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Title: Rhinos in Thailand
Author(s): MacNeely, J.A.; Laurie, W.A.
Year published: 1977
Journal: Oryx
Volume: 13 (5)
Pages: 486-489, map 1
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Rhinoceros sondaicus has been reported from all the lndochinese countries, and it is possible that small populations still exist. The most likely areas are the Mountains in Cambodia, NW Laos, the Bolovens Plateau region in southern Laos, and parts of S Vietnam near Da Lat.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Rhinoceros sondaicus has been reported from all the lndochinese countries, and it is possible that small populations still exist. The most likely areas are the Mountains in Cambodia, NW Laos, the Bolovens Plateau region in southern Laos, and parts of S Vietnam near Da Lat.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Cambodia
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Rhinoceros sondaicus has been reported from all the lndochinese countries, and it is possible that small populations still exist. The most likely areas are the Mountains in Cambodia, NW Laos, the Bolovens Plateau region in southern Laos, and parts of S Vietnam near Da Lat. Neese (1975) found ev...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
The Sumatran rhino is reported from Cam Ranh in South Vietnam, but there are no recent records for Indochinese countries where the war has certainly destroyed enormous numbers of wildlife.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
Rhinoceros sondaicus has been reported from all the lndochinese countries, and it is possible that small populations still exist. The most likely areas are the Mountains in Cambodia, NW Laos, the Bolovens Plateau region in southern Laos, and parts of S Vietnam near Da Lat. Neese (1975) found ev...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
Malayan Border. There is no recent information from the Thai side - a reported baby rhino in captivity turned out to be a tapir Tapirus indicus - and the area is still controlled by several different groups of insurgents, making field investigations impossible.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
Most of Burma is not under government control, and it is unlikely that any large rhino populations remain.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
Chaiyaphum Province. McNeely and Cronin, who found only a single track of a Sumatran rhino about three weeks old, reported that poaching was a serious threat to their survival here. To control it, a reserve was established in 1973 under the Wildlife Conservation Division of the Royal Forest Dep...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
Surat Thani Province. Hunters recently reported at least three rhinos in the mountains of Surat Thani Province, in southern Thailand, but the information is insufficient to determine which species. After the misidentification on the Malayan border, the chance of their being tapirs cannot be dis...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Thailand
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
Chantaburi Province. In January 1974, rhino footprints were found at Khao Soi Dao reserve in south-east Thailand. Forest Department personnel made a plaster cast of the footprint which was 21 to 23 cm wide, within the size range of Sumatran rhino. No more tracks have been reported, but old wall...
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