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Title: The Sumatran rhinoceros in Kalimantan, Indonesia: its possible distribution and conservation prospects
Author(s): Meijaard, E.
Year published: 1996
Journal: Pachyderm
Volume: 21
Pages: 15-23, map 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
During a survey around the S. Sebuku (E 117.31 N 4.04) in 1994 the informants from `Plasma', a nature conservation NGO in Samarinda, East-Kalimantan were told of encounters with elephants and very occasional ones with rhinos. The informants were als told that around S. Sebuku, Kecamatan Nunukan ...
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
A `few' rhinos were reported to exist in the Ulu Sembakung Nature Reserve (E 116.30 N 4.23). The proposed 500,000ha Ulu Sembakung Nature erve was reported to contain Kalimantan's only wild population of elephants and possibly rhinos.
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
An informant at the board of tourism heard of a thin sighting by people in Kutai Lama (E 11 7.42 S 0.62) in 1993. The informant went to check it in the village but could not verify the sighting. If information is correct there might be one or a few rhinos left in the swamp-mangrove area east of...
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In the Ulu Bahau area (E 115.62 N 3.05) a WWF official was told of the presence of rhinos.
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Rhinos were supposed to be present in 1987 in the area east of Bukit Raya, between Ulu S. Ketingan and Ulu S. Kahayan (E 113.33 S 0.30). However, the story is rather vague with indirect information.
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Accounts from people in Putussibau, upper Kapuas (E 114 N 1.25): 1. Rhinos possibly still present in the Ulu Kapuas area, in the mountains upstream from Putussibau `geharu' collectors sometimes see rhino tracks. 2. In 1950s and 1960s, several Chinese and Dayak people specialised in rhino huntin...
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
In 1985, a rhino was killed in the Bkt. Buringajok area (E 115.28 N 0.03) close to the border between Central and East Kalimantan.
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Rhinos were supposed to be present in 1987 in the area east of Bukit Raya, between Ulu S. Ketingan and Ulu S. Kahayan (E 113.33 S 0.30). However, the story is rather vague with indirect information.
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
The results of the survey indicate that the present rhino population is probably concentrated in and around the 1.6 million hectares of the Kayan-Mentarang Reserve in East-Kalimantan. Inside the Reserve there are probably two important areas: 1 ) the headwaters of the S. Bahau in the G. Latuk ...
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Rhino droppings and tracks were found by an Australian geologist on a recent survey in the Meratus area (E 115.74 S 1.72). The supposed sighting of rhino signs in the Meratus 'Mountains has not been substantiated and a request for further information has remained unanswered. The exact location ...
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