Reference Base Notes for: Asia - South East Asia back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (46)  ... 23 24 25 26 27 ...   Pfeffer, P. 1958 Situation actuelle de quelques animaux menaces d'Indonesie. Terre et la Vie 12 (2): 128-145, pls. 5-7 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino Pfeffer belives that the rhinos have been completely exterminated in the south-east, that is in the Barito valley, the most populous part of the island. There were still a few, June 1957, in the east of Borneo, and he thinks that some probably remain in the western hinterland and south-west of t...   details Davis, D.D. 1958 Mammals of the Kelebit plateau, northern Sarawak. Fieldiana Zoology 39 (15): 119-147, fig. 21, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino The Sumatran rhino, once common in the area, in the last century even breaking fences around padi fields, has not been reported anywhere in the area for twenty years. There are living Kelabits who have killed more than ten.   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures) Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Distribution - Records Javan Rhino It may be recalled that Mr. R.C. Morris who led an expedition to Malaya on behalf of Mr. A.S. Vernay to procure a specimen for the American Museum of Natural History [New York] in 1935 returned empty-handed without even seeing any footprints except Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, or obtaining any other...   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures) Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino Thanks to the helpful co-operation of Mr. Loke Wan-Tho of Singapore, we reproduce two unique photographs of [the smaller Asiatic onehorned rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus]. According to The Straits Times of Singapore (March 22, 1957) where the photographs were first published, they were taken b...   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures) Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Distribution - Records Javan Rhino Theodore Hubback, during his term as Chief Game Warden, after prolonged search in Malaya found a single living example which he was so convinced was the last of its species (and mateless) that he permitted it to be shot for some American Museum ?in the interest of science.'   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures) Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Distribution - Records Javan Rhino Mr. E.O. Shebbeare who followed Hubback as Game Warden in Malaya for several years before the war did not even see the tracks of this rhinoceros [R. sondaicus].   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures) Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Distribution - Records Javan Rhino believed to have become extinct   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures) Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Distribution - Records Javan Rhino commercial poaching   details Appelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Distribution - Hunting Javan Rhino As readers may have read in the newspapers, on 31 January [1934} there was killed a good male badak (Rhinoceros sondaicus) on the southern coast of the regency of Tasikmalaja for the Zoological Museum. A few remarks will be beneficial. In the first place I want to clarify why this animal was ki...   details Appelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Behaviour - Towards Man Javan Rhino seen near human habitations   details Appelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino The only indication that we were gaining on the animal were the strong smell of urine in the tunnels and the dung-heaps of the animal in the form of a pyramid. The dung balls were the size of tennis balls.   details Appelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino This proved difficult, because the area where the rhinoceros prefers to live is densely grown with either shrubs with many kinds of areuj-species (creepers) or with salaria, the bamboo doeri (Lantana camara). We had to bend over for hours on end following the tunnels made by the rhino and had to...   details Harrisson, T. 1958 The large mammals of Borneo. IUCN Bulletin 7 (1/2): 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Distribution Sumatran Rhino No details available yet   details Pfeffer, P. 1958 A l'ouest de Java: La reserve d'Udjung-Kulon. Science et Nature, par la photographie et par l'image no. 28, July-Aug: 3-9, 5 images, 1 map Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Interspecific Relations Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Harrisson, T. 1957 The great cave of Niah: a preliminary report on Bornean prehistory. Man 57: 161-166, pls. M-P, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Distribution - Status Sumatran Rhino Only about 15 to 25 survive in the whole island. For the most part these are isolated specimens, which rules the possibility of breeding, at any rate in the British area (2 in Sarawak, 5 in North Borneo).   details Salomon, H. 1957 Fauna preservation in the Dutch East Indies: pp. 59-61 In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Distribution - Status Javan Rhino 35 - some years ago there were 50.   details Bernard, Charles J. 1957 La protection de la nature en Indonesie: pp. 51-58 In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Distribution - Records Javan Rhino 1921, A large area in the west point of Java, Oedjoeng Broeng [sic], was declared a national park to preserve Rhinoceros sondaicus.   