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| Title: |
Threatened species of rhinoceros in tropical S.E. Asia |
| Author(s): |
Schaurte, W.T. |
| Year published: |
1968 |
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pp. 284-293 |
| 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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Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Lord Medway (1965) reported that a small number of Sumatran rhinos survive wild in the hilly regions of north and north central Malaya and in addition a small group, including a juvenile, have lived for five years in the Ulu Bernam Forest Reserve in Selangor. The small population of rhinoceroses... |
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Javan Rhino
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Lord Medway (1965) reported that a small number of Sumatran rhinos survive wild in the hilly regions of north and north central Malaya and in addition a small group, including a juvenile, have lived for five years in the Ulu Bernam Forest Reserve in Selangor. The small population of rhinoceroses... |
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Organisations
All Rhino Species
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| List of projects of WWF. The dangerous situation which is facing virtually all of the rhinoceros species is well known at IUCN headquarters, and it has been the subject of much discussion at repeated meetings of the SSC. The urgency of the problems associated with the various rhinos has also be... |
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Morphology - Horn
All Rhino Species
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| The horn of the rhinoceros differs considerably from all horns that can be found in other mammals. The Rhinoceros Horn is actually no horn at all, but is made up similarly to the skinhorns (Cornu Cutaneum) that are found as pathological growths frequently in other mammals including Homo sapiens. ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| 1965, Dr. Lee Talbot (1965), in carrying out a survey of the Udjung Kulon Reserve at the request of the Indonesian Government with particular attention to the Javan Rhino, reported that there were still rhino, probably several dozen though the number might well be less, living in the reserve. At... |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
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Indian Rhino
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| Although the rhinos in India are completely protected, they are constantly under great pressure from a rapidly increasing population. It is encouraging to learn from a report by Mr. Richard Willan, Katmandu, Nepal, with regard to a rhino sanctuary there, that all the villages in the area were mo... |
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| States that Dr Werner T. Schaurte, Louvenberg-Neuss, W. Germany, is Chairman of Rhinoceros Group. |
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Taxonomy
All Rhino Species
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| Classification after Simpson 1945. Order: Perissodactyla, Suborder: Ceratomorpha, Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Rhinocerotinae
- genus Rhinoceros, with R. unicornis and R. sondaicus
Subfamily; Dicerorhininae
- genus Dicerorhinus, with D. sumatrensis
- genus Ceratotherium, with C.simum s... |
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Threatened species of rhinoceros in tropical S.E. Asia
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