Ansell, W.F.H., 1947. A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1
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A widespread belief throughout the East in the aphrodisiac properties of rhinoceros horn, especially among the Chinese has been the primary cause of the great dimunition in numbers of all the species in Asia.
The Hindus are said among others to cherish a belief in the potency of rhinoceros horn as an aphrodisiac.
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A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma
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