Peacock, E.H., 1933. A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
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Distribution - Records |
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Javan Rhino |
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Rhinoceros sondaicus. A few years ago a prolonged search for this rhinoceros in the Victoria Point Subdivision of the Mergui District by an expedition formed by Mr. Vernay was fruitless, and led to the conclusion that it is now very nearly extinct in the only locality where it was likely to be found in fair numbers.
It is extremely doubtful whether there are now more than half a dozen specimens of R. sondaicus in existence in Burma, and it is unlikely that they will survive. There have been many plausible reasons given for this state of affairs. From personal experience, I am convinced that, given sufficient keenness and energy, the Javan rhinoceros could have been preserved in the forests of the Pakchan Reserve immediately north of Victoria Point. These southernmost forests are by no means so dense or inaccessible as the forests in the drainages of the Big and Little Tenasserim Rivers further north, and contain a sufficient measure of other game, including elephants, to have justified the formation of a sanctuary. The situation is now past remedy, and one can only hope that it does not foreshadow a similar situation in regard to R. sumatrensis and other large game in Burma.
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