 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 - Records |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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records 1980-1985 noted on distribution map, p.41. The two northern records shown on the map represent general regions within which rhinos have definitely occured in the past (up to the 1960s), and from where unconfirmed reports of both footprints and rhino poaching have come within the past year. The three southern records represent reports of rhinos or their footprints received during 1986, which seem reliable but are yet to be confirmed.
The records of rhinos in Sabah collected over the past five years indicate a wider distribution and probably an even greater abundance than was thought likely at the 1982 meeting. These data do not indicate that the status of the rhino is any better now than it was then. Firstly, despite all the new records, there is still no evidence of any one concentration of rhinos bigger than that found in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve. Most of the rhinos appear to be living isolated from one another, not in potentially viable breeding populations. Secondly, poaching pressure is still highly significant. Thirdly, some of the rhinos are living in areas scheduled for forest clearance.
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