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Reference Base  Conservation programmes for Sumatran and Javan rhinos in ... |
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Conservation programmes for Sumatran and Javan rhinos in Indonesia and Malaysia |
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Foose, T.J.; Strien, N.J. van |
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1998 |
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Pachyderm |
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26 |
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100-115, figs. 1-11, tables 1-3 |
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Management - Programs
Sumatran Rhino
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| The action plan for conservation of these two species in Indonesia and Malaysia emphasizes two major components:
(1) Anti-poaching teams known as Rhino Protection Units (RPUS) for both Sumatran and Javan rhinos, and
(2) Managed Breeding Centres in Native Habitat
RHINO PROTECTION UNITS (RPUS)
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Taxonomy - Evolution
Fossil
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| As a final observation, the Sumatran rhino is also known as the 'hairy rhino', because under certain conditions, individuals of the species will develop a rather thick and long coat of hair. This hairy rhino is probably related to the Woolly rhino that lived in Eurasia during the Ice Ages of the... |
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World
Conservation
Sumatran Rhino
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| In response to this crisis, the action plan for conservation of these two species in Indonesia and Malaysia emphasizes two major components:
(1) Anti-poaching teams known as Rhino Protection Units (RPUS) for both Sumatran and Javan rhinos, and
(2) Managed Breeding Centres in Nativ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Management - Programs
Sumatran Rhino
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| This is the smallest of the three centres and has just a pair of Sumatran rhinos currently. A second female that had been until recently held at Sepilok has been moved to a small enclosure in Tabin Wildlife Reserve. Although there has previously been copulation at this centre (Bosi 1996), the ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
Management - Programs
Sumatran Rhino
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| This centre is currently smaller m size than the SRS in Way Kambas, but has more rhinos: two males and five females. The original facility consisted of a barn with seven enclosures, in total about half a hectare in size. With funds from and through the IRF, a larger enclosure of four hectares c... |
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Distribution - Reasons for decline
Sumatran Rhino
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| Poaching pressure is more intense on the Sumatran rhino, whose populations have declined at least 50% in the last decade, almost entirely due to poachers. |
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Asia
Distribution - Reasons for decline
Asian Rhino Species
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| The predominant cause of decline of Javan and Sumatran rhino is poaching for the horn. Considerable habitat loss has occurred throughout their range as forests are destroyed for timber or converted to agriculture, but the AsRSG estimates that sufficient habitat remains for at least several thous... |
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