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Reference Base Alarm call for Great Indian rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) |
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Title: |
Alarm call for Great Indian rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) |
Author(s): |
Baidya, K.N. |
Year published: |
1982 |
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Tiger Paper |
Volume: |
9 (2) |
Pages: |
6-7, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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The Indian Wildlife authorities believe that the Javan one-homed lesser rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) became extinct by 1900 and its other counterpart the Sumatran two-horned rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) by 1935. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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Though scientists say that there are no aphrodisiacal Properties in the rhino horn, poaching continues. Kaziranga Sanctuary officials admitted that 40 rhinos had been killed during the year 1981. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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The recent rhino population estimate shows that there are about 1,200 animals in India, and some 960 of them are in Kaziranga alone. Reflecting back, Kaziranga was established as a Sanctuary in 1908, at which time there were about a dozen rhinos in the reserve. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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The Government of India's recent plan to translocate a few great Indian rhinos to some other potentially suitable habitat, has caused controversy in North-Eastem Assam State.
The great Indian one-homed rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), an animal once at the point of extinction, is still a major... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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In spite of the enforcement of a tough antipoaching law (Indian Wildlife Act, 1972) this magnificent animal is still under severe threat for its horn. The single horn when fully developed may weigh up to 1.5 kg. and can reach 12 in. in length. It is believed that when in powder form, the horn h... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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In spite of the enforcement of a tough antipoaching law (Indian Wildlife Act, 1972) this magnificent animal is still under severe threat for its horn. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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The experiment to translocate rhinos into Dudhwa National Park is expected to take place next winter and this could perhaps be the starting point of similar projects involving other endangered Indian species. |
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World
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All Rhino Species
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In spite of the enforcement of a tough antipoaching law (Indian Wildlife Act, 1972) this magnificent animal is still under severe threat for its horn. The single horn when fully developed may weigh up to 1.5 kg. and can reach 12 in. in length. It is believed that when in powder form, the horn h... |
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