details Anonymous 1957 One-horned rhinoceros seen in Malaya. The Times (London) 1957 April 1: 18 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Distribution Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Anonymous 1957 One-horned rhinoceros seen in Malaya. The Times (London) 1957 April 1: 18 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Distribution Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Tanton, R. 1957 One-horned rhino – one of the world’s rarest animals – strolls along Malayan estate road. Straits Times, Singapore 22 March 1957: 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia Distribution Javan Rhino The Straits Times Singapore Friday, March 22, 1957 One-horned rhino – one of the world’s rarest animals – strolls along Malayan estate road For 20 years it had been feared extinct: but don’t try to catch it by Roger Tanton [Photograph] The rhino and c...   details Bazin, P.G. 1957 One-horned rhino – it just strolled along our road and paid no heed as the dogs barked. Straits Times, Singapore 22 March 1957: 2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia Distribution Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Schilling, T. 1957 Bêtes sauvages et tendres. Paris, Ed. Calmann Lévy Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Distribution Sumatran Rhino Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/Selatan/Palembjang ( 3°S 105°E ) - 1950 - Présents dans les jungles marécageuses de haute montagne , dans plusieurs régions, notamment près du fleuve Lalang au Sud-Est - (CARINO No. 93 - Reference and note contributed by CARINO (Dr Henri Carpentier, Ingénieur Civil...   details Tun Yin, U 1956 Rhinoceros in the Kachin State. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 (4): 692-694 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Status Sumatran Rhino The Assistent Resident of Kamaing submitted in November 1955 a copy of a report dated October 1955 from the Kayang-Ok Hpakan (Kayang-Ok is a petty officer in charge of a circle, which comprises an average of six village tracts). The gist of the report is as follows: (a) There are rhinos in Kan ...   details Tun Yin, U 1956 Rhinoceros in the Kachin State. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 (4): 692-694 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species Palao Subdivision. The Assistent Resident reported in December 1955 as follows: The Assistent Resident cannot say whether the rhinoceros are great one-horned or the Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros. But in view of the fact that a rhinoceros shot by a Lisu in the Namlang Valley in 1942 was one-horn...   details Tun Yin, U 1956 Rhinoceros in the Kachin State. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 (4): 692-694 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Morphology Sumatran Rhino Burma - white rhino. The writer therefore enquired of the Assistent Resident Kamaing whether the number 30 as estimated by the Kayang-Ok was not high. The Assistent Resident replied in February 1956: (1) The estimate is reasonable; (2) The rhinos in the area are the Asiatic two-horned rhinoce...   details Tun Yin, U 1956 Rhinoceros in the Kachin State. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 (4): 692-694 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species A reference, G.H. Luce and Pe Maung Tin, Burma down to fall of Pagan, Journal Burma Research Institute, 29 (1939), p. 267: `We are not told what people inhabited Lin-yang. Several early works, somedating from the 4th century, refer, more or less fancifully, to the tribes living SW of Yung-Ch'an...   details Tun Yin, U 1956 Rhinoceros in the Kachin State. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 (4): 692-694 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Morphology Sumatran Rhino Burma - white rhino. The writer therefore enquired of the Assistent Resident Kamaing whether the number 30 as estimated by the Kayang-Ok was not high. The Assistent Resident replied in February 1956: (1) The estimate is reasonable; (2) The rhinos in the area are the Asiatic two-horned rhinoce...   details Tun Yin, U 1956 Rhinoceros in the Kachin State. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 (4): 692-694 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Culture Asian Rhino Species Burma - fire-eating rhino. The writer therefore enquired of the Assistent Resident Kamaing whether the number 30 as estimated by the Kayang-Ok was not high. The Assistent Resident replied in February 1956: (1) The estimate is reasonable; (2) The rhinos in the area are the Asiatic two-horned r...   details Kraneveld, F.C.; Keidel, H.J.W. 1956 Rhinoceros sondaicus een gastheer van Amblyomma crenatum op Java. Hemera Zoa 63: 364-372, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Distribution Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Harrisson, T. 1956 Rhinoceros in Borneo: and traded to China. Sarawak Museum Journal 7 (8): 263-274, pls. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Distribution Sumatran Rhino No details available yet   details Koenigswald, G.H.R. v. 1956 Fossil mammals from the Philippines [with first description of Rhinoceros philippinensis]. Proceedings of the Fourth Far-Eastern Prehistory and the Anthropology Division of the 8th Pacific Science Congresses combined Part 1: Prehistory, Archaeology and Physical Anthropology (Second Fascicle, Section 1): 339-369, pls. 1-7. