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| Title: |
A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma |
| Author(s): |
Ansell, W.F.H. |
| Year published: |
1947 |
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
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47 (2) |
| Pages: |
249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Lawon |
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World
Value
All Rhino Species
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| A widespread belief throughout the East in the aphrodisiac properties of rhinoceros horn, especially among the Chinese has been the primary cause of the great dimunition in numbers of all the species in Asia.
The Hindus are said among others to cherish a belief in the potency of rhinoceros horn ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| cf. Annual Report 1936. 1935 - Rhinoceros prefer the dense jungle on the Shan States (Mongmit) side of the Sanctuary, there were several wallows there. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, the form inhabiting the Sanctuary |
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Reproduction
Sumatran Rhino
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| one at a time |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Estimated 8 by head keeper, not verified, cf. Annual Report 1935 - in 1934 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| One calf born in year ending March 1938. Total number 7, being 2 male, 4 female and 1 male calf. Rhino occasionally leave sanctuary and visit salt licks outside, cf. Annual Report 1938 - in 1937 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Originally constituted for the protection of Rhinoceros sondaicus, but investigations in 1938/39 cast doubt upon their existence. Previously two Rangers were employed to look after this sanctuary |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| 1939/40, a specimen was identified as Dicerorhinus sumatrensis cf. Annual Report 1940 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| 1928, calf born, cf. Annual Report 1932. |
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A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma
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