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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)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| 1939, calf seen by Karens at the foot of the Kyaikto hill, on the border of Thaton and Pegu districts, possibly Rhinoceros sondaicus, cf. Annual Report 1940). |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The Shwe-U-Daung Sanctuary lies in East Katha and Mongmit State. It is 81 square miles in extent. It is high mountainous country with plenty of dense cover favoured by Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. Rhinoceros are found mostly on the Mongmit side of the border. The rhinoceros occasionally wander ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Names in vernacular
Javan Rhino
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| Kyanesin |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Taxonomy
Asian Rhino Species
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| Salween Pigmy Rhinoceros. In the Game Warden's report of 1938 there is a reference to the supposed existence of a pygmy species of rhinoceros in the north of the Salween district [Burma]. A tooth found some years ago was said to resemble a wild boar tush, but was triangular in shape at the base... |
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World
Taxonomy
Javan Rhino
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| Skin not tubercular. Throat folds less heavy; shoulder folds joining on neck to form anterior nape fold; size smaller. Horns in females small or absent. |
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Europe
Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Hairy Rhinoceros |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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| Myanmar, Kahilu Sanctuary, 1933. Reported to be fond of eating chillie crops and doing a little damage in the fields (Ansell 1947, cf. Annual Report 1934). |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Weight 2000 lbs, type of lasiotis, cf. Anderson |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| 5,000 feet, in Shwe-U-Daung, Myanmar, 1929 (Ansell 1947, cf. Annual Reprt 1929-30) |
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Asia
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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| Mainly if not exclusively dense hill forests. |
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A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma
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