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Reference Base  A survey to assess the status of the Sumatran rhinoceros ... |
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A survey to assess the status of the Sumatran rhinoceros and other large mammal species in Tamanthi wildlife sanctuary, Myanmar |
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Rabinowitz, A.; Schaller, G.B.; Uga, U. |
| Year published: |
1995 |
| Journal: |
Oryx |
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29 (2) |
| Pages: |
123-128, fig. 1, table 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Census 1995. In September 1992, Rabinowitz organized a rhino survey at the request of the Sabah Foundation and the Sabah Wildlife Department to assess rhino abundance and to standardize a methodology for future rhino surveys and monitoring in the area. Two small groups of rhinos, each consisting... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Danum Valley was long considered one of the most pristine lowland forest areas left in Borneo. Free of human habitation and known to contain a rich diversity of wildlife, the area was assumed to be relatively undisturbed because of its ruggedness and inaccessibility. When the presence of rhinos... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Fauna Conservation Ordinance of 1963 protects rhino |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| During a 1992 elephant census in Tabin, spoor of only one rhino was encountered in 118 km of transcends. Later that year, rhino tracks were sighted close to the Tabin ranger station in an area firequented by visitors and researchers but with virtually no hunting pressures. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Javan Rhino was thought to have disappeared due to natural causes about 12,000 years ago. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Wildlife Protection Ordinance of 1958 protects rhino. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Silabukan Forest Reserve had been commercially logged since the 1960s, even while it was thought to contain one of the largest remaining concentration of rhinos in Sabah. In the early 1980s, Davies and Payne (1982) verified the presence of a breeding population of Sumatran rhinos in this low... |
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Names in vernacular
Sumatran Rhino
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| Rhinoceronte de Sumatra |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution
Sumatran Rhino
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| Sumatran rhino. Although no definitive rhino sign was observed, interviews with local hunters and forestry officials resulted in 33 reported rhino locations spanning the years 1971-93 in the Upper Chindwin River area around Tamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary (Figure 1). These records indicate that a sma... |
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