1948, 60
a few
The Sumatra, or Java, species is found in the Chittagong forests.
before 1930, ca.80.
In 1930 and 1931, a number of Mechis (also known as Boros) came over from the Goalpara district of Assam to join the local Mechis, and between them, during those two years, they murdered about 50 rhino. In 1933, T.V. Dent collected about 50 skulls.
1948, very few are poached
Sanctuary about 39 sq. miles in extent, being boiunded on the North by the Madarihat-Nilpara road, on the East by the Nilpara-Chilapatta road and on the South and West by the forest boundaries.
In 1932, thanks to the representations of E.O. Shebbeare, the Rhinoceros Preservation Act [of Bengal] came into being and jaldapara was declared a special reserve for the preservation of the rhinoceros.
Cow give birth to one calf every three years.
Hairless.
The horn is never used for rootling and it is difficult to estimate its purpose as Shebbeare says that the only man he has ever known to be attacked by a rhino showed marks clearly made by the incisors of the lower jaw on his posterior.
Burmese Rhinoceros
Both sexes have heavy folds of skin on the shoulders, flanks and knees which at a distance, give them that well known armour-plated appearance.
Food consists of tall grasses, water hyacinth, and other aquatic plants and their roots. It is also very fond of maize and rice and can do considerable amount of damage to these crops just before they ripen.
Hairy Rhinoceros
Girth of large bull about 11 feet behind.
He is much faster than an elephant over short distances and moves noticeably faster than an elephant in shallow water. The rhino gallops like a horse and is not restroicted to the fast walk of an elephant as his hindlegs are 'hock' jointed and not similar to those of that animal.
Horn about 8-16 inches long, a record for Assam is 24 inches. Horn of cow is somewhat smaller.
1948, India, IRS 2 per bottle
Food consists of tall grasses, water hyacinth, and other aquatic plants and their roots. It is also very fond of maize and rice and can do considerable amount of damage to these crops just before they ripen.
Hairless.
They are apparently monogamous and pair off for life but this needs further investigation.
He is not afraid of elephants but does not like them to approach nearer than about 25 yards.
1948, India, dried skin, IRS 1 per pound
Calves are generally born in the spring.
Both sexes have heavy folds of skin on the shoulders, flanks and knees which at a distance, give them that well known armour-plated appearance.
1948, India, IRS 2 a bottle
Tiger is natural enemy. A rhino calf has been seen which was badly mauled by tiger.
The horn is never used for rootling and it is difficult to estimate its purpose as Shebbeare says that the only man he has ever known to be attacked by a rhino showed marks clearly made by the incisors of the lower jaw on his posterior.
All rhinos have the peculiar habit of depositing their dung in the same place daily for many days and of walking backwards to this spot for the last few yards. This habit is well known to poachers.
horn often extinct in the female.
Rhino dislikes intense heat and is worried by flies and leeches. He lies up in thick forest during the heat of the day, generally in pools under deep shade or in muddy wallows.
The rhinoceros is held in great sanctity by all Hindus living in Northern India.
Horn is used as aphrodisiac
Gestation period 18 months
1948, India, market value about IRS 25 per ounce, and a good horn weighs over 60 ounces
R. unicornis the fold immediately behind the neck does not show a continuous ridge to the other side of the animal whereas in sondaicus it does. There is little difference in height, sondaicus being a few inches smaller at the shoulder, the horn smaller and often extinct in the female.
Horn is valued as an antidote for various poisons, including opium.
1948, India, dried skin, IRS 1 per pound
A large bull is about 10 feet long.
