 | Nardelli, F. 1985 The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 7: 4-8, figs. 1-2 |
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| One of the most seriously endangered mammals in the world, thanks to the loss of its preferred rain-forest habitat, poaching, and other factors upsetting the normal patterns of the animal's life in the wild.
Even before the destruction of so much of its preferred habitat, hunting was a constant ... |
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| Edroma, E.L. 1982 White rhino extinct in Uganda. Oryx 16 (4): 352-355, map 1, table 1 |
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| Extinction white rhino in Uganda. Causes for Decline
The reasons for the rhino's extermination are not difficult to identify. Until 1950 the decline was due to loss of the borne range due to increasing human population, agricultural land use and illegal hunting, coupled with the rhino's relati... |
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| Veevers-Carter, W. 1979 Land mammals of Indonesia. Jakarta, PT Intermasa |
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| If their trails are disturbed, individual rhinos become isolated and find it more difficult to reproduce. |
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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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Indian Rhino
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| Since ancient times, countless numbers have been slaughtered for their horn alone. As far back as the year 200, a Greco-Roman named Aelian wrote about the magical properties of rhino horn. Even in the twentieth century, many still believe this fibrous tissue to be a potent aphrodisiac. In China, ... |
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| Fitter, R. 1974 Most endangered mammals: an action programme. Oryx 12 (4): 436-449, figs. 1-5, map 1 |
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| It occurs or is believed to occur in eight or nine reserves es in Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Sabah, but like many other jungle species of this region, its future is tied to that of the rapidly diminishing rain forest. The malaysian reserves in particular are under great pressure. Another im... |
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| Banerjee, R. 1972 Where flying vultures reveal secrets - Kaziranga. Cheetal 15 (1): 48-50, figs. 1-4 |
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| Overhunting, and over-intensive transformation of habitats, have reduced numerous animal populations to the point of extinction. The chief sufferer has been the rhinoceros, which was slaughtered, to satisfy the demands of Chinese pharmacists since the rhinoceros. horn is famous for its alleged a... |
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| Schaurte, W.T. 1968 Threatened species of rhinoceros in tropical S.E. Asia: pp. 284-293
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Asian Rhino Species
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| Poaching. Poaching still goes on to a very large extent! There is a tendency for people to think that poaching is an insurmountable problem. It is, of course, nothing of the kind, for good management on the part of conservation personnel together with the encouragement they deserve from higher... |
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| Hill, C.A. 1968 Kaziranga. Zoonooz (San Diego) 41 (9) Sep: 4-8, figs. 1-6 |
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| Hunting was doubtless an important reason for the decline of the species, but even more so was man's modification of the rhino's habitat. As the human population increased, so did the land area put under cultivation or grazing. Close contact with man's domestic animals has had detrimental effec... |
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| Anonymous 1963 Animals in danger: the Great Indian rhinoceros. Animals 1 (22): 2, fig. 1 |
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| It is highly priced for its horn, which is popularly supposed tto have aphrodisiac properties. Its natural habitat is being gradually cleared for agriculture. |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 |
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| Aphrodisiac. A widespread belief throughout the East in the aphrodisiac properties of rhinoceros horn, especially among the Chinese has been the primary cause of the great dimunition in numbers of all the species in Asia, and the rarity of rhinoceros makes the horn all the more valuable. It is ... |
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