Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822
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https://doi.org/ 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF0B87EA-AE43-FFD5-9F4B-FD79FAE50114 |
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Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822 |
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309. Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822 View in CoL
Common name: Javan Rhinoceros
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Distribution: This species once distributed in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and probably Southern China through peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Java in the mid nineteenth century ( Groves 1967). In Myanmar, formerly distributed in Southern Myanmar and the last known record is two individuals that occurred in Dawei Township area on the Myanmar-Thailand border in 1962.
Remarks: This species is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN and a completely protected species of Myanmar.
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