 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 |
Rhinos in the Sankosh-Rydak region moved freely across the Assam-Bengal border and contained two separate, though overlapping subpopulations, viz. Garodhat sub-population ... and Buxa sub-population in Jalpaiguri district, occupying the forests of Bholka and Rydak reserves in the presenty Buxa Tiger reserve.
According to the records of the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, as many as 28 rhinos were killed and 13 injured in the region between the rivers Rydak and Sankosh from 1877 to 1904. Sighting of more than 14 rhinos was also recorded. No other information upto 1948. Rhinos were said to be present in the wet forests of Panbari of Buxa division in the 1930's, but unsure to which sub-population these belonged.
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