Stevens, W.E., 1968. The rare large mammals of Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 22 (1): 10-17, fig. 1, table 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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The species has come to its present precarious position through many years of persecution for its horn, and other body products to be used as medicine. Although the supply is all but finished the demand still remains, so the danger of losing more animals to unscrupulous poachers is as real as ever. Protection of the few remaining animals in strictly protected reserves appears to be the only solution to the problem. The situation is grave throughout the range of the Sumatran rhinoceros: in Burma, in Malaysia and in Sumatra. It may well be that the Sumatran form will disappear before the larger Javan species, lacking the concentration of animals and the protection necessary for reproduction. There is no room for complacency and little room for optimism.
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The rare large mammals of Malaya
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