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Vanishing mammals of Asia |
Author(s): |
Coolidge, H.J. |
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1964 |
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Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Zoology |
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8 |
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33-36 |
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Javan Rhino
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Horn stolen from 3 specimens. In coll. Museum Zoologicum Bogorienses, Bogor, Indonesia. |
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Asia
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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total 600 in India and Nepal |
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Asia
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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Total 100-170 in Sumatra, Borneo and Malaya. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
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20-25 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Poaching
Javan Rhino
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I recall that just after the war a notorious Chinese poacher moved in to make his fortune by killing off the rhinos in the reserve, but was, however, killed by a tiger. |
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World
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All Rhino Species
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Horn is used as aphrodisiac |
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