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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
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Distribution |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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They are keen hunters, annually killing a number of elephants and rhinoceros; the tusks of the former and horns of the latter they bring down and sell to the Merwari merchants established in the villages of Borua pothar, and Chonkam, the ivory fetching Rs 10 to Rs 13 per seer, the horn as much as Rs 80 to Rs 100 per seer.
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Diary of a journey to the Bor Khamti Country, 1892-3
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