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Reference Base  The great one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L) |
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| Title: |
The great one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L) |
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Shebbeare, E.O.; Roy, A.N. |
| Year published: |
1948 |
| Journal: |
Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society |
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22 |
| Pages: |
88-91, pls. 1-3 |
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| File: |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1948, 60 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
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| a few |
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Asia - South Asia - Bangladesh
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| The Sumatra, or Java, species is found in the Chittagong forests. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| before 1930, ca.80. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| In 1930 and 1931, a number of Mechis (also known as Boros) came over from the Goalpara district of Assam to join the local Mechis, and between them, during those two years, they murdered about 50 rhino. In 1933, T.V. Dent collected about 50 skulls. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| 1948, very few are poached |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Sanctuary about 39 sq. miles in extent, being boiunded on the North by the Madarihat-Nilpara road, on the East by the Nilpara-Chilapatta road and on the South and West by the forest boundaries. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| In 1932, thanks to the representations of E.O. Shebbeare, the Rhinoceros Preservation Act [of Bengal] came into being and jaldapara was declared a special reserve for the preservation of the rhinoceros. |
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Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| Cow give birth to one calf every three years. |
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Morphology
Indian Rhino
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| Hairless. |
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