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Reference Base Distribution of Indian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros ... |
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Title: |
Distribution of Indian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) |
Author(s): |
Choudhury, A. |
Year published: |
1985 |
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Tiger Paper |
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12 (2) |
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25-30, maps 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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Area of 2840 kmy, stretching from Sankosh River in the west to the Dhansiri River in the east. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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1978, 960 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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1984, 1195 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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400 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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1964, 10-15 in core, 2-3 in western end, cf. Gee 1964. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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On April 1, 1984, five rhinos landed in Dudhwa National Park of U.P., thus becoming the first rhinos to be translocated in India. The translocation was mooted under the National Wildlife Action Plan (which gives priority to the reintroduction of endangered and threatened species).
A number of p... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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Just to the west of Kaziranga lies Kukrakata Hill, a small hilly reserved forest which has a resident rhino population of about two dozen animals. During the high floods another dozen or so rhinos also move over from the main park. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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Reasons for present spree of poaching: lack of sufficient patrol elephants and boats, the negligence of some forest officials, the occasional issue of fishing permits by the civil authorities inside the park (some of the 'fishermen' are poachers in disguise) and the lack of adequate buffer zone a... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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Rhinoceros unicornis ranged ... to Myitkina (Burma) in the east. It might also have existed in Upper Burma as it was recorded at Bumpha Bum in Myitkina district in 1962. |
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