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| Poaching in Assam was serious in 1992 and 1993. This was due to a number of factors including political instability, inadequate intelligence funds, a cut back in funds for management in several protected areas, poor leadership in certain parks and wildlife sanctuaries, low morale of forest guar... |
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| In 1994-95, no poaching, but 4 natural deaths: one old male died from fighting, a female was killed by a tiger, one drowned in a wallow, one male died of lung congestion. |
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| During the early 1990s, rhino poaching continued at low levels in both Jaldapara and Gorumara. Illicit hunters today are mostly West Bengalis, Bangladeshi refugees (often landless) and sometimes inhabitants of Assam. Both sanctuaries are surrounded by a huge and impoverished human population, w... |
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| During the 1970s, officials raided houses surrounding Jaldapara and Gorumara and some rhino horns were found, but there were very few convictions. The methods used by poaching gangs and trading syndicates were too sophisticated for the Forest Department staff. There were at least three groups i... |
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| 1973-74, 21 |
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| 1978, 19 |
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| In 1978, a female with a calf were seen in Soni-Rupai sanctuary (not a notified protected area) by the forest staff. The location was not far from the border of West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. |
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| Reasons for reduced poaching in 1994-1995
1. Funds spent on information about poachers and middlemen around Kaziranga increased. Amount spent by Forest Dept. for intelligence operations around Kaziranga: 1991/92 $199, 1991/2 $ 279, 1992/3 $881, 1993/4 $2108, 1994/5 $1224. In 1991 4 poachers we... |
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| Poached 1994, 4 |
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| Poached 1993, 4 |
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| Poached 1992, 3 |
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| Poaching 1983, 1 |
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| Poaching 1992, 1 |
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| Poaching 1992, 1 |
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| No poaching ever occurred. The rhinos were translocated into the area in 1984-1985. |
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| Poaching 1984, 1 |
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| Poaching 1980, 2 |
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| Poaching 1978, 1 |
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| Poaching 1993, 1 |
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| 1930-1931, 50 |
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| A stray rhino passed through Matmora in early 1995 and was sighted in the Sisi-Kaighar area of Dhemaji district, north-east of Matmora. |
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| Poaching 1954-55, 1 |
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| Poaching 1981, 1 |
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| Poaching 1992, 2 |
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| Poaching 1985, 2 |
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| Poaching 1983, 1 |
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| This is a complex of ox-bow lakes, marshes and channels with elephant grass, in Sibsagar District, covering about 40 kmy (21 kmy is reserved forest). A small population was always present until the last animal was shot by poachers in April 1987. In 1993, two rhino from Kaziranga travelled to th... |
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| This area is located north-east of Guwahati city and west of the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. Rhinos in small numbers are seen regularly in the area and originate from the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 1996 Assam's Manas National Park re-opens. International Zoo News 43 (3): 174-175, fig. 1 |
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| 1995, October, the park re-opened to the public. |
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| 1994, Construction commenced on a new road in the adjoining Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan. |
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| 1989, Closed to all Indian and foreign tourists due to insecurity in the area, following a serious attack on the park's staff. People were afraid of the Bodo tribal extremists who wish more political control. |
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| Until 1995 few arrests of major traders had been made by the Indian authorities. Certain nongovernment organisations (NGOs), notably TRAFFIC India and the Wildlife Protection Society of India, have helped the government by providing information on the trading syndicates, largely through the help... |
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| This 4 kmy plantation of the Soil Conservation Department in Sonitpur district has no resident rhino population. But due to its location, just north of Kaziranga, across the Brahmaputra, rhinos are seen frequently. In November-December 1989, one rhino stayed in the area for more than a month. ... |
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| In the early 1970s, a stray rhino was spotted by the villagers in the northwestern part of the district. The site was in Sikilangso village, a Karbi (tribal) hamlet near Garampani (Umrongso). The animal apparently came from Nagaon District and had followed the Kopili river valley. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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| Until the early 1980s, some 7-8 rhinos frequented the grasslands around Matmora, in Lakhimpur district. The last rhino of the area fell to poachers in 1985. This animal was bom near Matmora and was reportedly habituated and very tame. A stray rhino passed through the area in early 1995 and was... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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| 1992: two rhinos appeared near Dhunaguri which were chased back to Kaziranga by the forest staff.
