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A game book for Burma & adjoining territories |
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Peacock, E.H. |
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1933 |
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London, H.F. and G. Witherby |
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pp. 1-292 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. The best-known grounds used to be the forests of the Victoria Point Subdivision in the Mergui District. Although, as Divisional Officer in charge of the Mergui Forest Division, I spent four months in touring through that Division, I could find no evidence of its existence ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. The only area in which rhinoceros is now fairly common is the Shwe-u-Daung Game Sanctuary in the Mogok Subdivision of the Katha District. There are about ten rhinoceros in this sanctuary but, in default of adequate protection, I should not be surprised to hear that the... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. This rhinoceros is one of the rarest mammals in the world, and has been seldom shot or seen by any sportsman. Indeed, in Burma, there is no authentic record of its shooting, except in one instance, viz. a specimen shot and presented to the British Museum some years ago by ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. In the days before the advent of fire-arms the Sumatran rhinoceros must have been fairly common throughout Burma. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The shooting of rhinoceros is now prohibited under the game laws, but such legislation has little effect on the native poacher. It is difficult to decide how best to protect an animal which is already so scarce and invested with such value. The solution probably lies in an increase in the exten... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinoceros sondaicus. A few years ago a prolonged search for this rhinoceros in the Victoria Point Subdivision of the Mergui District by an expedition formed by Mr. Vernay was fruitless, and led to the conclusion that it is now very nearly extinct in the only locality where it was likely to be f... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. It may still be located in parts of the Pegu Yomas In most of these areas the Sumatran rhinoceros will be found below the crests of the main watersheds in heavy evergreen forest. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| One shot in 1930 in Burma for BMNH. Hairy throughout, but less hairy on face and head; very hairy on legs and ears. A thick fringe of hairs along the flattened survace at the tip of the tail. The hairs are thinly distributed and reveal the underlying skin. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Average length about 10 feet (average of 3 shot in Burma), Largest 10 feet 2 inches. |
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Morphology - Size
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma, animal shot for BMNH, 1930. Length from nose to tip of tail 9 feet 5 inches |
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A game book for Burma & adjoining territories
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