf. Most of the time it is a lone wanderer. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| We found that several rhino-trails led down to the swamp which evidently was their favourite bathing place. With hot and dry weather, the horse flies also seemed more bothersome to the rhino and the necessity of coming to the wallows to get a protecting cover of mud increased. |
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