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Reference Base  Rhinoceros sondaicus: the Javan or lesser one-horned rhin... |
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Rhinoceros sondaicus: the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros and its geographical distribution |
| Author(s): |
Loch, C.W. |
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1937 |
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Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
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15 (2) |
| Pages: |
130-149, pls. 3-4, table 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Names in vernacular
Javan Rhino
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| Badak raya |
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
Names in vernacular
Asian Rhino Species
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| Ha-rang |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. In the Shwe-U-Daung Game Sanctuary in Upper Burma, it is hoped that a few may exist but it is unlikely. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Last record. It has not been possible to locate any references to sondaicus having been seen or shot in Assam during the present century, or to find out the date of when the last one was shot in the country. None of these animals are known to exist in Bengal or Assam at the present time. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| In an interesting book by Colonel Pollock and W. S. Thom 'Wild Sports of Burma and Assam' many references to the existence of the Javan rhinoceros occur. Pollock writes:
' I may here mention about them in Assam - as I intend to give a short sketch of wild sport in that Province - that I shot th... |
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
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Asian Rhino Species
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| Herse |
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Captive - Asia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
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| Dindings Rhinos. Writing in the 'Times of Malaya' 9 Aug. 1932, Mr. Granville M. O'Hara states that in 1905, while stationed in the Dindings as a Forest Officer, he had the good fortune to be present at the trapping of a one-horned rhinoceros. He wrote an article 'Trapping of Rhinoceros in the D... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| In an interesting book by Colonel Pollock and W. S. Thom 'Wild Sports of Burma and Assam' many references to the existence of the Javan rhinoceros occur. Pollock writes:
' This animal extends through Assam, down Sylhet, the Garrow Hills, Tipperah, Chittagong, Arrakan and Burma to Malaya, and pr... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| There have been rumours of the former existence of R. sondaicus in the forests of Orissa and about the delta of the Mahanadi River, in the Bay of Bengal. This has been discredited by some authorities and as specimens have not been seen by Europeans, we have now no means of ascertaining the truth. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
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| A specimen taken at Manipur in 1874 was brought to London by the dealer Jamrach, and was later sent to the Berlin Zoological Gardens. It had been determined as R. sondaicus both in Berlin and London. Jamrach was not satisfied with this, and insisted that it represented a hitherto undescribed spe... |
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