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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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| Ulu Selama, Bintang Hijau Forest Reserve. This reserve is virgin forest. The core area was between two salt licks, Sira Kemian near Sg. Selama and Sira Rimau near Sg. Rimau. Both salt licks were located near river banks and both were sulphur hot springs. Rhino tracks were observed near the tw... |
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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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| For short term protection, all known rhino areas should be monitored regularly to determine population trend especially recruitment rate. For long term protective measure, translocation from low or insecure habitat to sanctuaries whcih contain viable breeding population, suitbale habitat and goo... |
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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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| Field work in different areas. Kuala Tahan area. Included the surrounding Ulu Tekah, Ulu Dayang and Ulu Yong area. A pair of rhino was seen by an aborigines near Ulu Sg. Dayang and Ulu tekah in November 1982. According to him, one was a male, the other a female. They could be mating. A part... |
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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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| Ulu Trengganu. The area that was visited was partly accessible by boat and partly on foot. The particular area was Sg. Badak, a tributary of Sg. Kalong. The was a hill of 500m called Bukit Badak near the river. Visited in August 1982. |
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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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| Measurements of tracks in Taman Negara
Hindfoot track (cm) Central Toe
1. 20.0 / 20.0 / 20.2 / 21.0 / 21.0 / 21.0 8.0 / 8.0 / 8.0 / 9.0 / 9.0 / 9.0
2. 20.2 / 20.2 8.5 / 8.5
3. 15.0 / 15.0 / 23.0 / 22.5 / 22.0 4.5 / 4.3 / 8.5 / 9.0 / 8.8
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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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| Malaysia. Whenever fresh tracks were encountered, they were followed, taking measurements of the footprint of the hind feet. The footprints of the forefeet were not taken as they were usually trampled over by the footprints of the hindfeet. The only track that could be mistaken for a rhinocero... |
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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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| Malaysia. Whenever fresh tracks were encountered, they were followed, taking measurements of the footprint of the hind feet. The footprints of the forefeet were not taken as they were usually trampled over by the footprints of the hindfeet. The only track that could be mistaken for a rhinocero... |
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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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| Two animals at Tenggaroh, Malaysia. Height at shoulder 122 cm (female), 130 cm. |
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 | Shariff, K.M. 1983 Status and distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 91-102, figs. 1-3 |
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| Two animals at Tenggaroh, Malaysia. Length of anterior horn, 10 cm (female), 5 cm. |
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 | Flynn, R.W.; Tajuddin Abdullah, M. 1983 Distribution and number of Sumatran rhinoceros in the Endau Rompin region of peninsular Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 36 (4): 219-247, figs. 1-7, tables 1-8 |
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 | Zuber, M. 1983 A review of the status and approximate range of Sumatran rhinoceros population in Sg. Dusun game reserve and surrounding areas. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 2: 1-35 |
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 | Hubback, T. 1983 The two-horned Asiatic rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis): pp. 268-288, pls. 1-8
 | In: Daniel, J.C. A century of natural history. Bombay, Bombay Natural History Society: pp. i-xxii, 1-759 |
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 | Tajuddin Abdullah, M. 1982 Sumatran rhinoceros in Endau-Rompin and future. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 1: 19-21 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| There are game rangers for the rhino management team to patrol the Kepoh, Juaseh, Sungai jemai, Bekok, and Sungai Jasin areas periodically. However, the effectiveness of curbing encroachment of the extensive region is questionable. The forest is accessible at Kepoh, Juaseh, Sungai Jemai, Bekok ... |
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 | Tajuddin Abdullah, M. 1982 Sumatran rhinoceros in Endau-Rompin and future. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 1: 19-21 |
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| It is the region which forms the watershed between th east and west side of the country, and is the source of four rivers: Sungai Ulu Pukin flowing northwards, Sungai Segamat flowing westwards, Sungai Endau flowing eastwards, Sungai Selai flowing to the south. The forest cover in the region is o... |
