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Title: The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore
Author(s): Medway, Lord
Year published: 1969
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press
Volume: -
Pages: pp. i-xix, 1-127
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor; the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928.
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor;
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
Badak berendam
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Rhinoceros sondaicus. In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor;
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Large rhinoceros tracks, possibly of this species, were reported from eastern Johore in 1949.
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World
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
This rhino is better distinguished from the javan rhinoceros by the presence of only two deep and permanent folds of skin crossing the spine, one in the region of the shoulders, and the second over the hind quarters. Its skin is regularly granular. It is hairier than other rhinoceroses, especia...
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Names in vernacular
Javan Rhino
Badak raya
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor; the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928, and Telok Anson, Perak, in 1932
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Rhinoceros sondaicus . the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928.
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Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Formerly abundant in lowland forests, e.g. the Dindings.
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