| 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 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| Burma. The Kachins believe that the posterior horn alone is efficacious, the anterior horn is only a protection to the posterior one and no value to Kachins. |
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| Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Towards Man
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinoceros are known to be aggressive and charge on provocation to the extent of 'treeing' the huntsman and patiently awaiting his descent. They are, however, like other wild animals, very afraid of man, and will, on the slightest danger, retreat into impenetrable haunts. |
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| Hoogerwerf, A. 1954 Nature protection in Indonesia. Oryx 2 (4): 220-227, figs. 1-2 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hoogerwerf, A. 1953 Nature protection in the Indonesian archipelago (Netherlands Indies). Proceedings of the Seventh Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association 4 (Zoology): 597-605 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
Conservation
Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Schilling, T. 1952 Tijgermensen van Anai: jacht op grof wild. Amsterdam, H. Meulenhoff, pp. 1-216 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| photo of rhino killed in Gajoh country. Caption says Sumatran rhino but animal in picture is clearly Rhinoceros sondaicus |
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| Foenander, E.C. 1952 Big game of Malaya: their types, distribution and habits. London, Batchworth Press, pp. i-xv, 1-208 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Hoogerwerf, A. 1952 Over de uitwerpselen van Rhinoceros sondaicus Desm. in het natuurpark Udjung Kulon op Java. Madjalah Ilmu Indonesia 108 (1/2): 38-44, figs. 1-5 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Pluygers, L.A. 1952 Natuurbescherming en wildbeheer: speciaal met betrekking tot Indonesie. Djakarta en Groningen, J.B. Wolters, pp. 1-180 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
Conservation
Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Burton, R.W. 1951 Game sanctuaries in Burma (pre-1942) with present status of rhinoceros and thamin. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49 (4): 729-737, pls. 1-2 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| may not survive the present century |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Badak Sumbu |
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| Burton, R.W. 1951 Game sanctuaries in Burma (pre-1942) with present status of rhinoceros and thamin. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49 (4): 729-737, pls. 1-2 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Pidoung [sic] Sanctuary in the Myitkyina Forest Division of Upper Burma. The area notified by the Government of Burma as the sanctuary comprises 260 square miles of forest country. There are hills and valleys, thick evergreen forests and more open jungle; while north of the railway station are ... |
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| Burton, R.W. 1951 Game sanctuaries in Burma (pre-1942) with present status of rhinoceros and thamin. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49 (4): 729-737, pls. 1-2 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
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| virtually extinct |
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| Burgess, P.F. 1951 A possible record of the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros in Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (3): 163 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Malaysia. Licuala sp. (Palm) |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Javan Rhino
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| The belief that R. sondaicus is found only in low-lying swampy country is contradicted by S. H. Prater who states that this species has been recorded at heights up to 7,000 feet above sea level. I have received reports of unusually large tracks in Malaya up to 4,000 feet. Similar feeding habits ... |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| Malaya. The presence of a single horn. This alone is not a sure guide for the field observer as the posterior horn in R. sumatrensis is often little more than a thickening of the skin on the nose and impossible to observe accurately in jungle. |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Some years ago when the Vernay Expedition was looking for Rhinoceros sondaicus in Lower Perak, tracks, which to the best of my recollection measured 20.5 cm, proved to be those of a very old and unusually large specimen of Rhinoceros sumatrensis. A track of 23 cm. or over, measured on firm level ... |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Some years before the war, the late T. R. Hubback expressed the opinion that R. sondaicus was approaching extinction in Malaya, with possibly one or two isolated individuals surviving which could not propogate the species. He also held the belief that this species penetrated into the Malay Penins... |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The information contained in Mr F. P. Burgess' letter [This Journal, p. 163, March 1951] is more valuable than he may believe. Up to date knowledge of the distribution of Rhinoceros is meagre and all first hand information is most useful not only in itself, but as narrowing the field when long ov... |
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| Anonymous 1951 Nature notes from King George V National Park. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (1): 201-203 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| King George V NP. Old spoor of two-horned rhino were observed on the hills above and to the east of Gua Siput, and there are old wallows along the path from Kuala Tahan to Batu Lompak. |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 King George V National Park, Malaya: nature notes for 1950. Oryx 1: 228-232 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Definite evidence of the continued presence of rhinoceros in the area has been obtained for the first time since the liberation. The position of these animals is to say the least precarious and this evidence is most gratifying and encouraging particularly as rhinoceros are great travellers and f... |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
