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Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
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Sumatran Rhino
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| In September 1994, the Sabah Wildlife department, Sabah Foundation and Wildlife Conservation Society conducted a 10-day survey using 7 groups of rangers in various parts of the Danum Valley. Two of the groups found evidence of recent rhino activity. At both sites, evidence of 3 rhinos were foun... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
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| P. Lahan reported that perhaps 50% of the rhino had been lost. More recent albeit unofficial reports suggest that virtually all of the rhino have been exterminated. Manas was probably the origin of 22 Indian Rhino horns seized by Hong Kong custom officials from a Bhutanese princess in 1993. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| several rhino died of a mysterious disease. Since that time the population seems to have stabilized at about 50-60 individuals. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Sumatran Rhino
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| A significant decline in estimates from Kerinci Seblat National Park. Recent surveys have located little evidence of rhino in areas of the park where they were thought to exist. The surveys have discovered much evidence of poacher activities. |
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Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
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Javan Rhino
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| Cat Loc, Vietnam, 1993. The majority of the footprints detected were small, 14 out of 19 are less than 25 cm in diameter, and would be from young animals, less than two years of age, if produced by Javan Rhino. Only two tracks of adult Javan Rhino size were discovered (30 cm). |
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