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Reference Base  The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in A... |
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| Title: |
The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India |
| Author(s): |
Choudhury, A. |
| Year published: |
1996 |
| Journal: |
Pachyderm |
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22 |
| Pages: |
7-9, map 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1985-1987: Two rhinos were reported from the Bebejia area of Dhakuakhana.
1987-1988: these travelled eastwards but no further report was received of their whereabouts.
1986: a female with a grown calf came to Pabha Reserved Forest and travelled north-east to
reach Dulung Reserved Forest from ... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| In 1978, a female with a calf were seen in Soni-Rupai sanctuary (not a notified protected area) by the forest staff. The location was not far from the border of West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| A stray rhino passed through Matmora in early 1995 and was sighted in the Sisi-Kaighar area of Dhemaji district, north-east of Matmora. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| This is a complex of ox-bow lakes, marshes and channels with elephant grass, in Sibsagar District, covering about 40 kmy (21 kmy is reserved forest). A small population was always present until the last animal was shot by poachers in April 1987. In 1993, two rhino from Kaziranga travelled to th... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| This area is located north-east of Guwahati city and west of the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. Rhinos in small numbers are seen regularly in the area and originate from the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| This 4 kmy plantation of the Soil Conservation Department in Sonitpur district has no resident rhino population. But due to its location, just north of Kaziranga, across the Brahmaputra, rhinos are seen frequently. In November-December 1989, one rhino stayed in the area for more than a month. ... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| In the early 1970s, a stray rhino was spotted by the villagers in the northwestern part of the district. The site was in Sikilangso village, a Karbi (tribal) hamlet near Garampani (Umrongso). The animal apparently came from Nagaon District and had followed the Kopili river valley. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Until the early 1980s, some 7-8 rhinos frequented the grasslands around Matmora, in Lakhimpur district. The last rhino of the area fell to poachers in 1985. This animal was bom near Matmora and was reportedly habituated and very tame. A stray rhino passed through the area in early 1995 and was... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| 1992: two rhinos appeared near Dhunaguri which were chased back to Kaziranga by the forest staff.
1992-93: a villager was injured in Borchapori by a rhino.
1995: In the last week of January, a lone rhino entered the Narayanpur area and travelled north up to Drupong Reserved Forest of Arunach... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Part of Kaziranga is located in this district and hence rhinos in small numbers regularly move out to the neighbouring paddy fields and tea plantations. In February 1993, a lone rhino entered a tea plantation near Ghiladari. In January 1994, one such stray animal was shot dead by poachers near ... |
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