 Reference Base  Population history of Great Indian rhinoceros in North Be... |
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Bist, S.S., 1994. Population history of Great Indian rhinoceros in North Bengal and major factors influencing the same. Zoos Print 9 (3-4): 42-51
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Asia - South Asia - India |
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Distribution - Records |
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Indian Rhino |
The rhinos of the Torsa region comprised of two overlapping sub-populations, i.e. [Jaldapara] and the Patlakhawa sub-population in Cooch Behar district which occupied the Patlakhawa Reserve and extended as far as upto Pundibari near Cooch Behar.
The Maharajah of Cooch Behar killed 1 rhino, injured 1 rhino and sighted 6 rhino in 1905. There are many persons in Cooch Behar who vouch for the presence of dozens of rhinos in the region in the 1930s and 1940s. Rhinos in Patlakhawa fell to the bullets of poachers or moved over to Jaldapara in the early 1970s, no rhino present in census operation held since 1973-74. Rhinos from Jaldapara have been known to visit Patlakhawa occasionally, but no visit recorded since 1985.
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