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia Taxonomy Fossil No details available yet   details Harrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino Far the most serious is the case of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis. It is not even especially reassuring that it occurs elsewhere in Indonesia, since the old Dutch game laws, inadequate as they were, are neither being properly enforced nor replaced in the remoter areas. The...   details Tun Yin, U 1955 Wild life preservation in Burma. Oryx 3 (2): 89-98, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Status Asian Rhino Species In 1939 it was estimated that the sanctuary contained 12 or 15 Sumatran rhinos. In April 1948 the tracks of one, and a month old spoor of a cow with a calf at heel were seen. In May 1948 one was seen and the Divisional forest Officer came to the conclusion that 4 or 5 were surviving. In 1952 t...   details Harrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Distribution - Status Sumatran Rhino Twenty years ago the rhino was still common over Borneo. Within living memory it came down into village areas and did damage in the ricefields of the Kelabit plateau. Now there are probably not more than two or three in Sarawak ; none in Brunei ; some reported in east of North Borneo ; and a h...   details Tun Yin, U 1955 Wild life preservation in Burma. Oryx 3 (2): 89-98, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species The legend that the mountain spirits of Shwe-u-daung do not like the poachers is no longer heeded by the people in the neighbourhood of the sanctuary.   details Harrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Distribution - Poaching Sumatran Rhino One shot since 1945 led to a conviction (Sibu area).   details Harrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino One shot since 1945 led to a conviction (Sibu area).   details Harrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino The difficulty is to enforce any such law in this huge area. Nowhere in Borneo is there a separately organized game service or other effective protection enforcement.   details Harrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino Twenty years ago the rhino was still common over Borneo. Within living memory it came down into village areas and did damage in the ricefields of the Kelabit plateau.   details Harrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species Far the most serious is the case of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis. It is not even especially reassuring that it occurs elsewhere in Indonesia, since the old Dutch game laws, inadequate as they were, are neither being properly enforced nor replaced in the remoter areas.   details Tun Yin, U 1955 Wild life preservation in Burma. Oryx 3 (2): 89-98, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species In 1946-47 the tracks of two Sumatran rhinoceros were seen. In 1947-48 one animal was seen occasionally. No information later than 1948 is available.   details Harrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Value - Related to Horn Asian Rhino Species The rhino has been hunted to near extinction in Borneo mainly for its horn, hooves and other appendages, which are highly valued by the Chinese as alleged aphrodisiacs.   details Tun Yin, U 1955 Wild life preservation in Burma. Oryx 3 (2): 89-98, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Value Asian Rhino Species Burma. In 1952 the writer was reliably informed that 3 Sumatran rhino had been shot within the reserve. One under a special permit issued to the Maha Devi for whom a physician had prescribed a 'rhino blood bath.'   details Tun Yin, U 1955 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma - 1955. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 (2): 257-258 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution Asian Rhino Species No details available yet   details Ullrich, W. 1955 Bemerkenswerte Aufnahmen eines jungen Sumatra-Nashorns (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Cuv). Zoologische Garten 22 (1/3): 29-33, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Distribution Asian Rhino Species No details available yet   details Poser, M. 1955 Mit dem Tiger stirbt die Wildnis: 20 Jahre unter der Sonne Sumatras. Leipzig, Neumann Verlag, pp. 1-248 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Distribution Asian Rhino Species No details available yet   details Lohuizen-de Leeuw, J.E. van 1955 The Dikpalakas in ancient Java. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 111: 356-384, pls. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java History Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Status Sumatran Rhino As far back as 1850, or thereabouts, the late Rev. F. Mason recorded that `The common single-horned rhinoceros is very abundant. Though often seen in the uninhabited banks of large rivers, such as the Tenasserim, thet are also fond of ranging the mountains.' It is not so long since this was writ...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Status Asian Rhino Species During my hot weather tour of the sanctuary in 1948, I estimated that there were probably 4 to 5 individuals of this rare species living in the area.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 Wild life preservation and sanctuaries in the Union of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 264-284, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species 1940 - No casualties of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis reported.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Status Asian Rhino Species 1954. No more than 2-3 in the sanctuary.