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Smythies, E.A. 1942. Big game shooting in Nepal (with leaves from the Maharaja’s sporting diary). Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co. pp. i-xii, 1-174.

Big game shooting in Nepal (with leaves from the Maharaja’s sporting diary)

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Location Nepal Subject Distribution Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

300-400

Note
Location Nepal Subject Distribution Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis) Year 1942

King George V shot a young rhino in 1911. The prince of Wales shot a rhino calf in 1921.

Note
Location Nepal Subject Distribution Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis) Year 1942

Rhino hunting is confined to the Chitawan area in the Rapti Valley and near the Gandak River.

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