 | MacKinnon, J. 1974 In search of the red ape. New York, Ballantine Books, pp. i-xiv, 1-211 |
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| One of the rarest animals of the forest was the two-horned rhino, much prized for its fabled horns which are supposed to have great healing properties and act as a powerful aphrodisiac. At the turn of the century the rhino was not uncommon in the Segama area and they were often hunted by Dusuns w... |
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| Sandilands, B. 1974 Rhino sightings in Sabah. Borneo Research Bulletin 6 (2): 56 |
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| Survey of Ulu Karamuak. Rhino evidence found in 1960. Undisturbed by logging. In 1972 surveyed the area and after a five day search in all directions, found no evidence of rhino. |
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| Borner, M. 1974 De status van de Sumatraanse neushoorn in Atjeh en op Noord-Sumatra. Panda Nieuws 10 (5): 53, fig. 1 |
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| In the forests of Torgamba the existence of Sumatran rhino is threatened by logging and cultivation. |
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| MacKinnon, J. 1974 In search of the red ape. New York, Ballantine Books, pp. i-xiv, 1-211 |
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| Only a week before Herman had found trcaks of rhinoceros a little way downstream. |
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| Borner, M. 1974 Hoe staat de Sumatraanse neushoorn in Sumatra er voor?. Panda Nieuws 10 (2): 11-12, fig. 1 |
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| The young Swiss biologist Markus Borner has been a year in Gunung Leuser and made several expeditions, 600 km on foot, 300 km in a canoe, 2000 km by car and 1260 km by plane or helicopter. The most important rhino areas can be reached on foot or by helicopter. The local hunters only know the ar... |
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| Fitter, R. 1974 Most endangered mammals: an action programme. Oryx 12 (4): 436-449, figs. 1-5, map 1 |
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| Action Proposed: 3. A captive-breeding project as a fall-back measure. |
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| Fitter, R. 1974 25 years on: a look at endangered species. Oryx 12 (3): 341-346, figs. 1-2 |
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| Actions proposed.
1. Urgent steps to safeguard an irreducible minimum of the rain forests of south-east Asia, perhaps by setting up more national parks.
2. An expedition to the Burma-India frontier to determine the species to be found on the Burmese side of that frontier, which could be any o... |
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| Fitter, R. 1974 Most endangered mammals: an action programme. Oryx 12 (4): 436-449, figs. 1-5, map 1 |
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| It occurs or is believed to occur in eight or nine reserves es in Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Sabah, but like many other jungle species of this region, its future is tied to that of the rapidly diminishing rain forest. The malaysian reserves in particular are under great pressure. Another im... |
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| Borner, M. 1974 Project 884: Sumatran rhinoceros - conservation. WWF Yearbook 1973-1974: 178-180 |
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| Boylan, P.J.; Green, M. 1974 Request for the suppression of Didermocerus Brookes, 1828 (Mammalia). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 31 (3): 135-139 |
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| Second application to suppress Didermocerus. In 1967, one of us expressed concern that the names Didermocerus Brookes, 1828 and Dicerorhinus Gloger, 1841 were both in current use for a genus of rhinoceros (Boylan 1967, Proc. Yorks. Geol. Soc. 36 : 115-125). At the same time the Commission wa... |
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