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Javan Rhino In 1948 rhino were reported seen occasionally. The area has been under occupation of Karen insurgents and no report has been received since.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Javan Rhino The Kahilu Sanctuary in Thaton Division, 62 square miles in extent, was originally instituted for the protection of Rhinoceros sondaicus (one horned variety). Doubt exists whether this species still thrives. The pre-war official figure was in the neighbourhood of six specimens. They are fond o...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 Wild life preservation and sanctuaries in the Union of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 264-284, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Status Asian Rhino Species 1939 - Estimate 15, including 7 young. One calf was seen. Herd well established, cf. Annual Report 1940   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino In the Annual report on Game Preservation in Burma for year ending 31 March 1940, it is stated that the Divisional Forest Officer, Tharrawaddy Division (U Aung Din), found fresh rhino tracks on Sanwingan Hill. A Karen forester informed me that in 1952 there are two rhino surviving in the Zamayi ...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Javan Rhino Rhinoceros sondaicus. In 1939-40 the Game Warden (F.J. Mustell) received information that a Rhinoceros with calf was seen by Karen villagers in their taungyas at the foot of the Kyaiktyo Hill. The villagers' descriptions closely corresponds with the Javan Rhino. These two animals were reported...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino In addition to the above locations, Rhinoceros have been seen during post-war years in the Arakan Division in the neighbourhood of Paletwa and Myohaung, in the Central Pegu Yomas, and in the Bhamo Division.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species The Pidaung Game Sanctuary near Myitkyina, 279 square miles in extent. It is not a rhinoceros preserve, but the rhinoceros are known to migrate there from the Uyu Drainage. Game in this sanctuary suffered heavily during the last war.   details Hooijer, D.A. 1954 A pygmy Stegodon from the middle Pleistocene of Eastern Java. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 33 (14): 91-102 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia Taxonomy Fossil No details available yet   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species Legislation was therefore necessary to preserve it together with a few other animals as `completely protected'; which may only be hunted under a special license. Such licenses are in fact seldom given, except for scientific purposes. The wild Birds and Animals Protection Act covers this conting...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 Wild life preservation and sanctuaries in the Union of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 264-284, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Javan Rhino In 1940-41, the game warden C.E. Milner stated that Rhinoceros sondaicus no longer existed there.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 Wild life preservation and sanctuaries in the Union of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 264-284, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Javan Rhino Sanctuary notified in Ministry of Forest Notification no. 188 dated 9 July 1928 with effect from 1 September 1928. It is situated in the Pa-an township of the Thaton district and the Papun Township of Salween district. Are 62 sq miles.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species The Conservator of Forests, Northern Circle, in 1950-1951 estimated that there were about 5 rhinos in Nan-Ka-Za and Nan-Yoke-Chuangs unclaimed forests, Uyu drainage, Katha West Forest Division. The writer visited Lonkhin and Hpakan, in the Jade Mines in Aug 1951. Both villages are on the bank o...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species There are indications that rhinoceros also wander between the Upper Chindwin and West Katha Divisions, they are known to exist in the Uyu Drainage.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species In addition to the above locations, Rhinoceros have been seen during post-war years in the Arakan Division in the neighbourhood of Paletwa and Myohaung, in the Central Pegu Yomas, and in the Bhamo Division.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species In addition to the above locations, Rhinoceros have been seen during post-war years in the Arakan Division in the neighbourhood of Paletwa and Myohaung, in the Central Pegu Yomas, and in the Bhamo Division.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species A rhino was shot in early 1946. The rhino was first seen in the Kauk-Kwa valley, crossed the Irawaddy river, Wilatha Hills, the Taping River and was eventually shot in the Maubin Tract by the Shans. Other accounts disclosed two facts: (1) the rhino was not a wanderer from Shwe U Daung; (2) A rh...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species There are indications that rhinoceros also wander between the Upper Chindwin and West Katha Divisions, they are known to exist in the Uyu Drainage.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros and thamin (Panolia eldi thamin) in the Union of Burma, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 301-303 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species W.J. Carrot said it is hard to estimate the number of rhino in Homalin Sub-division. He would hazard a guess at 7-8 animals. Rhino tracks (possibly a solitary animal) have been reported from the right bank of the Chindwin north of Nantalaik. There may be 1-2 in the wild interior of Hkamti Stat...