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| Title: |
Kouprey clues & rhino news |
| Author(s): |
Neese, H.C. |
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1976 |
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Wildlife |
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1976 |
| Pages: |
410-411, figs. 1-3 |
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| Laos. Rhinos and elephants live in the same kind of habitat, which might explain why more rhino tracks are not identified as such. According to villagers, the tracks of both animals look very similar. Since there are more elephants than rhinos, it is likely that when tracks are seen the villager... |
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The most important events of our rhino search were two incidents involving separate hunting parties of twenty-six and nine Laos; both groups reported to Suwan that they had seen rhinos.
The twenty-six villagers from Ban Kala in Sedone Province were rounding-up wild elephants quite near their vil... |
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The most important events of our rhino search were two incidents involving separate hunting parties of twenty-six and nine Laos; both groups reported to Suwan that they had seen rhinos.
The second incident involved nine hunters from Boun Tai in Sithandone Province, and also took place in 1974. T... |
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| It is worth clarifying why we believe that the rhino concerned is the Javan rhino, and not the Sumatran rhino (Diceros sumatrensis). The Lao villagers we talked to all used the word het (the Lao name for the Javan rhino); none of them ever use a word sou, which according to Jean Deuve is the Lao ... |
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
Morphology
Javan Rhino
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| Laos. Rhinos and elephants live in the same kind of habitat, which might explain why more rhino tracks are not identified as such. According to villagers, the tracks of both animals look very similar. Since there are more elephants than rhinos, it is likely that when tracks are seen the villager... |
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Javan Rhino
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| Rhinos are apparently seen only at the end of the dry season (April and May) and at the beginning of the rainy season (May and June). In this period they seem to spend their time in or near ponds, creeks, or rivers. Rhinos and elephants live in the same kind of habitat, which might explain why m... |
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Asia - East Asia - Laos
Culture
Asian Rhino Species
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| Many tribal groups in Laos consider rhino hunting to be taboo. They believe that rhinos have powerful phi or evil spirits, which, if they are interfered with, can wreak terrible vengeance on a hunter or his family. For this reason it was hard to obtain detailed information about rhinos from these... |
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Kouprey clues & rhino news
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