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Claridge, G. 1992. Sumatran rhinoceros: a new locality in Indonesia. Oryx 26 (2): 65-66, map 1.

Sumatran rhinoceros: a new locality in Indonesia

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Location Sumatra Subject Distribution Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis)

40-75

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Location Sumatra Subject Distribution Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis) Year 1936

rhino reported

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Location Sumatra Subject Distribution Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis) Year 1976

rhino reported

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Location Sumatra Subject Distribution Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis) Year 1991

1991, Survey by Asian Wetland Bureau. The signs included footprints, dung, and saplings broken off. Size of footprints indicate Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. Signs of feeding were found in two locations 7 km apart. A patrol in July 1991 had located tracks in dep mud too indistinct for identification.

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Location Sumatra Subject Distribution Species Sumatran Rhino (sumatrensis) Year 1992

The reserve is currently under threat from a proposal to build a port on the adjacent coast, a project that will involve a road across the reserve cutting off the southern third and providing access for illegal activities.

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