PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS ON THE SUMATRAN RHINO IN WAY-KAMBAS-NATIONAL-PARK, INDONESIA

Citation
J. Reilly et Spedding Gh",apriawan, PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS ON THE SUMATRAN RHINO IN WAY-KAMBAS-NATIONAL-PARK, INDONESIA, Oryx, 31(2), 1997, pp. 143-150
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
OryxACNP
ISSN journal
00306053
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
143 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-6053(1997)31:2<143:POTSRI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The Sumatran rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is regarded as critically endangered with a world population of approximately 400. In 1991 it wa s recorded in Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia, 30 years a fter the park's last rhino was believed to have been shot. A Sumatran Rhino Population and Habitat Viability Analysis (PHVA) workshop in 199 3 recommended an immediate survey be carried out to assess the rhino p opulation in the park. The Way Kambas Project recorded observations of rhino sign between 1993 and 1995. Sign teas most frequently observed along trails in mature secondary forest. Data from the areas surveyed suggest the presence of at least four rhinos.