| Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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Indian Rhino
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| Two week old calf, Kaziranga, length incl tail 3 ft 9 in |
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| Gee, E.P. 1953 The life history of the Great Indian one-horned Rhinoceros (R unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (2): 341-348, fig. 1 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Length at birth 4 ft, Kaziranga |
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| Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. Old male ?Boorra Goonda', died June 1953, horn weight 2 lbs. 6 oz. |
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| Gee, E.P. 1953 The life history of the Great Indian one-horned Rhinoceros (R unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (2): 341-348, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| Height at birth 2 ft, Kaziranga |
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| Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. Old male ?Boorra Goonda', died June 1953, horn length 14 in. |
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| Assam Forest Department 1953 Progress report of forest administration in the Province of Assam for the year 1947-48. Shillong, Assam Government Press |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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Indian Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Friel, R. 1951 Assam District gazetteers, Supplement to voluem VI: Nowgong. Shillong, Assam Secretariat |
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Indian Rhino
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| [2] In 1907, a game sanctuary with an area of 25,700 acres was formed at Laokhowa with the object of preserving big game which was getting scarcer every year. The reserve is entirely closed for shooting and hunting. There are about a dozen rhinoceros and also many other kinds of big game in the r... |
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| Assam Forest Department 1951 Progress report of forest administration in the Province of Assam for the year 1950-1951. Shillong, Assam Government Press |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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Indian Rhino
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| Ali, S.A. 1950 The Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis Linn) in Assam Province, India. Proceedings and Papers, International Technical Conference on the Protection of Nature 1949: 470-472 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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Indian Rhino
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| Anthrax and similar diseases are readily contracted by wild animals from infected vllage cattle with wholesale tragic results. Domestic cattle were undoubtedly responsible for the anthrax epidemic of 1947 which destroyed an ascertained total of fourteen rhinoceros in Kaziranga Sanctuary and prob... |
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| Gee, E.P. 1950 Wild life reserves in India: Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49 (1): 81-89, pls. 1-2, map 1, table 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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Indian Rhino
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| The number of rhino in Kaziranga was believed to have been about 300 in 1940, when one could go in on insepction elephants and see a dozen quite easily. Nowadays, however, a similar visit would produce only half that number, and a number of rhino are known to have died of anthrax in 1947 - no le... |
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