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Asia - South Asia - India - Ganges valley |
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Indian Rhino |
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[72] Rajmahal. Throughout the early period of Indian history, and right through the period of Muhammadan rule, the greater part of the district was a mass of dense forest, the haunt of numerous wild beast, including tigers, wild elephants, and even rhinoceros.
[87] Area NE of Dumka, around Godda and Pakaur Damin. The clearing of the forests meant the disappearance of the cover which once sheltered so many wild animals,including the rhinoceros, elephant and tiger.
Godda: 24.806707, 87.266527
[120] Along the northern fringes of Champaran district, on the borders of Nepal, lies a belt of forest, nearly all of which is in the Bettiah and Ramnagar estates. – Occasionally a Great Indian rhinoceros crosses over from Nepal to the Ramnagar jungles.
[122] Kosi River. Hundred years ago rhinoceros was found.
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Bihar, the heart of India
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