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Reference Base  Alarming status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (Rhinocero... |
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| Title: |
Alarming status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) |
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Baidya, K.N. |
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1983 |
| Journal: |
Environmental Conservation |
| Volume: |
9 (4) |
| Pages: |
346-347, figs. 1-2 |
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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. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 960 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Maps
Asian Rhino Species
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| sketch map of current distribution. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Returning to the political issue: the Assam protesters argue that the scheme to remove the Rhino is designed to strip their State gradually of an important tourist attraction. Indeed a section of militant students, in their recent protest note to the Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi, claimed th... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| The translocation experiment of Rhinos to Dudhwa was expected to commence by this winter (late 1982), and this could perhaps be the starting point of similar projects involving other endangered Indian species. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| It is believed that, when powdered, rhino horn has high aphrodisiac potential, and so it is much valued by some--particularly mongoloid-groups of Asiatic peoples (Gee, 1964), while North Yemeni tribesmen take pride in carrying daggers with decorative handles made of rhino horn (World Wildlife Fun... |
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| It is believed that, when powdered, rhino horn has high aphrodisiac potential, and so it is much valued by some--particularly mongoloid-groups of Asiatic peoples (Gee, 1964), while North Yemeni tribesmen take pride in carrying daggers with decorative handles made of rhino horn (World Wildlife Fun... |
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