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Burnett, J.H. 1958. The Manas – Assam’s unknown wild life sanctuary. Oryx 4 (5): 322-325.

The Manas – Assam’s unknown wild life sanctuary

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

1957, 20

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Location India Subject Distribution Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis) Year 1949

45, District Forest Officer and Range Officer

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Location India Subject Distribution Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis) Year 1958

Map of N.E.India showing Assam and its sanctuaries.

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

Tigers take their toll of calves and there are stories, some of the most sanguinary nature, of desperate battles between a rhino mother and, on one occasion, two tigers

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Location India Subject Distribution Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis) Year 1958

The rhino and its wallow are inseparable.

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