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Asia - East Asia - Indochina |
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Distribution - Records |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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It is worth clarifying why we believe that the rhino concerned is the Javan rhino, and not the Sumatran rhino (Diceros sumatrensis). The Lao villagers we talked to all used the word het (the Lao name for the Javan rhino); none of them ever use a word sou, which according to Jean Deuve is the Lao name for the Sumatran rhino: There have been numerous reports of the Javan rhino being sighted or killed in northern Laos in the past 25 years, but one knowledgeable authority has said that there has not been a single Sumatran rhino shot or sighted in Laos since 1940. Jeff McNeeley of the Association for the Conservation of Wildlife, in Bangkok, convinced me that any rhino seen in Laos would have to be the Javan rhino, based on the reported sightings and kills of the Javan rhino in this area in the past quarter of a century.
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