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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
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Distribution - Records |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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with map. In 1996, the Ministry of Forestry in Myanmar declared the area north of the Nam Tamai river to the Chinese border as the Hkakabo-Razi Protected Area. Visited by Rabinowitz & Saw Tun Khaing (1998) in 1996 and Feb-Apr 1997. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis which historically inhabited parts of North Myanmar, no longer survive north of Putao. Between the Mali Hka and the Mai Hka Rivers, elephants and Sumatran rhinos were reported to be present in some areas up until 1980, and a few Sumatran rhinos were still reported a decade ago.
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Status of selected mammal species in North Myanmar
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