 Reference Base  Notes on certain mammals occurring in the Basin of Mahanadi |
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Ball, V., 1877. Notes on certain mammals occurring in the Basin of Mahanadi. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1877 July: 168-172
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Asia - South Asia - India |
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Distribution - Records |
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Javan Rhino |
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Rhinoceros sondaicus S. M?ll. - According to Dr. Jerdon 'a very few individuals (of this species) are stated to occur in the forest tracks along the Mahanadi River, and extending northwards to Midnapore.' So far as I have been able to ascertain there is no authentic case of a rhinoceros ever having been observed in the forest region bordering the Mahanadi. It has occurred to me as possible that the rumours may have got abroad from the fact of there having formerly been tame specimens in the possession of some of the Raja. In conclusion I do not know of any cover of grazing ground in the vicinity of the Mahanadi between Cuttack and Sambalpur suitable for a Rhino. The bed of the river is either rocky or sandy, and marshy 'jheels' occur but seldom in its neighbourhood and are then, in all cases, of small extent.
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