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 | Tajuddin Abdullah, M. 1982 Sumatran rhinoceros in Endau-Rompin and future. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 1: 19-21 |
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| During the pre-logging period, as in Feb 1976, rhinos were found over a contiguous area from Ulu Kemapan in the north to Gunung Bekok; the areas are Upper reaches of Sungai Juaseh, Sungai Kemidak, Sungai Selai, Sungai Tenang, Sungai segamat, Sungai Pukin, Sungai Chapau, Sungai Jemai, Sungai Jekat... |
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 | Tajuddin Abdullah, M. 1982 Sumatran rhinoceros in Endau-Rompin and future. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 1: 19-21 |
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| Under the Wildlife Act of 76.1972, the rhinoceros is totally protected. The penalty for shooting, killing or wounding the animals is M$ 3000 or two years imprisonment. |
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 | Tajuddin Abdullah, M. 1982 Sumatran rhinoceros in Endau-Rompin and future. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 1: 19-21 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Malaysia. Rhinos are selective in their feeding habit. They often eat plants like Prunus sp., Ficus sp., Diospyros sp., Lasianthus sp., Macaranga sp. Fruits of cultivated and wild mangifera (macang) were also eaten. During the fruiting season in March 1979, a rhino from the Kepoh area travell... |
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 | Tajuddin Abdullah, M. 1982 Sumatran rhinoceros in Endau-Rompin and future. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 1: 19-21 |
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| Malaysia. Rhinos are selective in their feeding habit. They often eat plants like Prunus sp., Ficus sp., Diospyros sp., Lasianthus sp., Macaranga sp. Fruits of cultivated and wild mangifera (macang) were also eaten. During the fruiting season in March 1979, a rhino from the Kepoh area travell... |
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 | Flynn, R.W. 1982 Endau Rompin. WWF Yearbook 1982: 284-286 |
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 | Flynn, R.W. 1982 Where one death counts. Oryx 16 (3): 239 |
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 | Khan, M.; Elagupillay, S.T.; Zolkifi bin Zainal 1982 Species conservation priorities in the tropical rain forests of Peninsular Malaysia: pp. 9-15, figs. 1-9, tables 1-8
 | In: Mittermeier, R.A. et al. Species conservation priorities in the tropical forests of South East Asia. Proceedings of a Symposium held at the 58th Meeting of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Gland, IUCN (Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, number 1): pp. 1-58 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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 | Flynn, R.W. 1981 Distribution, ecology & conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia. Progress Report, pp. 1-33 |
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 | Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 |
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Javan Rhino
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| What was believed to be the last surviving animal in Malaya was shot for the preservation of its entire remains in a museum in America. It is possible though not very likely that the species may still exist in some of the more remote and ill-explored tracts of the Malay Peninsula. |
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 | Flynn, R.W. 1980 Endau Rompin - Sumatran rhinoceros. WWF Yearbook 1979-1980: 87-88 |
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 | Flynn, R.W. 1979 Sumatran rhinoceros - Endau Rompin. WWF Yearbook 1978-1979: 103-104 |
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 | Flynn, R.W. 1978 The Sumatran rhinoceros in the Endau-Rompin National Park of Peninsular Malaysia. Malayan Naturalist 4 (2): 5-12, figs. 1-9 |
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 | Anonymous 1978 Preserving Endau-Rompin for rhinos. Oryx 14 (4): 293 |
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 | Anonymous 1976 Sydney, Australia (Annual Report, 1974-75). International Zoo News 23 (3): 11-15, fig. 1 |
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 | Anonymous 1976 Rhino discovery in Malaysia. Oryx 13 (4): 321-322 |
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 | Harrisson, T. 1975 The rhinoceros - and mammal extinction in general. Borneo Research Bulletin 7 (2): 71-72 |
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| < 12, after 1974 enquiries in detail |
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 | Fitter, R. 1974 Most endangered mammals: an action programme. Oryx 12 (4): 436-449, figs. 1-5, map 1 |
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 | Robinson, A.M.Lewin 1973 The letters of Lady Anne Barnard to Henry Dundas from the Cape and elsewhere, 1793-1803 together with her journal of a tour into the interior and certain other letters Newly edited with an introduction and notes. Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, pp. i-xv, 1-303 |
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| Mammal fauna very poor. No rhinoceros recorded. |