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species Annual report on Forest Administration for year ending 31 Sep 1951, the Conservator of Forests, Maritime Circle, merely mentions that rhino are reported to exist in the unclassed forests, Victoria Point Range. The writer has not been able to obtain information from the area. It is doubtful if a...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros and thamin (Panolia eldi thamin) in the Union of Burma, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 301-303 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species One animal may possibly visit the Yebu salt lick, another is on Nwalabo Mountain, while occasional animals are reported in other areas.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Names in vernacular Asian Rhino Species Kyan-hsin   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros and thamin (Panolia eldi thamin) in the Union of Burma, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 301-303 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino In July 1948, a track of a rhinoceros was seen on the hills of Pao Tan Bum in Pindung Reserve by gamekeeper La Kyon Nawng and the headman of Mayan village. It is believed that the animal crossed over from the Uyu side and went north along the east bank of Namti and Pidaung Chaung towards Einklin...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Sumatran Rhino The locations mentioned by Peacock are not clear. When the writer visited Putao in Dec 1951, he was informed of a Dicerorhinus sumatrensis shot by a Lishu hunter on Mansi Likun Hills in 1943. The Manse Sawbwa received the posterior horn and some dried blood. Mr Sanhta Seng estimated 4-6 specime...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species It is also possible that rhinoceros still exist in decreasing numbers in parts of the Shan plateau, especially in the Salween drainage.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 Wild life preservation and sanctuaries in the Union of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 264-284, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species The circumstances which led to the issue of the special permit to the Mahadevi of Mong Mit were: (1) A physician prescribed the Maha devi to take rhino blood bath; (2) A male Sumatran rhino was shot inside the sanctuary in October 1930 under the direction of the then Local Government for museum p...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros and thamin (Panolia eldi thamin) in the Union of Burma, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 301-303 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species The range officer, Thabeitkyin, continues to receive reports from time to time that the three rhinos previously reported are still surviving in the dense jungles in the upper reaches of the Shwe-Hnyar- U Chaung. During the Japanese occupation, a villager from Pegu village shot one cow rhino, and...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species The Shwe-u-Daung Game Sanctuary lies in East Katha and Mong Divisions (Mong Mit State) and is 81 square miles in extent, of which 46 sq. miles lies in the Shan State. It was previously constituted for the protection of Rhinoceros sumatrensis (double horned variety), elephant, bion, saing, sambur...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species Correction of Ansell: Mt Mulayit is in Ataran Forest Division, Amherst Division.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species The Mulayit Game Sanctuary is in the Thaungyia Division. Rhinoceros are known to have wandered there from time to time.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species There were posibly more than three or four species of rhinoceros in Burma, of which Rhinoceros sondaicus, the lesser one-horned variety, known locally as Kyan-hsin, is one; and Dicerorhinus (Rhinoceros) sumatrensis the two-horned variety is another. The Rhinoceros indicus, the great Indian rhino...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros and thamin (Panolia eldi thamin) in the Union of Burma, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 301-303 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species A queer report comes in from time to time that rhinoceros visit Rodger's Island. This report is hardly cedible but as it recurs, there may be some truth in it. In 1889, Anderson stated that rhino found their way to Kisseraing islands, and that then they existed on Sir Robert Campbell and Sir Ch...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species Thiri Pyanchi U Son Nein, M.p. for Chin Hills, wrote in Sep 1953 that he saw fresh tracks of a rhino on Lontin Hill between Matupi and Kanpetlet, and that a villager from Paletwa saw a rhino in Bigon forests between Matupi and Paletwa in May 1953. If not identical, this area probably adjoins the...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 Wild life preservation and sanctuaries in the Union of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 264-284, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species 1948. E.A.P. Reynolds, Divisional Forest officer, Mong nit division, visited in April 1948. He did not see any rhino, but saw fresh tracks of one and a month old spoor of a calf at heel. The Range officer who visited in May 1948, saw Dicerorhinus sumatrensis in a mud wallow.