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The Indian Scene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2009

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On the credit side can be put increases in the Indian lion and the great Indian rhinoceros.

In 1950 the lion population of the Gir Forest was carefully assessed at 250 (see Oryx, vol. I, No. 2, pp. 99–101). In 1955 a similar census gave 290, an increase of 40 in four years, though the proportion of cubs to adults had decreased.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , November 1955 , pp. 124 - 128
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1955