 Reference Base  The greater one-horned rhino of Assam is threatened by po... |
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Asia - South Asia - India |
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Distribution - Records |
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Indian Rhino |
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Pabitora is further downstream from Kaziranga and covers a mere 16 kmy (see map). With a population of at least 56 rhinos (counted in April 1993), it probably has the highest concentration of wild rhinos anywhere in the world (see Table 10). Pabitora was made into a Reserve Forest in 1971, and cattle and fishermen were then allowed in. In 1985 it became a Wildlife Sanctuary because of the growing rhino population, and people and their animals were officially excluded.
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