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Reference Base  The Sumatran rhinoceros in Kalimantan, Indonesia: its pos... |
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The Sumatran rhinoceros in Kalimantan, Indonesia: its possible distribution and conservation prospects |
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Meijaard, E. |
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1996 |
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Pachyderm |
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21 |
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15-23, map 1 |
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Asia
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| World population estimated between 400 and 550 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Tracks in Banamuda Area in East-Kalimantan. After a survey was conducted in this area in 1980 and no signs of rhino were found, it was concluded that there was no viable rhino population (cf. Van der Zon 1977 and Cockburn & Sumardja 1978). |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| On the border between Indonesia and Malaysia, Indonesian army field surveyors saw tracks of rhinos in the area up from Ulu Bahau (E 115.62 N 3.45). |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhino sightings reported around Muara Teweh. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhino sightings reported. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Localities mentioned in a survey 1994/95. Kalimantan |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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| It was reported that Sarawak hunters regularly crossed the border with Indonesia to hunt rhinos in the upper Kayan or upper Mahakam area, , cf. Van Strien 1985. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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| Tracks of two animals in the mountainous parts of E.Kalimantan, cf. Pfeffer 1958. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| In 1986, an informant from the Dayak Uma tribe in Batu Majang (Long Bagun) clearly identified rhino tracks and droppings in a pass between lime stone rocks on G. Batuajau (E 114.82 N 0.80). A few rhinos may still roam the mountains between Central and East Kalimantan, and between Central and Wes... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| S. Irun, south-east of the Apo Kayan area, Kalimantan. In the Ulu S. Irun (E 115.25 N 1.72) rhinoceros droppings of one animal were found in 1995 by a WWF fieldworker. According to the local people in that area rhinos were occasionally encountered, and also in the same area an army helicopter p... |
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