1992-93: a villager was injured in Borchapori by a rhino.
1995: In the last week of January, a lone rhino entered the Narayanpur area and travelled north up to Drupong Reserved Forest of Arunach... |
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| From 1990 to 1995, Manas lost most of its rhinos. The main reasons are serious political disturbances in the area, a lack of adequate funding and manpower, and security problems.
First, continuing since the late 1980s, there has been a break down in law and order, until very recently, due to th... |
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| Part of Kaziranga is located in this district and hence rhinos in small numbers regularly move out to the neighbouring paddy fields and tea plantations. In February 1993, a lone rhino entered a tea plantation near Ghiladari. In January 1994, one such stray animal was shot dead by poachers near ... |
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| In March 1992, two people were killed by a rhino in Kamrup District, one near Kamalpur and the other near Rangiya. The rhino then moved towards Nalbafi. |
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| One person was injured by a stray rhino in Putai village near Mathurapur in January 1979. The forest staff then chased the rhino to Diroi (Rangoli) Reserved Forest. |
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| In about March 1993, one of the rhinos from Pani-Dihing crossed the Burhi-Dihing river and entered the Dihingmukh Reserved Forest of Dibrugarh district. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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| Located near Kaziranga, towards the south-west, this reserved forest is located mostly on the hills with a patch of flat land towards the north-east (34 kmy in area). Stray rhinos regularly move to the area from Kaziranga. The flat land, which is suitable for a resident rhino population, is heav... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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| This 44 kmy grassy tract is located just north of Laokhowa, in Sonitpur District. Until 1983, this formed an important rhino habitat together with Laohowa. Since 1983, stray rhinos have appeared regularly, mostly from Kaziranga NP. In 1989, the author found a lone animal. At present, 3-4 rhin... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Edwards, J. 1996 London Zoo from old photographs 1852-1914. London, Edwards, pp. 1-244 |
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| London Zoo. Male 'Tom' presented on Christmas day 1886 by the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, who had probably shot the rhino's mother. Between 1871 and 1902, a total of 207 rhinos were slaughtered by the maharajah and his guests, five of them in a single morning in 1886. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Edwards, J. 1996 London Zoo from old photographs 1852-1914. London, Edwards, pp. 1-244 |
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| only 10 in British India. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 The importance of park budgets, intelligence networks and competent management for succesful conservation of the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Pachyderm 22: 10-17, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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| three animals wandered out of Bardia, Nepal into India. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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| In December 1983 and January 1984, a lone rhino travelled from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary to near Nalbari town. Then it moved south-west and crossed the Brahmaputra river. The author observed the animal near Nagarbera, Kamrup district, on 23 January 1984. After that, the animal moved west and... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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| Since Kaziranga lies in the north of this district, a few rhinos often wander into the area, especially during the floods. The rhinos also climb to the hill-tops of the northernmost range of Karbi Plateau, while foraging. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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| In December 1983 and January 1984, a lone rhino travelled from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary to near Nalbari town. Then it moved south-west and crossed the Brahmaputra river. The author observed the animal near Nagarbera, Kamrup District, on 23 January 1984. After that, the animal moved west and... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 1996 Assam State Zoo supplies rhinos to West Bengal. International Zoo News 43 (7): 513-514, fig. 1 |
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| October 17, a male rhino (one of Ratul and Madhu) was moved from Gauhati Zoo in a lorry, without tranquillizer, then kept in an acclimatization enclosure for several months. Had been bought by West Bengal Govt. for IRS 650,000 ($19.000). |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 The importance of park budgets, intelligence networks and competent management for succesful conservation of the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Pachyderm 22: 10-17, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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| Size 8.5 km2, expanded in 1995 to 79.52 kmy. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 Smuggling routes for West Bengal's rhino horn and recent successes in curbing poaching. Pachyderm 21: 28-34, figs. 1-6 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| 1993 - West Bengal, Poachers are paid for each horn they obtain rather than by weight. In 1993 the price per kilo was from $640 to $896. Usually the killer, who is often the gang leader, will receive twice as much as the others. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Behaviour - Towards Man
Indian Rhino
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| Around Matmora, in Lakhimpur district. The last rhino of the area fell to poachers in 1985. This animal was bom near Matmora and was reportedly habituated and very tame. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Behaviour - Towards Man
Asian Rhino Species
