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Rhinoceros in the Kachin State |
| Author(s): |
Tun Yin, U |
| Year published: |
1956 |
| Journal: |
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
| Volume: |
53 (4) |
| Pages: |
692-694 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Assistent Resident of Kamaing submitted in November 1955 a copy of a report dated October 1955 from the Kayang-Ok Hpakan (Kayang-Ok is a petty officer in charge of a circle, which comprises an average of six village tracts). The gist of the report is as follows:
(a) There are rhinos in Kan ... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| The Assistent Resident of Palao Subdivision (Burma) reported in December 1955 as follows:
The Assistent Resident cannot say whether the rhinoceros are great one-horned or the Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros. But in view of the fact that a rhinoceros shot by a Lisu in the Namlang Valley in 1942 wa... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Note by editors. R. unicornis has been seen in the nearer hills of the Tirap Frontier Division, two or three days march from Margherita, and in the Naga Hills east of Kohima. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Palao Subdivision. The Assistent Resident reported in December 1955 as follows: The Assistent Resident cannot say whether the rhinoceros are great one-horned or the Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros. But in view of the fact that a rhinoceros shot by a Lisu in the Namlang Valley in 1942 was one-horn... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma - white rhino. The writer therefore enquired of the Assistent Resident Kamaing whether the number 30 as estimated by the Kayang-Ok was not high. The Assistent Resident replied in February 1956:
(1) The estimate is reasonable;
(2) The rhinos in the area are the Asiatic two-horned rhinoce... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| A reference, G.H. Luce and Pe Maung Tin, Burma down to fall of Pagan, Journal Burma Research Institute, 29 (1939), p. 267: `We are not told what people inhabited Lin-yang. Several early works, somedating from the 4th century, refer, more or less fancifully, to the tribes living SW of Yung-Ch'an... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Morphology
Sumatran Rhino
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| Burma - white rhino. The writer therefore enquired of the Assistent Resident Kamaing whether the number 30 as estimated by the Kayang-Ok was not high. The Assistent Resident replied in February 1956:
(1) The estimate is reasonable;
(2) The rhinos in the area are the Asiatic two-horned rhinoce... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Culture
Asian Rhino Species
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| Burma - fire-eating rhino. The writer therefore enquired of the Assistent Resident Kamaing whether the number 30 as estimated by the Kayang-Ok was not high. The Assistent Resident replied in February 1956:
(1) The estimate is reasonable;
(2) The rhinos in the area are the Asiatic two-horned r... |
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Rhinoceros in the Kachin State
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