 Reference Base  Rhinoceros sondaicus in Burma: the problem of conservation |
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Blanford, H.R., 1939. Rhinoceros sondaicus in Burma: the problem of conservation. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 37: 27-32
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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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It was not until after the Great War that the authorities in Burma first realized the very precarious position which sondaicus had reached. I think I am correct in saying that it was Mr. Hubback, when he came over from Malaya in 1921 to shoot a sondaicus for the British Museum, who first drew attention to the fact that Rhinoceros sondaicus was practically extinct. Mr. Hubback eventually shot a cow, but during his expedition through the forests of Tenasserim in Lower Burma, he discovered that these forests, which up to that time had been considered a stronghold for sondaicus, contained practically no more Rhino. Subsequently searches organized by the Forest Department confirmed the opinion that the species was in a bad way. No definite evidence was obtained during these searches to show that any sondaicus existed in the Tenasserim forests.
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