Tun Yin, U, 1956. Rhinoceros in the Kachin State. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 (4): 692-694
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
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Distribution - Status |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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The Assistent Resident of Kamaing submitted in November 1955 a copy of a report dated October 1955 from the Kayang-Ok Hpakan (Kayang-Ok is a petty officer in charge of a circle, which comprises an average of six village tracts). The gist of the report is as follows:
(a) There are rhinos in Kan Taik Bum, Wantuk Bum, Bum Chyang Bum, Hpala Mung Bum, Bundaw Bum.
(b) the minimum estimated number is about thirty.
The writer has previously estimated the number of rhinos in the Lasai Tract as from 3 to 4 specimens. See JBNHS 52 (1), April 1954, p. 85. The writer therefore enquired of the Assistent Resident Kamaing whether the number 30 as estimated by the Kayang-Ok was not high. The Assistent Resident replied in February 1956:
(1) The estimate is reasonable;
(2) The rhinos in the area are the Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros;
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Rhinoceros in the Kachin State
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