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Title: Niah Cave animal bone, VIII: Rhinoceros in late quaternary Borneo
Author(s): Medway, Lord
Year published: 1965
Journal: Sarawak Museum Journal
Volume: 12 (25/26)
Pages: 77-82, pl. 21
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Specimen unspecified. Locality: Sandakan. Collected by: W.B. Pryer, 1886. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
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Museums - Europe
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
Specimen unspecified. Locality: Sandakan. Collected by: W.B. Pryer, 1886. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
Mounted head. Locality: Sabah, S. Tingkayu. In coll. National Museum, Singapore
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
Specimen unspecified. Locality: Sandakan. Collected by: W.B. Pryer, 1886. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Mounted head. Locality: Sabah, S. Tingkayu. In coll. National Museum, Singapore
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
The second previous collection of rhinoceros remains from Sarawak consists of a series of bones together with two upper molars, recovered from gold workings in an alluvial cave deposit in the upper Sarawak river, presumably at or near Ban. These were presented to the British Museum (Natural Hist...
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
The presence of rhinoceros among the animal remains from the Sarawak Museum excavation in the West Mouth of Niah cave (see Harrisson. 1964, and also previous issues of the S.M.I. for background information), has already been demonstrated by the identification of fragmentary molar teeth (Medway, 1...
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Location:
Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
The second previous collection of rhinoceros remains from Sarawak consists of a series of bones together with two upper molars, recovered from gold workings in an alluvial cave deposit in the upper Sarawak river, presumably at or near Ban. These were presented to the British Museum (Natural Hist...
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
Borneo, Sarawak - teeth mentioned by Busk In addition to the material from Niah, fossil or subfossil rhinoceros remains have previously been recorded also from south-western Sarawak. The first to come to light were two teeth sent to Sir Charles Lyell by Rajah James Brooke, and discussed by G. B...
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