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On the rhinoceros of Borneo |
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Wallace, A.R. |
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1874 |
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
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1874 November 3 |
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498-499 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| Both horns and teeth are brought to Sibu by natives arriving from the above district for purposes of trade; and these articles being valued by Chinese and Malays for their supposed medicinal properties, at once command a ready sale, so that they disappear generally beyond hope of recovery. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| I have forwarded to you, through Dr. Jessopp, of Norwich, two Rhinoceros-horns, obtained in the Bazaar at Sibu, the principal station of the Sarawak Government in the Rejang river. These specimens, together with three others, the largest of which, measured perpendicularly, stood 8 ? inches high... |
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On the rhinoceros of Borneo
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