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Title: Natuur in Zuid- en Oost-Borneo: fauna, flora en natuur-bescherming in de zuider- en ooster-afdeeling van Borneo.
Author(s): Westerman, J.H.
Year published: 1939
Journal: Verslag van de Nederlandsch Indische Vereeniging tot Natuurbescherming
Volume: 11
Pages: 334-367
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Witkamp in 1924 saw few tracks on the upper Atan river, a tributary of the Klindjau.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In the subdivision Apo Kajan, there are still rhinos between Long Heban and Kiham Awon, on the upper course of the Iwan and that of the Maroeng (mountains on the divide with Serawak), and on the lower Kajan Ioet (report of 1930).
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
During the Midden-Oost-Borneo expedition of 1925, footprints, dung and paths of rhino were found in the Kong Kemoel mountains (2000 m high) and in the source areas of the Sungei Telen above Long Petah. According to a report by Siebers, the rhino hunters had then already gone to other places beca...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
Badak
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
It is nowhere common.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In South Borneo the rhino is still found in the source area of the Barito, in the Schwaner Mountains (eg. upper Katingan river) and possibly in the Lower Kotawaringin (?), but nowhere common.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
The rhino is reported from the hills and mountains of the Tidoengsche Landen (temesoer or temeroeh): the upper Sekatak region, area between the Malinau and Bahau (left tributary of the Kajan in Boelongan), the Krajan district upstream of the Pa Roengan and Kemaloet rivers, Mentarang district on ...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In the subdivision Beraoe there are still a few rhinos in the Njapa Mountains and the Soearan region, that is relatively close to the coast and the capital Tandjoeng Redeb. In 1930 the animal was called close to extinction. In 1935 another report from the same area called it rare.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In South Borneo the rhino is still found in the source area of the Barito, in the Schwaner Mountains (eg. upper Katingan river) and possibly in the Lower Kotawaringin (?), but nowhere common.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
p.345, in South and SE Borneo; p.350, in East Borneo
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