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 | Khan, M. 1971 The distribution of large animals in Taman Negara. Malayan Nature Journal 24 (3/4): 125-131, pls. 41-42, map 1 |
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| minimum 3, maximum 5 |
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 | Anonymous 1971 The need for conservation of Taman Negara. Malayan Nature Journal 24 (3/4): 196-205 |
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| 3-4 isolated individuals |
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 | Khan, M. 1971 The distribution of large animals in Taman Negara. Malayan Nature Journal 24 (3/4): 125-131, pls. 41-42, map 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The Sumatran Rhino is a very rare species, and three individuals are known to exist within the boundaries of the park. Visual record of one animal crossing a river was reported by a senior game ranger in the vicinity of the Spia. It is probable that at least one other animal may exist in the va... |
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 | Anonymous 1970 Malaysia must act to save the Sumatran rhino. Malayan Nature Journal 24 (1): 1-2 |
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| A newspaper report stated that a female rhinoceros was shot dead at kampong Tasik China after it had terrorised the village. A villager, Inche ismail bin Abdullah, shot the rhino after the kampong people had chased it around the area for an hour. The rhinoceros, weighing about 300 lb. Appeared ... |
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 | Anonymous 1970 Sumatran rhinos. Animals 13 (3): 133 |
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| A RAF adventure expedition established that at least one pair of rhino was living in a 6 sq.mile area on the slopes of Combak Pukin (3500 ft.). Cecil Tajah, Chief Game Warden of Johor, confirmed the findings. It will be recommended that the area is declared a nature reserve. |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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Javan Rhino
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| In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor; the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928. |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor; |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| Badak berendam |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor; |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| Large rhinoceros tracks, possibly of this species, were reported from eastern Johore in 1949. |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor; the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928, and Telok Anson, Perak, in 1932 |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus . the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928. |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| Formerly abundant in lowland forests, e.g. the Dindings. |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| enumerates Rhinoceros sondaicus and Dicerorhinus sumatrensis subsp. niger. |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| Malaysia. The footprints of mature adults exceed 22 cm in average diameter. |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928, and Telok Anson, Perak, in 1932 . |
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 | Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 |
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| Height at shoulder 1.4 - 1.7 m |
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 | Medway, Lord 1968 Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaya. Biological Conservation 1 (1): 94 |
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| small population |
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 | Anonymous 1968 Rare rhinos studied. Animals 11 (1): 45 |
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| Minimum 3, could support larger number, cf. Strickland |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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 | Stevens, W.E. 1968 The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1 |
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| Metcalfe (1961) estimated that there were 50 Sumatran rhinoceroses remaining in Malaya, though he conceded that the actual figure might lie between 30 and 70 animals. Milton (1963), after spending a year or so studying the situation, decided that Metcalfe was reasonably correct in his estimate, ... |
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 | Medway, Lord 1968 Sumatran rhinoceros. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 49-50, pls. 9-11 |
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 | Schaurte, W.T. 1968 Threatened species of rhinoceros in tropical S.E. Asia: pp. 284-293
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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| Lord Medway (1965) reported that a small number of Sumatran rhinos survive wild in the hilly regions of north and north central Malaya and in addition a small group, including a juvenile, have lived for five years in the Ulu Bernam Forest Reserve in Selangor. The small population of rhinoceroses... |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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| Table of estimated population of rhinoceros.
