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| Title: |
Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species |
| Author(s): |
Hislop, J.A. |
| Year published: |
1968 |
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pp. 278-283, figs. 6-7 |
| Reference From: | Talbot, L.M. et al. 1968 Conservation in Tropical South East Asia. Gland, IUCN Publications, N.S. vol. 10 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the remote hilly bamboo forest of north Kedah bordering Thailand we heard an unknown number of rhinos and found a number of fresh wallows and dung heaps in April 1941. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Currently, the first rhinoceros to be found - about three in number - are located in north Selangor on the banks of the Bernam River where I found two adults and one young in 1949. A sanctuary of some 10,700 acres was created for their total protection by the Selangor State Government a few year... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Aborigines inhabiting these regions have told me of the presence of a few rhino on the western slopes of Gunong Benom and at a frequently used salt lick high up in the Ulu Klau Ketchil. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the upper reaches of the Perak River in the hilly country bordering Thailand there seem to be some rhino but it has not been possible to fix their number; the tracks of one mature animal were seen in 1964. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| It is in the Bintang Hijau Forest Reserve in northern Perak and the contiguous Gunong Inas Forest Reserve in south Kedah, that we find the highest concentration of rhinoceros known in Malaya. The rocky inhospitable terrain, containing a series of precipitous 4000 to 6000 foot mountains, is well-... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Krau Game Reserve in Central Pahang is also imperfectly known since no exploration has been done there since before 1941 at which time an adult rhino frequented certain salt licks in the southern quarter. Aborigines inhabiting these regions have told me of the presence of a few rhino on the ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| During the past five years the face of Malaya has altered considerably in more ways than one, but the expansion of rural development, necessary as it may be to a growing nation, has created very serious problems in the field of wildlife conservation. The two most threatened species are the Sumat... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Areas where rhino have been reported - positive, possible and suspected. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The former King George V National Park, now known as Taman Negara, contains large tracts of land in all three of the above-mentioned states, and there is irrefutable evidence of the presence of rhinoceros within that part of Pahang and also in a high remote region in South Kelantan. Last year a ... |
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Rhinoceros and seladang - Malaya's vanishing species
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