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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
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Distribution - Status |
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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 written; and yet now, after a lapse of just a century, this species of rhino is so scarce that one could almost count the surviving individuals on one's fingers. It has become, without doubt, one of the rarest large mammals in the world. A rough and reasonable estimate of the possible grand total of rhinoceros existing in Burma is:
Shwe U Daung, 5
Arakan, 6
Pegu Yomas, 5
Kahilu, 3
Uyu drainage, 5
Tenasserim, 5
Other areas, 7
Total 36
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Burma rhino
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