Definitely known probable
Johore Nil 2
Ulu Bernam 3 4
U. Kenaboi, Selangor nil 1
Gunong Bubu nil 1
Perak/ Kedah 2 4
Ulu Kedah (... |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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| 1968, 0-1. No estimate of the rhino population there can be made without considerable research, but at the present time the whole area is relatively undisturbed apart from logging at some places and tin mining at Klian Intan. |
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 | Strickland, D.L 1968 Rhino report. Malayan Nature Journal 21 (1): 80-81 |
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| I have now been able to establish what I feel to be the approximate range of two individuals. There is at least one more individual at Sungei Dusun, but its tracks are seen very infrequently. I have not yet seen any of these animals in the flesh despite considerable effort. All my data have be... |
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 | Schaurte, W.T. 1968 Threatened species of rhinoceros in tropical S.E. Asia: pp. 284-293
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Lord Medway (1965) reported that a small number of Sumatran rhinos survive wild in the hilly regions of north and north central Malaya and in addition a small group, including a juvenile, have lived for five years in the Ulu Bernam Forest Reserve in Selangor. The small population of rhinoceroses... |
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 | Stevens, W.E. 1968 The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| There are four areas where rhinoceroses are present in sufficient numbers that breeding might be possible - the National Park, the Sungei Dusun Reserve in Selangor, the Ulu Selama area of Perak and the Sungei Emas region of Johore. The last two have been recommended as permanent sanctuaries. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Trengganu, I am convinced holds a few animals in the relatively unexplored hinterland although it has not been possible to verify this. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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| We are now left with southeast Pahang which for the greater part is a vast area of swampy jungle, mainly unexplored and unknown insofar as wildlife is concerned. From this area there periodically emerge migrations of the Bearded Pig (S. barbatus) which the aborigines slaughter as they swim the r... |
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 | Anonymous 1968 Rare rhinos studied. Animals 11 (1): 45 |
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| Strickland emphasizes the need for improvements in management and protection to keep abreast of rapidly accelarating rural development. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| I am of the opinion that only one species of rhinoceros now exists within the limits of the Malay Peninsula, there being no evidence of the continued presence of the Javan one-horned (R. sondaicus). |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Continuing northward, in 1949 the hind quarters of a solitary rhino were seen in the steep foothils of Gunong Bubu. |
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 | Stevens, W.E. 1968 The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Reports from Ulu Perak, Gunong Chamah in Kelantan, the Kerau Reserve and two other localities in Pahang, and the Johore coast south of Mersing are of one or two animals only. Those may be wanderers with little chance of contributing to an increase in population. |
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 | Medway, Lord 1968 Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaya. Biological Conservation 1 (1): 94 |
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| Recently accommodation for visiting staff of the Game Dept. has been constructed at the road head. A sum of $550 was donated by WWF and was used to purchase a boat and outboard motor needed by game rangers on patrol. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Commencing our survey in the south of the peninsula, the last known rhino in the State of Johore was shot in 1947 although a few may still exist in the swamps. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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| In the remote hilly bamboo forest of north Kedah bordering Thailand we heard an unknown number of rhinos and found a number of fresh wallows and dung heaps in April 1941. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Currently, the first rhinoceros to be found - about three in number - are located in north Selangor on the banks of the Bernam River where I found two adults and one young in 1949. A sanctuary of some 10,700 acres was created for their total protection by the Selangor State Government a few year... |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Aborigines inhabiting these regions have told me of the presence of a few rhino on the western slopes of Gunong Benom and at a frequently used salt lick high up in the Ulu Klau Ketchil. |
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 | Stevens, W.E. 1968 The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| There are four areas where rhinoceroses are present in sufficient numbers that breeding might be possible - the National Park, the Sungei Dusun Reserve in Selangor, the Ulu Selama area of Perak and the Sungei Emas region of Johore. The last two have been recommended as permanent sanctuaries. |
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 | Stevens, W.E. 1968 The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Reports from Ulu Perak, Gunong Chamah in Kelantan, the Kerau Reserve and two other localities in Pahang, and the Johore coast south of Mersing are of one or two animals only. Those may be wanderers with little chance of contributing to an increase in population. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| In the upper reaches of the Perak River in the hilly country bordering Thailand there seem to be some rhino but it has not been possible to fix their number; the tracks of one mature animal were seen in 1964. |
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 | Medway, Lord 1968 Sumatran rhinoceros. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 49-50, pls. 9-11 |
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| photo by Mohamed Khan of rhino in Ulu Selama, Perak. |
