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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 |
| Journal: |
Tiger Paper |
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12 (2) |
| Pages: |
25-30, maps 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| 1926, Became a Game Sanctuary |
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Indian Rhino
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| 1972, declared a national park. |
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Indian Rhino
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| The Moslem traveller Al-Biruni (c.1030) mentioned rhino in accountof western and northern India. |
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Indian Rhino
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| The Indus valley (Pakistan) was once the home of the one-horned rhino about 5,000 years ago, during the Mohenjo Daro era. |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis was ranged throughout northern India from peshawar in the west to Myitkina (Burma) in the east. |
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Indian Rhino
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| Emperor Jehangir's memoirs mention the occurrence of rhino near Aligarh. |
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| Laokhowa Sanctuary, area 70 kmy |
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| Distance of about 30 km west of Gauhati, area of 16 kmy. |
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| Emperor Akbar, whose memoirs were written in 1590, reported the presence of rhino in the Moradabad district (Sambhal area). |
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Indian Rhino
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| Small groups of rhino inhabit the Rangali (near Sonari) and Desangmukh (38 kmy) reserved forets in Sibsagar District. |
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