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Title: The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India
Author(s): Choudhury, A.
Year published: 1996
Journal: Pachyderm
Volume: 22
Pages: 7-9, map 1
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Asia
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
less than 2,200
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
E.P. Gee in 1964 had estimated that 2-3 rhinos were left in the Sankosh river valley (in the Kochungaon Reserved Forest). There has been no recent report from this area and perhaps no rhinos remain now.
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
In the early 1970s, a lone rhino was spotted by villagers in the Kochuoni Pather area near Dighaltarang. The animal had roamed about in the area covering Baghajan, Motapung and Dibru Reserved Forest (now part of Dibru-Saikhowa Wildlife Sanctuary). In 1971-72, a rhino had strayed up to the Nagao...
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
Rhinos regularly cross the Brahmaputra river and enter different parts of Sonitpur District, especially Panpur Reserved Forest, Khatonibari and even Tezpur town (the latest to appear near the town was seen in July 1995). In 1978, a female with a calf were seen in Soni-Rupai sanctuary (not a noti...
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
In about the mid-1980s, two rhinos were seen in Namdang Reserved Forest. A lone rhino which had crossed over from Pani-Dihing area of Sibsagar, was still roaming in Dihingmukh Reserved Forest until mid-1994 (and may still be there).
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
March 1966: a lone rhino was killed by Mising poachers nearMerbeel in Dhakuakhana Subdivision. In the late 1970s, one rhino was reportedly seen near Lamugaon, not far from Merbeel.
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
Kuruwa is a small grassy tract on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river in Darrang district while Mandakata is a village with an ox-bow lake, a marsh and some grassland in Kamrup district. Both the areas are adjacent to each other. The rhino was a familiar animal of the area until about the l...
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
This is a hilly forest located west of Kaziranga (16kmy in area). A few rhinos are located within the area. During the monsoon floods more than 20 to 25 animals take shelter in the highlands of Kukurakata.
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
Because of the close proximity to Kaziranga N. P., a few rhinos wander into the riverine areas of the Brahmaputra river, especially Majuli, every year. In January 1993, the carcass of a rhino was found in the Luit suti of Majuli. In January 1994, a lone animal appeared at the fringe of Jorhat t...
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Maps
Asian Rhino Species
Map of N.E. India with localities of stray Indian Rhino.
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