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species The cases of rhino poaching should dispel all doubts of people who are inclined to believe in the legend that the mountain spirits of Shwe U daung do not like poaching.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 Wild life preservation and sanctuaries in the Union of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 264-284, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species Notified as game reserve in 1918 and declared a game sanctuary in Forest Department (Ministry of Forests) Notification No. 243 dated 22 July 1929 with effect from 1 Aug 1929.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species The Divisional forest Officer, Mong Mit Division, visited the sanctuary in April 1948. He did not actually see one, but came across fresh tracks of rhino and also a month-old spoor of a cow rhino with a calf. The Range Officer saw a rhino in a mud wallow in May 1948. The DFO came to the conclu...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 Wild life preservation and sanctuaries in the Union of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 264-284, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species A thorough investigation in 1938 by Theodore Hubback showed that at least some of the rhino were Sumatran. In 1939-40, F.J. Mustill obatianed definite evidence as an excellent view and a photo of a rhino in its wallow were obtained at very close range. The animal was undoubtedly of the Sumatran...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Distribution - Records Asian Rhino Species In the Mong Mit Division, there is a popular belief that in the month of wazo (July), all rhinoceros in the Shwe-u-Daung congregate and meet at one particular `aing' called the `Wazo Aing' but this belief has not been tested out as yet. It is believed that there are fire-eating, or fire-attackin...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Towards Man Asian Rhino Species Some appear to have a distaste for jungle fire, which they charge and trample.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Reproduction Asian Rhino Species Burma. It is estimated that the gestation period is about 30 weeks - it may be more.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino They love frequent mud baths, rolling themselves for hours with lazy contentment in mud wallows as would a common village buffalo. These mud wallows are found on banks of streams in low terrain, and even on mountains heights above 5000 feet.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros and thamin (Panolia eldi thamin) in the Union of Burma, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 301-303 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino There is a local belief that the best time to come across rhino is during the full moon of Waso (July) when they usually congregate together.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Javan Rhino The Kahilu Sanctuary in Thaton Division, 62 square miles in extent, was originally instituted for the protection of Rhinoceros sondaicus (one horned variety). They are fond of eating chilli crops and do some damage to taungyas, when they roam out of range.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino They love frequent mud baths, rolling themselves for hours with lazy contentment in mud wallows as would a common village buffalo. These mud wallows are found on banks of streams in low terrain, and even on mountains heights above 5000 feet.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino A rhino was shot in early 1946. The rhino was first seen in the Kauk-Kwa valley, crossed the Irawaddy river, Wilatha Hills, the Taping River and was eventually shot in the Maubin Tract by the Shans. Other accounts disclosed two facts: (1) the rhino was not a wanderer from Shwe U Daung; (2) A rh...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros and thamin (Panolia eldi thamin) in the Union of Burma, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 301-303 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino A queer report comes in from time to time that rhinoceros visit Rodger's Island. This report is hardly credible but as it recurs, there may be some truth in it. In 1889, Anderson stated that rhino found their way to Kisseraing islands, and that then they existed on Sir Robert Campbell and Sir C...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Culture Asian Rhino Species In the Mong Mit Division, there is a popular belief that in the month of wazo (July), all rhinoceros in the Shwe-u-Daung congregate and meet at one particular 'aing' called the 'Wazo Aing' but this belief has not been tested out as yet.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Culture Asian Rhino Species Some appear to have a distaste for jungle fire, which they charge and trample. It is believed that there are fire-eating, or fire-attacking rhinoceros. Bad omens are associated with their killing; female rhinoceros are fond of tossing large branches or small logs which come in their way and some...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Value - Related to Horn Asian Rhino Species nevertheless, it would appear that it is not illegal for persons to be in possession of rhinoceros blood for medicinal purposes, and this affords an unfortunate loophole in the Law. There is a wide-spread belief in the aphrodisiac properties of rhinoceros horn, and the tonic properties of rhinoc...   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (46)  ... 23 24 25 26 27 ...