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Buchanan, Francis, 1833. A geographical, statistical, and historical description of the district, or zila, of Dinajpur, in the province, or soubag, of Bengal. Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press
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Asia - South Asia - Bangladesh |
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Indian Rhino |
[133] Wild animals. The wild elephant and rhinoceros can scarcely be said to be known. Two wild elephants certainly made their appearance in the forests of Peruya in the year 1806, and remained there a rainy season. They were seen by many, and are said to have killed some people, who straggled near them. It was supposed that they were accompanied by a rhinoceros, for what reason I cannot say; as this animal, as far as I could learn, was not seen, and does not usually frequent such company. The elephants had probably wandered from Morong.
Dinajpur (25.6, 88.6. ) in NW Bangladesh, 80 km from Rangpur. Morong is further north towards the terai.
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