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Reference Base  A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burm... |
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A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953) |
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Tun Yin, U |
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1954 |
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
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52 (1) |
| Pages: |
83-87 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1954. No more than 2-3 in the sanctuary. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Javan Rhino
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| In 1948 rhino were reported seen occasionally. The area has been under occupation of Karen insurgents and no report has been received since. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| In the Annual report on Game Preservation in Burma for year ending 31 March 1940, it is stated that the Divisional Forest Officer, Tharrawaddy Division (U Aung Din), found fresh rhino tracks on Sanwingan Hill. A Karen forester informed me that in 1952 there are two rhino surviving in the Zamayi ... |
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. In 1939-40 the Game Warden (F.J. Mustell) received information that a Rhinoceros with calf was seen by Karen villagers in their taungyas at the foot of the Kyaiktyo Hill. The villagers' descriptions closely corresponds with the Javan Rhino. These two animals were reported... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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| The Conservator of Forests, Northern Circle, in 1950-1951 estimated that there were about 5 rhinos in Nan-Ka-Za and Nan-Yoke-Chuangs unclaimed forests, Uyu drainage, Katha West Forest Division.
The writer visited Lonkhin and Hpakan, in the Jade Mines in Aug 1951. Both villages are on the bank o... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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| A rhino was shot in early 1946. The rhino was first seen in the Kauk-Kwa valley, crossed the Irawaddy river, Wilatha Hills, the Taping River and was eventually shot in the Maubin Tract by the Shans. Other accounts disclosed two facts: (1) the rhino was not a wanderer from Shwe U Daung; (2) A rh... |
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| Annual report on Forest Administration for year ending 31 Sep 1951, the Conservator of Forests, Maritime Circle, merely mentions that rhino are reported to exist in the unclassed forests, Victoria Point Range. The writer has not been able to obtain information from the area.
It is doubtful if a... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The locations mentioned by Peacock are not clear. When the writer visited Putao in Dec 1951, he was informed of a Dicerorhinus sumatrensis shot by a Lishu hunter on Mansi Likun Hills in 1943. The Manse Sawbwa received the posterior horn and some dried blood. Mr Sanhta Seng estimated 4-6 specime... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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| Correction of Ansell: Mt Mulayit is in Ataran Forest Division, Amherst Division. |
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| Thiri Pyanchi U Son Nein, M.p. for Chin Hills, wrote in Sep 1953 that he saw fresh tracks of a rhino on Lontin Hill between Matupi and Kanpetlet, and that a villager from Paletwa saw a rhino in Bigon forests between Matupi and Paletwa in May 1953. If not identical, this area probably adjoins the... |
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