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Stracey, P.D., 1957. On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal |
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Distribution - Records |
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Indian Rhino |
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It consists of the valley of the Rapti River west of Hetaura after that river has turned westwards, and it is bounded on the north by the Mahabarata Mountains, on the south by the Churia or Siwalik Ranges, on the west by the Naraini River and on the east by the Ramuli River. The whole area is a big dn or valley between the outer Siwaliks or Churia range and the inner Mahabarata or Himalayas. The Siwaliks or Churia range on the south consists of a double line of hills with the Reu River, the chief tributary of the Rapti, between them. Smythies describes the fanious shooting preserve as being roughly pear-shaped, 4 or 5 miles broad at the eastern end at Hetaura, widening to 25 miles or more at the western end, and covering in all nearly 1000 square miles. He was writing in 1942.
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