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| Malaya. The presence of a single horn. This alone is not a sure guide for the field observer as the posterior horn in R. sumatrensis is often little more than a thickening of the skin on the nose and impossible to observe accurately in jungle. |
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| Burgess, P.F. 1951 A possible record of the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros in Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (3): 163 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Malaysia. Licuala sp. (Palm) |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Horn
Javan Rhino
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| Malaya. The presence of a single horn. This alone is not a sure guide for the field observer as the posterior horn in R. sumatrensis is often little more than a thickening of the skin on the nose and impossible to observe accurately in jungle. |
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| Burgess, P.F. 1951 A possible record of the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros in Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (3): 163 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Malaysia, Sungei Seduli, 1949. Burgess (1951) saw rhino tracks, and three piles of palas leaves, each pile about 2 ft. by 5 ft. and 1 ? ft. high. The palas (a small palm of the genus Licuala) had been chewed off about 2 feet above the ground. |
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| Burgess, P.F. 1951 A possible record of the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros in Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (3): 163 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Malaysia, Sungei Seduli, 1949. Burgess (1951) saw rhino tracks, and three piles of palas leaves, each pile about 2 ft. by 5 ft. and 1 ? ft. high. The palas (a small palm of the genus Licuala) had been chewed off about 2 feet above the ground. |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Horn
Sumatran Rhino
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| Malaya. The presence of a single horn. This alone is not a sure guide for the field observer as the posterior horn in R. sumatrensis is often little more than a thickening of the skin on the nose and impossible to observe accurately in jungle. |
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| Burgess, P.F. 1951 A possible record of the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros in Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (3): 163 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| sees tracks in Malaysia at least 9 inches across. |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 Rhinoceroses. Malayan Nature Journal 5: 191-193 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| The belief that R. sondaicus is found only in low-lying swampy country is contradicted by S. H. Prater who states that this species has been recorded at heights up to 7,000 feet above sea level. I have received reports of unusually large tracks in Malaya up to 4,000 feet. Similar feeding habits ... |
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| Delsman, H.C. 1951 Dierenleven in Indonesie. s Gravenhage en Bandung, W. van Hoeve, pp. 1-348 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Demmer, Heinrich 1951 How to capture a ton of rhinoceros. Picture Post, Hulton's National Weekly 52 (3), 21 July 1951: 18-19, figs. 1-3 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Fetherstonhaugh, A.H. 1951 King George V National Park. Nature Notes (Game Department, Federation of Malaya) 1951: 1-5 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hooijer, D.A.; Colbert, E.H. 1951 A note on the plio-pleistocene boundary in the Siwalik series of India and in Java. American Journal of Science (249) July: 533-538 |
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Asia - South East Asia
Taxonomy
Fossil
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| No details available yet |
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| Piazzini, G. 1950 Expeditie Apokajan: naar waranen en dajaks. Amsterdam, Holland, pp. 1-223 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Punans used to hunt the rhinoceros and trade with the Dajaks and then the Chinese. When the first rifles reached the interior of Borneo, the Dajaks no longer needed the Punans to hunt the rhinoceros: they could shoot them themselves. In a few years, the rhinoceros was exterminated almost co... |
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| Piazzini, G. 1950 Expeditie Apokajan: naar waranen en dajaks. Amsterdam, Holland, pp. 1-223 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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| Punans in Borneo. One of the Punans told me that they were unequalled in the hunt of the rhinoceros. When hunting, they were accompanied by a group of dogs. When these had seen a rhinoceros, they would not let go until it was killed. They would follow the animal for months in the forest. The... |
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| Piazzini, G. 1950 Expeditie Apokajan: naar waranen en dajaks. Amsterdam, Holland, pp. 1-223 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Punans often remember the time when game was more plentiful. They call it `the time of the rhinoceros.' One of them told proudly that he killed 13 of them when he was young. |
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| Malaya Game Department 1950 Malayan wildlife (Game Department Report, 1949 extract). Oryx 1: 83-89, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Old spoor were observed on the hills above and to th east of Gua Siput and there are old wallows among the path from Kuala Tahan to Batu Lompat. This spoor is obviously that of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis and not Rhinoceros sondaicus, though the latter species may still be found in the north-east r... |
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| Piazzini, G. 1950 Expeditie Apokajan: naar waranen en dajaks. Amsterdam, Holland, pp. 1-223 |
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| Punans in Borneo. One of the Punans told me that they were unequalled in the hunt of the rhinoceros. Not only almost everything of the rhinoceros is eaten, but it is also a valuable article for barter. |
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| Piazzini, G. 1950 Expeditie Apokajan: naar waranen en dajaks. Amsterdam, Holland, pp. 1-223 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| Borneo. The Chinese use the rhinoceros as medicine, including its tail, hoofs, blood, horn and even the dung. |
