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Reference Base  A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burm... |
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A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953) |
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Tun Yin, U |
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1954 |
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
| Volume: |
52 (1) |
| Pages: |
83-87 |
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| File: |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The cases of rhino poaching should dispel all doubts of people who are inclined to believe in the legend that the mountain spirits of Shwe U daung do not like poaching. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The Divisional forest Officer, Mong Mit Division, visited the sanctuary in April 1948. He did not actually see one, but came across fresh tracks of rhino and also a month-old spoor of a cow rhino with a calf. The Range Officer saw a rhino in a mud wallow in May 1948. The DFO came to the conclu... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| A rhino was shot in early 1946. The rhino was first seen in the Kauk-Kwa valley, crossed the Irawaddy river, Wilatha Hills, the Taping River and was eventually shot in the Maubin Tract by the Shans. Other accounts disclosed two facts: (1) the rhino was not a wanderer from Shwe U Daung; (2) A rh... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| Burma. The Kachins believe that the posterior horn alone is efficacious, the anterior horn is only a protection to the posterior one and no value to Kachins. |
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