File AvailableShariff, 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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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableShariff, 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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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableShariff, 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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current locations
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File AvailableShariff, 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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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableShariff, 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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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableShariff, 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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Sumatran Rhino
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 4....
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File AvailableShariff, 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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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableShariff, 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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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableShariff, 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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Sumatran Rhino
Two animals at Tenggaroh, Malaysia. Height at shoulder 122 cm (female), 130 cm.
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File AvailableShariff, 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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Sumatran Rhino
Two animals at Tenggaroh, Malaysia. Length of anterior horn, 10 cm (female), 5 cm.
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File AvailableFlynn, 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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File AvailableZuber, 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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File AvailableHubback, 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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File AvailableTajuddin Abdullah, M. 1982 Sumatran rhinoceros in Endau-Rompin and future. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 1: 19-21
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Distribution - Poaching
Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableTajuddin 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
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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File AvailableTajuddin 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
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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File AvailableTajuddin Abdullah, M. 1982 Sumatran rhinoceros in Endau-Rompin and future. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 1: 19-21
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Asian Rhino Species
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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File AvailableTajuddin 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
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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File AvailableTajuddin Abdullah, M. 1982 Sumatran rhinoceros in Endau-Rompin and future. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 1: 19-21
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Ecology - Food
Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableFlynn, R.W. 1982 Endau Rompin. WWF Yearbook 1982: 284-286
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File AvailableFlynn, R.W. 1982 Where one death counts. Oryx 16 (3): 239
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Sumatran Rhino
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File AvailableKhan, 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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File AvailableFlynn, R.W. 1981 Distribution, ecology & conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia. Progress Report, pp. 1-33
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Sumatran Rhino
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File AvailablePrater, 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
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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File AvailableFlynn, R.W. 1980 Endau Rompin - Sumatran rhinoceros. WWF Yearbook 1979-1980: 87-88
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File AvailableFlynn, R.W. 1979 Sumatran rhinoceros - Endau Rompin. WWF Yearbook 1978-1979: 103-104
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Sumatran Rhino
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File AvailableFlynn, 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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Sumatran Rhino
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File AvailableAnonymous 1978 Preserving Endau-Rompin for rhinos. Oryx 14 (4): 293
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File AvailableAnonymous 1976 Sydney, Australia (Annual Report, 1974-75). International Zoo News 23 (3): 11-15, fig. 1
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File AvailableAnonymous 1976 Rhino discovery in Malaysia. Oryx 13 (4): 321-322
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File AvailableHarrisson, T. 1975 The rhinoceros - and mammal extinction in general. Borneo Research Bulletin 7 (2): 71-72
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Sumatran Rhino
< 12, after 1974 enquiries in detail
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File AvailableFitter, R. 1974 Most endangered mammals: an action programme. Oryx 12 (4): 436-449, figs. 1-5, map 1
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Sumatran Rhino
8-15
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File AvailableRobinson, 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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Sumatran Rhino
Mammal fauna very poor. No rhinoceros recorded.
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File AvailableKhan, 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
minimum 3, maximum 5
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File AvailableAnonymous 1971 The need for conservation of Taman Negara. Malayan Nature Journal 24 (3/4): 196-205
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Sumatran Rhino
3-4 isolated individuals
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File AvailableKhan, 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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Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableAnonymous 1970 Malaysia must act to save the Sumatran rhino. Malayan Nature Journal 24 (1): 1-2
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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableAnonymous 1970 Sumatran rhinos. Animals 13 (3): 133
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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableMedway, 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
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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File AvailableMedway, 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
In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor;
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File AvailableMedway, 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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Sumatran Rhino
Badak berendam
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File AvailableMedway, 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
Rhinoceros sondaicus. In Malaya in the past there have been confirmed records from Province Wellesley, Perak, Pahang and Selangor;
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File AvailableMedway, 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
Large rhinoceros tracks, possibly of this species, were reported from eastern Johore in 1949.
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File AvailableMedway, 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
Badak raya
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File AvailableMedway, 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
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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File AvailableMedway, 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
Rhinoceros sondaicus . the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928.
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File AvailableMedway, 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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Sumatran Rhino
Formerly abundant in lowland forests, e.g. the Dindings.
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File AvailableMedway, 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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Asian Rhino Species
enumerates Rhinoceros sondaicus and Dicerorhinus sumatrensis subsp. niger.
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File AvailableMedway, 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
Malaysia. The footprints of mature adults exceed 22 cm in average diameter.
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File AvailableMedway, 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
the last known specimens were shot at Ujong Permatang, Selangor, in 1928, and Telok Anson, Perak, in 1932 .
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File AvailableMedway, 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
Height at shoulder 1.4 - 1.7 m
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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1968 Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaya. Biological Conservation 1 (1): 94
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Sumatran Rhino
small population
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File AvailableAnonymous 1968 Rare rhinos studied. Animals 11 (1): 45
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Sumatran Rhino
Minimum 3, could support larger number, cf. Strickland
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File AvailableHislop, 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
2-4
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File AvailableHislop, 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
0-1
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File AvailableStevens, 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
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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File AvailableMedway, Lord 1968 Sumatran rhinoceros. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 49-50, pls. 9-11
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20
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File AvailableSchaurte, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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
2-4
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File AvailableHislop, 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
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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File AvailableStrickland, D.L 1968 Rhino report. Malayan Nature Journal 21 (1): 80-81
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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableSchaurte, 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
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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File AvailableStevens, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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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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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File AvailableHislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7

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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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File AvailableAnonymous 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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File AvailableHislop, 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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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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File AvailableHislop, 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
Continuing northward, in 1949 the hind quarters of a solitary rhino were seen in the steep foothils of Gunong Bubu.
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File AvailableStevens, 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
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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File AvailableMedway, 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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File AvailableHislop, 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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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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File AvailableHislop, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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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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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File AvailableStevens, 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
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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File AvailableStevens, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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 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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File AvailableMedway, 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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File AvailableStevens, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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
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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File AvailableStevens, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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
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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File AvailableStevens, 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
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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File AvailableHislop, 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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Areas where rhino have been reported - positive, possible and suspected.
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File AvailableHislop, J.A. 1968 Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species: pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7

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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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File AvailableStevens, 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
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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File AvailableStrickland, D.L 1968 Rhino report. Malayan Nature Journal 21 (1): 80-81
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Sumatran Rhino
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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File AvailableMedway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466

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1968, Malaysia, dung readily bought
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File AvailableMedway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466

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Asian Rhino Species
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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File AvailableStrickland, D.L 1968 Rhino report. Malayan Nature Journal 21 (1): 80-81
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Asian Rhino Species
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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File AvailableMedway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466

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1968, Malaysia, blood, M$ 45 per ounce
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File AvailableAnonymous 1968 Sumatran rhinoceros. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 49-50, pls. 9-11
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No details available yet
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File AvailableMedway, Lord; Balasingam, E. 1968 Status of conservation in Malaya: pp. 462-466

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1968, Malaysia, M$ 350 per ounce
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File AvailableAnonymous 1967 Sumatran rhino sets problem. Animals 9 (9): 511
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3
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File AvailableAnonymous 1967 Neushoorns II. Artis, Amsterdam 13 (4): 111
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10-30
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File AvailableShuttleworth, C. 1967 Malayan safari. London, Phoenix House, pp. 1-156
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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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File AvailableAnonymous 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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File AvailableShuttleworth, C. 1967 Malayan safari. London, Phoenix House, pp. 1-156
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Sumatran Rhino
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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