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| Hoogerwerf, A. 1950 Indrukken uit het wildreservaat Udjung Kulon, West Java. Verslag van een reis naar het wildreservaat Udjung-Kulon (van 21 november - 9 december 1950): 30ste dienstrapport. Mededelingen van de Nederlandse Commissie voor Internationale Natuurbescherming 14: 7-93, pls. 1-5, map 1 |
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Suvatti, C. 1950 Fauna of Thailand. Bangkok, Department of Fisheries, pp. i-vi, 1-1100 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution
Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Vos, A.de; Hoogerwerf, A. 1950 Java's one-horned rhinoceros. Nature Magazine 43 (6): 297-298, 332, figs. 1-3 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 |
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The numbers, never great, were rapidly thinned out once firearms became available inland. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| There are still some in Dutch Borneo, and I saw the recent tracks of one near the top of the high pass between the Poedjoengan tributary of the Bahau and Nahkramo on the Batang Kayan in October, 1945. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Since l947 it has been fully protected, but the western side of the island can only hope to recoup its position if the small surviving stocks in North-west British North Borneo and in inner Dutch Borneo multiply or migrate. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| some |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Once abundant in the Upper Baram and Limbang, noticeably around Mt. Batu Lawi, there are now definitely none in these great areas. In 1934 Banks saw fresh tracks of one at over 6,000 feet on Mulu , but my extensive 1946 search of this area revealed no trace of rhino, though old wallows and hunte... |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| probably extinct |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1934 Banks saw fresh tracks of one at over 6,000 feet on Mulu , but my extensive 1946 search of this area revealed no trace of rhino, though old wallows and hunters' trails are still identifiable over a good deal of the interior. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Old people in some places say that at one time rhino were so unshy they would come quite close to villages, and in late 1945 one was reported at the edge of a rice-clearing on the Raya River in northern Dutch border (near the North Borneo border). |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Poaching
Sumatran Rhino
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| Prices rose, and in the 1930's the relics of a rhino were worth a fortune in steel, cloth, and shot to the uplands people. The rhino is easy to track. As it became scarcer and shier, parties followed a track for weeks on end along the ranges. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1931 Mr. Banks wrote: `There can at the moment be no fear of Rhinoceros becoming scarce for as many as 36 trophies were brought into Belaga in two years not so long ago, and I have met men who claimed to have shot over 30 in the course of their life time, but it must be evident that such a slo... |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The slaughter of the rhino has been largely the work of the indefatigable Sarawak Ibans (sea dayaks), especially those of the Rejang River, who have hunted far into Dutch territory and in violation of Dutch law. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Once abundant in the Upper Baram and Limbang, noticeably around Mt. Batu Lawi, there are now definitely none in these great areas. In 1934 Banks saw fresh tracks of one at over 6,000 feet on Mulu , but my extensive 1946 search of this area revealed no trace of rhino, though old wallows and hunte... |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Once abundant in the Upper Baram and Limbang, noticeably around Mt. Batu Lawi, there are now definitely none in these great areas. In 1934 Banks saw fresh tracks of one at over 6,000 feet on Mulu , but my extensive 1946 search of this area revealed no trace of rhino, though old wallows and hunte... |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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| Most were shot at close range with muzzle loaders, but there are several good records of Punans blow-piping them, and a man from Belawit in Dutch Borneo speared and killed one many years ago - an act immortalized in a stirring song. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| I saw a fresh track on the 5000 feet divide between the Poedjoengan and Kayan Rivers in October 1945. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In North Borneo, where full protection has long been in force, a considerable number are now believed to survive, mainly in the north-east, according to information from Mr. H.G. Keith. A single animal was reported in the Upper Padas in early 1946, and was later said to have moved back east. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Borneo. The rhino has a habit of breaking down small trees for the leaves. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Borneo. The rhino has a habit of breaking down small trees for the leaves. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| The horn is valued by the Chinese for medical and aphrodisiac purposes. |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 The large mammals of Borneo. Malayan Nature Journal 4: 70-76 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1949, Borneo, carcass value totalled $300 or more |
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| Hoogerwerf, A. 1949 Ontmoetingen met Javaanse neushoorns in het natuurpark Oedjong-Koelon (West Java): pp. 359-370, figs. 1-9
| In: Anonymous In het voetspoor van Thijsse. Wageningen, H. Veenman en zonen: pp. 1-413 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Banks, E. 1949 Bornean mammals. Kuching, Kuching Press, pp. 1-83 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Javan Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Banks, E. 1949 A naturalist in Sarawak. Kuching, Kuching Press |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Harrisson, T. 1949 Outside influences on the culture of the Kelabits of North Central Borneo. Journal of the Polynesian Society 58 (3): 91-111 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| A feature of Kelabit life is the presence both of irrigated wet padi (sawah) cultivation and of the shifting, jungle-clearing (ladang) dry method. None of the surrounding lowland and riverine peoples practises the sawah method, although over their vast area there are many suitable places. On the ... |
