2017-10-01 Sanctuary Asia

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Pench Jungle Camp is set within fifty acres of lush foliage, sprawling lawns and

untouched landscaping only 1 km from the Turia Gate of Pench National Park.

Treat your sense to the sight and sounds of the forest with:

Game drives | Walking safaris

Bird Watching | Bicycle Safaris | Night Safaris

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Pench National Park, India

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Northern Sumatran rhinoceros

From the grasslands to the hills, the extinction story continued in the

later stages of the 20th century. The northern Sumatran

rhinoceros was the next animal to be lost in India and is

now considered regionally extinct. This is a more recent

loss, with reports from Manipur and Nagaland persisting

until the 1990s. The IUCN has still not completely written

off this subspecies and lists it as Critically Endangered, with hopes that a

remnant population may still survive in parts of northern Myanmar’s dense

tropical rainforest.

But it seems that this two-horned hairy rhino species, which lived in the

over-hunted hilly rainforests of Northeast India, has been confi ned to the pages of Indian biodiversity

history. Never considered abundant since the 19th century, this animal was simply unable to cope with the impact of humans.

Scientifi c name: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis

Range: Foothills of the eastern Himalaya across Bhutan, Bangladesh to Myanmar

Conservation status: Regionally extinct

Extinction date: Reported from Northeast India till the 1990s, last reported regional specimen was from Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong,

Bangladesh in 1967

Cause of extinction: Habitat loss and trophy hunting

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