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Rhinos (Rhinocerotidae) - Ecology, History & Conservation
Rhinos (Rhinocerotidae) - Ecology, History & Conservation
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Rhinos (Rhinocerotidae) - Ecology, History & Conservation
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Post information (scientific & historical) about rhinos across their current & historic range.
From "The Mammals of Iraq" by Robert T. Hatt  *This image is copyright of its original author
The Mammals of Iraq 
There were already 3 two topics about rhinos inside Wildfact forum... You can see that by making a search...
https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-conserv...o#pid60600 https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-western...officially And also: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-big-herbivores And as concerns extinct animals, more precisely fossil rhinos: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-prehist...-relatives (11-26-2023, 08:16 PM)Spalea Wrote: There were already 3 two topics about rhinos inside Wildfact forum... You can see that by making a search... You are one of the most valuable posters in this forum, but in this case you are very wrong. WildFact specializes in quality BIG CAT information. Very little is here on rhinos and other herbivores. Even the Asiatic elephant does not have its own thread. The inspiration for creating this thread is Dr Kees Rookmaaker. About him. He is the Chief editor of Rhino Resource Center, the internet's largest collection of information about rhinos. Information from his books will be published later. The Mammalian Species account of all five extant rhinoceros. About the 'Mammalian Species': "Mammalian Species is published by the American Society of Mammalogists with 10-20 individual species accounts issued each year. Each uniform account summarizes the current understanding of the biology of an individual species including systematics, distribution, fossil history, genetics, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, and conservation. The accounts vary from 2-14 pages depending upon what is known about the species." [Black Rhino] Mammalian Species No. 455 Diceros bicornis - A.K. Kes Hillman-Smith & Colin P. Groves (1994) LINK [White Rhino] Mammalian Species No. 8 Ceratotherium simum - Colin P. Groves (1972) LINK [Javan Rhino] Mammalian Species Issue 887 Rhinoceros sondaicus - Colin P. Groves & David M. Leslie Jr (2011) LINK [Sumatran Rhino] Mammalian Species No. 21 Dicerorhinus sumatrensis - Colin P. Groves & Fred Kurt (1972) LINK [Indian Rhino] Mammalian Species No. 211 Rhinoceros unicornis - W.A Laurie, E.M. Lang & Colin P. Groves (1983) LINK Literature on the ecology and behavior of all extant rhinos: - Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis)
- Indian Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis)
- Javan Rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
- White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum)
- Sumatran Rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
Incredible images of all five extant rhino species. All the sources not in order (probably)  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
@TheHyenid76 :
You wrote at #3 : " You are one of the most valuable posters in this forum, but in this case you are very wrong. WildFact specializes in quality BIG CAT information. Very little is here on rhinos and other herbivores. Even the Asiatic elephant does not have its own thread. The inspiration for creating this thread is Dr Kees Rookmaaker. About him. He is the Chief editor of Rhino Resource Center, the internet's largest collection of information about rhinos. Information from his books will be published later. " I'm agree with you Wildfact is very focused by big cats information. But simply because a majority of forumers (myself included as concerns lions) are specially interested by the big felids. When we consider this forum name, I can conclude that it initially concerned the animal life into the wild. I'm not "in the creators' head" but it was my first clear impression when I saw it (Wildfact forum) for the first time. You have just to read the Peter's paraph when you enter this site. So, the first purpose of this forum was the study and accounts about the wild life. But because of the forumers affinities and interests, the site became a forum specialised about the big cats. We can regret it, because rhinos and elephants for example. whom you quoted about, are also fascinating animals, I clearly think it, but it's so. And don't get me wrong as concerns my remark (#2) but having been a much more activ member during a certain time I initiated several, hardly at all restarted then, topics. and by telling you that, I only wanted to avoid too that your initiated topic stagnates at two or three posts. Because you can understand with me that numerous threads with only 2 or 3 posts don't help to the brightness of the site. And thank a lot for the numerous links you give about rhinos. I will look at them later... And comment on this thread.
Images of Wild Asian rhinos in their natural habitats (Greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan) from "Asian Rhinos: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan" Archive
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Dr Rudi Putra gives a talk regarding the conservation of Sumatran rhinos
The Historical occurence of Asian rhinos in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is a small south Asian country surrounded by India and Myanmar with the Bay of Bengal to its South. Historically, Bangladesh had a huge array of incredible megafauna including rhinos. However, rhinos have been extirpated from Bangladesh. Bears, leopards, tigers and elephants are still surviving in the country despite Herculean threats. From "Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals" The Sumatran rhino, Indian rhino and the Javan rhino all have been included in 'Extinct Mammals of Bangladesh'  *This image is copyright of its original author Occurrence of the rhinos in the Sundarbans An incredible paper by Dr Kees Rookmaaker on the historical occurrence of the Javan rhino in the Sundarbans. LINK RECORDS OFTHE SUNDARBANS RHINOCEROS (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis) in India and Bangladesh SUMMARY The Javan rhinos existed in the forests near the Bay of Bengal, called the Sundarbans, in southern Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal, India. It was first shot by F. V. Lamarepicquot in 1828, whose two specimens were described as a new species, Rhinoceros inermis, by Lesson in 1838. The animal was noted in the Sundarbans with some regularity until 1892. In total 11 specimens are known in different museums. The rhinos lived in small numbers in well-defined localities throughout the entire Sundarbans. It must have become extinct before 1925. [Map of the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh. The numbers show localities where rhinos were sighted, see Table 1.]  *This image is copyright of its original author [Table 1. Records of rhinos in the Sundarbans in chronological order. The map reference refers to the numbers on Figure 1.]  *This image is copyright of its original author [The mounted skin of Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis in the Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin]  *This image is copyright of its original author From "The Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 13" Year 1885. "In the Sundarbans, however, the tiger, leopard, rhinoceros, wild buffalo, spotted deer, hog-deer, barking deer, and bara singhar or large deer are common." Rhinos in Bangladesh outside the Sundarbans. From "A preliminary wildlife survey in Sangu-Matamuhuri Reserve Forest, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh" LINK Notes on extinct Megafauna "The Mro people claim that Banteng never occurred in this area but that wild water buffalo still exists in the area. It can be safely assumed that rhinoceros no longer exist in this part of the CHT. A 90-year-old Mro man mentioned that he encountered a rhinoceros 70 years ago in the Sangu-Matamuhiri Valley." From 'Mammalian Species Rhinoceros sondaicus' by Dr Colin P. Groves LINK [Rhinoceros sondaicus occurs in only 2 very small areas of southeastern Asia: Ujung Kulon, West Java (about 6u459S, 105u159E), and Cat Loc, Vietnam (about 11u359N, 107u229E; perhaps extinct). Green shading delimits areas of known historical distribution based on museum specimens collected beginning in the mid-1800s (Groves 1967; Rookmaaker 1980).]  *This image is copyright of its original author From "Asian Rhinos An Action Plan for their Conservation" by Dr Mohd. Khan bin Momin Khan LINK [Approximate former distribution of the great one-horned rhinoceros (shaded area).]  *This image is copyright of its original author [Approximate former distribution of the Javan rhinoceros (shaded area).]  *This image is copyright of its original author [Approximate former distribution of the Sumatran rhinoceros (shaded area).]  *This image is copyright of its original author Key points from this post:
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