header: Sumatran Rhinoceros
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line Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ( Fischer, 1814 )

DISTRIBUTION

The Sumatran Rhinoceros once occurred widely from the foothills of the Himalayas in Bhutan and eastern India, through Myanmar, Thailand, possibly to Viet Nam and China, and south through the Malay Peninsula, to the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. It has be en eradicated from much of this large region, mainly by hunting in historical times.

At present the species is found in small populations scattered through the former range; it is known to persist in Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo (where the species occurs in Sabah, and possibly still in Sarawak and Kalimantan) .6 The status of the species in other parts of the region is not known. Two-horned rhinos had been reported during the last century in southern China, but these records are unconfirmed.

Range States: Cambodia (ex?), India (ex?), Indonesia, Laos (ex?), Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam?.


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