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dc.contributor.authorTjiu, Bingen
dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Alastair A.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-22T10:48:41Z
dc.date.available2017-03-22T10:48:41Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-01
dc.identifier.citationTing & Macdonald. (2016). Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa) on Buru island. Suiform Soundings 15(1) p.20-26
dc.identifier.issn1446-991-X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1842/21028
dc.description.abstractThe first description of Babirusa on the [Indonesian] island of Buru may be found in a letter written in 1584 by Fr. Bernardino Ferrari describing the wildlife on Buru. In his own words: ‘È l’isola del Burro molto fertile de victovaglie di queste parti, habundante de molti animali sylvestri, come de porci et altri animali di queste parti. Fra quali vi sono uni semeglianti al porco ma bianchi. E li due denti grandi, con i quali i porci combetteno, questi animali le tengono diretti di modo che furan oil musso del detto animali, e uscindo sopra appariscono come due chiodi grandi.’ [amongst which [animals] there are some resembling pigs, but white. The two tusks which pigs use to fight with, these animals have straight, in such a way as to pierce the snout of the said animal, sticking out on top like two great nails] (Jacobs 1980).en
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dc.subjectBabyrousa babyrussaen
dc.titleBabirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa) on Buru islanden
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