It was not until after the Great War that the authorities in Burma first realized the very precarious position which sondaicus had reached. I think I am correct in saying that it was Mr. Hubback, when he came over from Malaya in 1921 to shoot a sondaicus for the British Museum, who first drew attention to the fact that Rhinoceros sondaicus was practically extinct. Mr. Hubback eventually shot a cow, but during his expedition through the forests of Tenasserim in Lower Burma, he discovered that these forests, which up to that time had been considered a stronghold for sondaicus, contained practically no more Rhino. Subsequently searches organized by the Forest Department confirmed the opinion that the species was in a bad way. No definite evidence was obtained during these searches to show that any sondaicus existed in the Tenasserim forests.
In 1927, however, information was received that a few Rhinoceros, the description of which suggested that the species was sondaicus, inhabited an area in the Lower Salween, the small Kahilu reserved forest being their main haunt.
Burma, Kahilu Reserve. From the tracks which he measured, he formed the opinion that there were two Rhino at least which were considerably larger than any Rhinoceros sumatrensis which he had come across. In the Shwe-u-daung Sanctuary, which contains Rhinoceros sumatrensis, he had measured tracks, the largest of which was 7 ? in. across. In Kahilu he found and measured two tracks, one of which measured 8 ? in. and the other slightly under 9 in.
In the Shwe-u-daung Sanctuary, which contains Rhinoceros sumatrensis, he had measured tracks, the largest of which was 7 ? in. across. In Kahilu he found and measured two tracks, one of which measured 8 ? in. and the other slightly under 9 in.
As regards numbers in Kahilu, he concluded that there were undoubtedly five Rhino and probably seven, consisting of six animals which usually go about in pairs and a smaller animal which appears to go about singly. Some doubt existed regarding one of the pairs, which although found in a different part of the sanctuary to that occupied by the others, might still have been a pair which had moved across the sanctuary during his visit.
From the tracks which he measured, he formed the opinion that there were two Rhino at least which were considerably larger than any Rhinoceros sumatrensis which he had come across. In the Shwe-u-daung Sanctuary, which contains Rhinoceros sumatrensis, he had measured tracks, the largest of which was 7 ? in. across. In Kahilu he found and measured two tracks, one of which measured 8 ? in. and the other slightly under 9 in.
