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Reference Base  Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros ... |
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Re-discovery of the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest) in Malaya |
| Author(s): |
Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. |
| Year published: |
1958 |
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
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55 (3) |
| Pages: |
554-555, 1 plate (2 figures) |
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Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| Forest |
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| Skin not tuberculated but with a mosaic-like pattern as on the flanks of a crocodile; throat folds less heavy; shoulder folds joining above the neck to form an anterior saddle-like nape fold. |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| Swampy ground |
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Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| It was reported as frequenting swampy ground in the Sunderbans as well as dense hill forest up to altitudes of 4000 ft. |
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Javan Rhino
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| Skin not tuberculated but with a mosaic-like pattern as on the flanks of a crocodile; throat folds less heavy; shoulder folds joining above the neck to form an anterior saddle-like nape fold. |
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Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| Height at shoulder up to 6 ft. |
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Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
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| Horn in females small or absent |
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Javan Rhino
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| Height at shoulder 5 ft. 8 in. |
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