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| Title: |
The living air: memoirs of an ornithologist |
| Author(s): |
Delacour, J. |
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1966 |
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London, Country Life |
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pp. 1-173 |
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1920, highlands on road to Laos, hills behind Quang Tri. We even came across, at night, a two-horned rhino (R. sumatrensis), an almost extinct beast. |
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| On the way to Xieng-Khouang in 1920's. We heard that an important old lady, the widow of the late chief, had the head of a rare two-horned rhino, taken in the neighbourhood 15 or 20 years earlier. The last of a species formerly common in the area. Specimen was examined. It was a fine skull wi... |
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The living air: memoirs of an ornithologist
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