 | Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| For a long time the animals were of no value at all, Kayans and Kenyahs carved the Rhino horns into knife handles and sword hilts, there are several specimens in the Sarawak Museum. From about 1918 onwards the horns became very profitable in the export trade to China for medicine and this made t... |
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| Monks, E. 1977 Now rhino is on the way out in Kenya. Africana 6 (7): 21 |
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African Rhino Species
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| 1976, Kenya, Rhino horn Shs. 900 per kg |
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| Monks, E. 1977 Now rhino is on the way out in Kenya. Africana 6 (7): 21 |
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| 1975, Kenya, Rhino horn Shs. 233 per kg. |
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| Mishra, H.R.; Mierow, D. 1976 Wild animals of Nepal. Kathmandu, Ratna Pustak Bhandar, pp. i-viii, 1-84 |
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| Superstitions have caused the demand for rhinoceros horn for religious worship, medicines and aphrodisiacs. |
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| MacNamara, M.C. 1975 Great Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis. Animal Kingdom 77 (3) Jun-July: inside back cover, fig. 1 |
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| 1975, China, In China, powdered horn commands prices comparable to those of illicit drugs in the United States. 1n 1965 it sold there for no less than $1,125 per kilogram (about 2.2 pounds). |
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| Lahan, P.; Sonowal, R.N. 1973 Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam: a brief description and report on the census of large animals (March 1972). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 70 (2): 245-278, tables 1-6 |
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| 1973, India, IRS 10.000 per kg on government auction |
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| Lahan, P.; Sonowal, R.N. 1973 Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam: a brief description and report on the census of large animals (March 1972). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 70 (2): 245-278, tables 1-6 |
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| 1973, Kaziranga, During 1973 census one rhino horn weighing 1.139 kg was receovered, which has a value of about IRS 11,000 |
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| MacNeely, J.A.; Cronin, E.W. 1972 Rhinos in Thailand. Oryx 11 (6): 457-460, fig. 1, map 1 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| The horn is used for everything from painkiller to easing childbirth, but the most popular use is as an aphrodisiac among elderly Chinese men. |
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| MacNeely, J.A.; Cronin, E.W. 1972 Rhinos in Thailand. Oryx 11 (6): 457-460, fig. 1, map 1 |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| 1972, Thailand, Every part of the rhino has value today: teeth, $25 each; dried blood $75/kg; fresh blood $65/kg; bone $6.50/kg, skin $12.50/kg), but the horn is the most valuable, with the Bangkok price about $60 per ounce. |
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| Das, B.N. 1969 The role, management and economic function of a national park with special reference to Kaziranga. Indian Forester 95: 785-791, map 1 |
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| 1969, India, Highest price at departement auction IRS 9151/kg |
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