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| Bemmel, A.C.V.van 1949 Morituri. Chronica Naturae 105 (2): 35-44 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
Conservation
Asian Rhino Species
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| Shebbeare, E.O.; Roy, A.N. 1948 The great one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L). Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 22: 88-91, pls. 1-3 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
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| a few |
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| Coomans de Ruiter, L. 1948 Natuurbescherming in Nederlandsch-Indie. Indonesie 2: 140-162 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
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Asian Rhino Species
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| Harrisson, T. 1948 The large mammals of Borneo. Sarawak Gazette 1948 December 1: 254, 261 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hooijer, D.A. 1948 Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest from kitchen-middens of Bindjai Tamiang, North Sumatra. Geologie en Mijnbouw N.S. 10: 116-117, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution
Javan Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Moens, J.L. 1948 De eenhoorn van Skanda. Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal Land en Volkenkunde 82: 347-361, pl. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution
Javan Rhino
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| Hoogerwerf, A. 1948 Enkele waarnemingen in het natuurmonument Oedjoengkoelon in de bezettingstijd. Tectona 38 (4): 205-214 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| Junge, G.C.A. 1948 Notes on some Sumatran birds (including new subspecies Mesia argentauris rookmakeri named after H.R. Rookmaaker). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 29 (5): 311-326 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Taxonomy
Asian Rhino Species
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| George Christoffel Alexander Junge (7 August 1905 – 3 February 1962)
Junge, G.C.A., 1948. Notes on some Sumatran birds [including new subspecies Mesia argentauris rookmakeri named after H.R. Rookmaaker]. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 29 (5): 311-326
Note: Henderik Roelof Rookma... |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1933 - Fresh tracks seen, cf. Annual Report 1934 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Museums
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin, skull. Sex: Male. Locality: Burma, on the Mongmit side. Collected by: Game Warden, 1930. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| TOTAL, 21-45 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Tenasserim Peninsula, 4 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Uyu Drainage,4-8 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Kahilu and Yuzalin,2-6 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Map of Burma showing present distribution of rhinoceros |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| Few specimens of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, estimated 8-15, probably arbitrary. |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1946 - One of the Mongmit State officials said that there were 8 rhinos. Mr Lindsay-Smith, D.F.O. East Katham says that the number is reported as 15. |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Mounted head. Locality: Burma. In coll. W.F.H. Ansell, United Kingdom |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Skin, skull. Sex: Male. Locality: Burma, on the Mongmit side. Collected by: Game Warden, 1930. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
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| Official estimate remains 6. They were reported to leave the Sanctuary at times and ffed outside during the dry season, cf. Annual Report 1936 - in 1935 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Shwe-U-Daung, 5-10 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
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| 1936 - Six were accounted for, cf. Annual Report 1937 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1935 - Estimated number was 8, cf. Annual Report 1936 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1936 - Numbers below 10, no young ones reported. Locals estimate numbers between 10 and 200, cf. Annual Report 1937 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| At least three rhinoceros. Tracks of an adult were seen. The keepers saw two, and tracks of two other, of which one set was believed to have been a calf born in 1928, cf. Annual Reprt 1929-30 - in 1929 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Estimated 4 specimens in the area, cf. Annual Report 1931 - in 1930 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Four specimens estimated. The young one born in 1928 reported to be 2 ? feet in height, cf. Annual Report 1932 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| At least 6, reported by Mr Allsop, cf. Annual Report 1933 - in 1932 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Estimate 6 specimens. In July 1933 a forester reported to have seen two rhino mating, cf. Annual Report 1934 - in 1933 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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| Poaching 1928-1947. Numbers reported killed illicitly:
1929/30, 2
1930/31, 4
1931/32, 2
1932/33, 2
1935/36, 1
ca.1935, one killed in Karenni
1940, one killed in Arakan
1946, one killed in Bhamo
1946, one killed in Salween area
Total 15 killed since 1928 to 1946 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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| Poaching 1932/33, 2 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Arakan, 7-12 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1939 - Estimate 15, including 7 young. One calf was seen. Herd well established, cf. Annual Report 1940; also Tun Yin 1954c |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1938 - Estimate 12-15. Many tracks found, including a cow and calf. On the Mongmit side tracks of at least three seen. Tracks of one seen on Burma side outside sanctuary. Three rhino in the areas of the wallows. No indication of decrease, cf. Annual Report 1939 |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1937 - About five, probably more. Five wallows seen. No calves. Tracks found on hard ground measured 7 inches in diameter, cf. Annual Report 1938 |
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