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Title: Vanishing mammals of Asia
Author(s): Coolidge, H.J.
Year published: 1964
Journal: Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Zoology
Volume: 8
Pages: 33-36
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Museums - Asia
Museums
Javan Rhino
Horn stolen from 3 specimens. In coll. Museum Zoologicum Bogorienses, Bogor, Indonesia.
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Asia
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
total 600 in India and Nepal
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Asia
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
Total 100-170 in Sumatra, Borneo and Malaya.
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
20-25
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Poaching
Javan Rhino
I recall that just after the war a notorious Chinese poacher moved in to make his fortune by killing off the rhinos in the reserve, but was, however, killed by a tiger.
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World
Value
All Rhino Species
Horn is used as aphrodisiac
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