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| In March 1992, two people were killed by a rhino in Kamrup District. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 The importance of park budgets, intelligence networks and competent management for succesful conservation of the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Pachyderm 22: 10-17, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Diseases - Reasons of death
Indian Rhino
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| Old male died from fighting, Gorumara, Bengal, 1994-95 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Bordoloi, C.C.; Kalita, H.C. 1996 Gross anatomical studies of nasal cavity of rhino calf (Rhinoceros unicornis). Indian Veterinary Journal 73 (April): 470-472 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Anatomy - Head
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros unicornis, Kaziranga, Assam, India (n=3). The nasal cavity extends from the nostril to the ventral margin of sella turcica. It is bounded dorsally by the basal part of the frontal bone, laterally by the lacrimal, malar, maxilla and the nasal process of the premaxilla, but ventrally b... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Indian Rhino
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| Individual animals often wander as far as about 200 km. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 Smuggling routes for West Bengal's rhino horn and recent successes in curbing poaching. Pachyderm 21: 28-34, figs. 1-6 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - West Bengal
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Asian Rhino Species
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| West Bengal. There are no records of meat being taken from a rhino. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B.; Vigne, L. 1996 Numbers of greater one-horned rhinos continue to rise. Oryx 30 (3): 163-165, figs. 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1995, India, export price stable at $9000 per kg since 1992 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 The importance of park budgets, intelligence networks and competent management for succesful conservation of the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Pachyderm 22: 10-17, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1995, Assam, Manas, $ 2555 per kilo |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 1996 Assam State Zoo supplies rhinos to West Bengal. International Zoo News 43 (7): 513-514, fig. 1 |
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Indian Rhino
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| India 1995. 1995, October 17, two male rhino (Ratul and Madhu) was moved from Gauhati Zoo to partks in West Bengal. Had been bought by West Bengal Govt. for IRS 650,000 ($19.000) each |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 Smuggling routes for West Bengal's rhino horn and recent successes in curbing poaching. Pachyderm 21: 28-34, figs. 1-6 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - West Bengal
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Asian Rhino Species
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| 1990 - West Bengal - Male reproductive organs. Poachers remove the horn and hooves; on rare occasions (such as in 1991) the male reproductive organs are removed. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 Smuggling routes for West Bengal's rhino horn and recent successes in curbing poaching. Pachyderm 21: 28-34, figs. 1-6 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - West Bengal
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Asian Rhino Species
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| 1990 - West Bengal - Hooves. Poachers remove the horn and hooves; |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 The importance of park budgets, intelligence networks and competent management for succesful conservation of the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Pachyderm 22: 10-17, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Diseases - Reasons of death
Indian Rhino
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| A male died of lung congestion, Gorumara, Bengal, 1994-95 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 Smuggling routes for West Bengal's rhino horn and recent successes in curbing poaching. Pachyderm 21: 28-34, figs. 1-6 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| In the late 1960s, in the northern part of West Bengal, there was some demand for rhino hom for use in medicines, but this had declined sharply by the early 1970s (Dey, pers. comm., 1993). |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 The importance of park budgets, intelligence networks and competent management for succesful conservation of the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Pachyderm 22: 10-17, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1995, Assam, $885 to $2556 per kilo of horn |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 The importance of park budgets, intelligence networks and competent management for succesful conservation of the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Pachyderm 22: 10-17, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Diseases - External causes
Indian Rhino
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| Female calf was killed by tiger, Gorumara, Bengal, 1994-95 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Debbarma, S. 1996 Origin and growth of Christianity in Tripura. New Delhi, Indus Publishing Co |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 The importance of park budgets, intelligence networks and competent management for succesful conservation of the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Pachyderm 22: 10-17, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Diseases - External causes
Indian Rhino
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| One drowned in wallow, Gorumara, Bengal, 1994-95. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Martin, E.B. 1996 Number of greater one-horned rhinos continue to rise. Really Rhinos 10 (3): 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | World Wildlife Fund 1996 Indian rhino threatened by poaching. Traffic USA 15 (4): 14, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Pandit, P.K.; Yadav, V.K. 1996 Management of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. Tiger Paper 23 (4): 1-5, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - West Bengal