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 | Stevens, W.E. 1968 The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| There are four areas where rhinoceroses are present in sufficient numbers that breeding might be possible - the National Park, the Sungei Dusun Reserve in Selangor, the Ulu Selama area of Perak and the Sungei Emas region of Johore. The last two have been recommended as permanent sanctuaries. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| It is in the Bintang Hijau Forest Reserve in northern Perak and the contiguous Gunong Inas Forest Reserve in south Kedah, that we find the highest concentration of rhinoceros known in Malaya. The rocky inhospitable terrain, containing a series of precipitous 4000 to 6000 foot mountains, is well-... |
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 | Stevens, W.E. 1968 The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Reports from Ulu Perak, Gunong Chamah in Kelantan, the Kerau Reserve and two other localities in Pahang, and the Johore coast south of Mersing are of one or two animals only. Those may be wanderers with little chance of contributing to an increase in population. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The Krau Game Reserve in Central Pahang is also imperfectly known since no exploration has been done there since before 1941 at which time an adult rhino frequented certain salt licks in the southern quarter. Aborigines inhabiting these regions have told me of the presence of a few rhino on the ... |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| During the past five years the face of Malaya has altered considerably in more ways than one, but the expansion of rural development, necessary as it may be to a growing nation, has created very serious problems in the field of wildlife conservation. The two most threatened species are the Sumat... |
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 | Stevens, W.E. 1968 The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The species has come to its present precarious position through many years of persecution for its horn, and other body products to be used as medicine. Although the supply is all but finished the demand still remains, so the danger of losing more animals to unscrupulous poachers is as real as ev... |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| Areas where rhino have been reported - positive, possible and suspected. |
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 | Hislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The former King George V National Park, now known as Taman Negara, contains large tracts of land in all three of the above-mentioned states, and there is irrefutable evidence of the presence of rhinoceros within that part of Pahang and also in a high remote region in South Kelantan. Last year a ... |
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 | Stevens, W.E. 1968 The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| There are four areas where rhinoceroses are present in sufficient numbers that breeding might be possible - the National Park, the Sungei Dusun Reserve in Selangor, the Ulu Selama area of Perak and the Sungei Emas region of Johore. The last two have been recommended as permanent sanctuaries. |
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 | Strickland, D.L 1968 Rhino report. Malayan Nature Journal 21 (1): 80-81 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Even though I have found tracks measuring at many intervals between 16 and 23 cm, the variability of track size even following the same animal makes the method of doubtful use in differentiating between animals of approximately the same size. |
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 | Medway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| 1968, Malaysia, dung readily bought |
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 | Medway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| Both species of rhinoceros are believed by both the Malays and Chinese to be a 'miracle animal' and that all parts of the animals have some medicinal value to cure all kinds of illness. It is believed that scrapings made into a brew and taken will cure cancer and other diseases. |
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 | Strickland, D.L 1968 Rhino report. Malayan Nature Journal 21 (1): 80-81 |
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Ecology - Census Methods
Asian Rhino Species
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| Even though I have found tracks measuring at many intervals between 16 and 23 cm, the variability of track size even following the same animal makes the method of doubtful use in differentiating between animals of approximately the same size. |
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 | Medway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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| 1968, Malaysia, blood, M$ 45 per ounce |
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 | Anonymous 1968 Sumatran rhinoceros. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 49-50, pls. 9-11 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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 | Medway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466
 | In: Talbot, L.M. et al. Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications: N.S. vol. 10 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| 1968, Malaysia, M$ 350 per ounce |
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 | Anonymous 1967 Sumatran rhino sets problem. Animals 9 (9): 511 |
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 | Anonymous 1967 Neushoorns II. Artis, Amsterdam 13 (4): 111 |
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| 10-30 |
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 | Shuttleworth, C. 1967 Malayan safari. London, Phoenix House, pp. 1-156 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Last known death of rhino in Malaya occurred in Ulu Tiram estate in South Johor. In 1948 the animal was shot by 2 europeans, who were fined $100. |
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 | Anonymous 1967 Boat for rhino reserve in Malaya. Oryx 9 (3): 187 |
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| family of 3, 2 adults and 1 young |
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 | Shuttleworth, C. 1967 Malayan safari. London, Phoenix House, pp. 1-156 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| One Chinese hunter was arrested recently in the Endau area of Northern Johore for trapping and killing a two-horned rhino with the help of aborigines. |
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