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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) |
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Distribution - Records |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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The Conservator of Forests, Northern Circle, in 1950-1951 estimated that there were about 5 rhinos in Nan-Ka-Za and Nan-Yoke-Chuangs unclaimed forests, Uyu drainage, Katha West Forest Division.
The writer visited Lonkhin and Hpakan, in the Jade Mines in Aug 1951. Both villages are on the bank of the Uyu River. At Hpakan the headman of Lassai Tracts said that a rhino was shot in the dense jungle near Kungsai in Nov 1949, and that a few rhinos had been shot in the past and that 3-4 specimens still exist in the area. The Lasai Chins often visit Hpakan to sell rhino horn and blood to the Chinese who work in the jade mines.
In Dec 1949, when the Deputy Commissioner, Myitkyina, was camping at Haungpa on the Chindwin River, the Lasai Duwa presented him with a rhino horn, possibly from the rhino shot in Nov 1949.
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