 Reference Base  Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia |
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Andau, P.M., 1987. Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah |
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Distribution - Status |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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Early in 1986, the staff of Sabah Foundation reported the sighting of two rhinos in Malua Forest Reserve, an area within the Foundation's concession about 25 km north of Danum Valley Conservation Area. Game Branch staff subsequently confirmed the presence of rhino in this area, and in April 1986, a survey was carried out in the upper Matua/upper Bilong drainage. The survey found definite evidence of only one rhino and footprints indicating the possible presence of three adults in the 13,000 ha. The Matua/Bilong area is in forest (scheduled for logging) contiguous with the Danum Valley Conservation Area, and so the Danum-Malua rhinos may in fact, be one contiguous population.
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