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Preliminary observations on the Sumatran rhino in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Joanne Reilly ,
Guy Hills Spedding  and
Apriawan
Joanne Reilly
Affiliation:
Conservation Research Group, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Ml 5GD, UK.
Guy Hills Spedding
Affiliation:
The Gables, Foxham, Chippenham, Wiltshire SM5 4NQ, UK.
Apriawan
Affiliation:
Sub Balai KSDA, Taman Nasional Way Kambas, Way Jepara, Lampung Tengah 34196, Sumatra, Indonesia.
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The Sumatran rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is regarded as critically endangered with a world population of approximately 400. In 1991 it was recorded in Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia, 30 years after the park's last rhino was believed to have been shot. A Sumatran Rhino Population and Habitat Viability Analysis (PHVA) workshop in 1993 recommended an immediate survey be carried out to assess the rhino population in the park. The Way Kambas Project recorded observations of rhino sign between 1993 and 1995. Sign was most frequently observed along trails in mature secondary forest. Data from the areas surveyed suggest the presence of at least four rhinos.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 1997 , pp. 143 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1997

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