Distribution
Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Vigne, L. 1996 Rhino in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. Pachyderm 21: frontcover |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Distribution
Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Heckel, J.O. 1996 Zahl der Panzernashorner nimmt zu!?. Mitteilungen der Zoologische Gesellschaft fur Arten- und Populationsschutz 12 (2): 19, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution
Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Norman, K.R. 1996 Solitary as rhinoceros horn. Buddhist Studies Review 13 (2): 133-142 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
History
Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1996 Threats of the rhino horn trade to the species in India. CBI Bulletin (Central Bureau of Investigation) 4 (2): 29-34 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Trade
Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Ghosh, D.K. 1996 Crop depredation around Jaldapara Sanctuary by Rhinoceros unicornis an indicative trend. Indian Forester 122 (10): 884-896 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Ecology
Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1996 229 rhinos die at Kaziranga. Times of India 30 December 1996 |
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Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Pratihar, S.; Chakraborty, S. 1996 An account of the mammalian fauna of Gorumara National Park, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 95 (3-4): 229-241 |
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Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Choudhury, A. 1996 Leaflet for Rhino Foundation of Nature in North-East India. Guwahati: pp. 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Conservation
Asian Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Bautze, J.K. 1996 The royal murals in Rajasthan: art in peril. In: Silk & Stone: The Art of Asia (The Hali Annual. 3), London, pp. 24-31 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
History
Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1920's, 200, including Patlakhawa reserve, later appended to Jaldapara. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Talukdar, B.K. 1995 Rhino poaching in Orang Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam (India). Journal of Nature Conservation 7 (1): 1-6, tables 1-4 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| The Rhinoceros unicornis once had a wide distribution throughout the northern India from Peshawar in the west to Myitkina (Burma) in the east. The remains of Rhinoceros unicornis were also discovered from Gujarat. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1976, Declared national park, Area 8.52 kmy. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1993, Area extended to 9.6 kmy |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Groves, C.P. 1995 Why the Cat Loc (Vietnam) rhinos are Javan. Asian Rhinos 2: 8-9, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Partial skeleton. Locality: Lam Dong (found dead). In coll. Ministry of Forestry, Hanoi, Vietnam |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| Area was 100.98 kmy |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1920-30, most rhinos lost due to hunting, habitat loss and flood damage, at least 100 died. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 80 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Foose, T.J.; Strien, N.J. van 1995 Asian Rhino Specialist Group activities. Asian Rhinos 1: 2-6 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| Pobitora, 56 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Foose, T.J.; Strien, N.J. van 1995 Asian Rhino Specialist Group activities. Asian Rhinos 1: 2-6 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| Manas, 60 ? |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Molur, S.; Sukumar, R.; Seal, U.S.; Walker, S. 1995 Report: Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) Workshop, Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, Jaldapara, 1993. Coimbatore, CBSG India |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1992, April, 33 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Molur, S.; Sukumar, R.; Seal, U.S.; Walker, S. 1995 Report: Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) Workshop, Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, Jaldapara, 1993. Coimbatore, CBSG India |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1993, 34 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1993, 34 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poached 1994, 2 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poaching 1992, 1 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Molur, S.; Sukumar, R.; Seal, U.S.; Walker, S. 1995 Report: Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) Workshop, Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, Jaldapara, 1993. Coimbatore, CBSG India |
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Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poaching 1991-1993, 3 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Menon, V. 1995 Under siege: poaching and protection of greater one-horned rhinoceroses in India. Delhi, Traffic India, pp. i-iv, 1-114 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poaching 1993, 1 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Molur, S.; Sukumar, R.; Seal, U.S.; Walker, S. 1995 Report: Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) Workshop, Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, Jaldapara, 1993. Coimbatore, CBSG India |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| Laokhowa, nil |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Molur, S.; Sukumar, R.; Seal, U.S.; Walker, S. 1995 Report: Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) Workshop, Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, Jaldapara, 1993. Coimbatore, CBSG India |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| Pobitora, 56 |
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