 Reference Base  Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus... |
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Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H., 1959. Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
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Distribution - Status |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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Based on a draft report by Oliver Milton & R.D. Estes about a survey in the reserve in July and August [1959 ?] `when the monsoon was at its worst making it difficult to find, follow, and identify rhino tracks. More than half the Reserve, i.e. over 60 sq. miles, was sampled including some 25 sq. miles in which grew abundantly two sources of food particularly favoured by the rhinoceros, namely Kyansa (Toddalia aculeata) and Kyein (Calamus sp.), where the rhinoceros were expected to be found.' From all the evidence obtained, both directly and by questioning the locals, it appears that there are now only two rhinos living in this area (some believe 3) confined to the upper reaches of the streams in the remotest parts of the Reserve.
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