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Historical distribution of Rhinoceros unicornis

Rookmaaker MAP 35 UNICORNIS historical

Map showing the Historical distribution of Rhinoceros unicornis. Incorporating records from around 1500 CE to present.

The single record in South Pakistan on the Indus River dates from 1333.

Map published in Rookmaaker, L.C., 2024. The rhinoceros of South Asia. Leiden, Brill, p. 715, map. 65.36. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004691544_066.

© L.C. Rookmaaker. Map design by Ajay Karthick and Richard Kees. – Chapter is published as Open access under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

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