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| Title: |
Laokhowa and other rhino areas in Assam |
| Author(s): |
Spillett, J.J. |
| Year published: |
1966 |
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
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63 (3) |
| Pages: |
529-534 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Six rhino were also reported in 1959 to inhabit an island (Sal Chapori) in the Brahmaputra River near Kaziranga. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Located 3 miles west of Silghat. Mr Gohain had observed a female with calf in the dense grasslands of this sandy flood plain in Dec 1965. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| The reserve includes one forest village of 51 households, approx. 535 people, 7 forest villages with 800-900 people and 140 acres of plantation forest. People are given an area for cultivation. The Ruphiahi Co-operative for fishery and farming has leased 400 acres for agricultural cultivation s... |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Behaviour - Fighting
Indian Rhino
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| Three cases of rhino dying as a result of injuries sustained in fighting have been reported from Laokhowa since 1964: an ad. Female in July 1964, a male in Feb. 1965, a male in Nov. 1965. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| Laokhowa. 3 animals died, weight of recovered horns were 0.57 kg (F), 0.14 kg and 2.2 kg (M)
In Pobitora, a recovered horn of ad. Female 1.75 kg, the horn of ad.male 1.265 kg |
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Laokhowa and other rhino areas in Assam
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