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Reference Base Lessons from the introduced black rhino population in Pil... |
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Title: |
Lessons from the introduced black rhino population in Pilanesberg National Park |
Author(s): |
Adcock, K.; Hansen, H.; Lindemann, H. |
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1998 |
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Pachyderm |
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26 |
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40-51, figs. 1-5, tables 1-4, photos 1-5 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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1981-1995, annual mortality averaged 3.6 %. But in first 6 years after release there was no mortality, in subsequent 9 years mortality averaged 6 %. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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1996, 42 animals present
Ranges in 1996 on figures: adult females F 1, 5, 9, 13, 18, 27
Young adult females: F 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 30, 32
Adult males in 1991: M 8, 16, 21, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31 - 8, 24, 26 have since died <1996
Young adult males in 1996: M 3, 7, 15, 16, 23
F32 died i... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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Release in Pilanesberg NP. Range sizes seem to depend on age and sex. Range size was estimated from the area enclosing most sightings, i.e. excluding those outside the usual range of the rhino. Also hills judged to be unusable (too steep, or without the normal food plants) were excluded from h... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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1996 June, 9 black rhino translocated from Pilanesberg |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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Translocations started in 1981, occurred in stages and involved 24 animals in total.
In June 1996, 9 black rhino were translocated to Madikwe GR.
1981, 7 arrived from Hluhluwe/Umfolozi
1982, 4 arrived from H/U
1983, 8 arrived rom H/U
1989, 5 arrived from Mkuzi - 3 males, 2 females; the 3 mal... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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1983, 19 had been introduced from Hluhluwe/Umfolozi |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Translocation - Methods
Black Rhino
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Release in Pilanesberg NP - Diceros bicornis. It was noted in 1981-83, that the rhinos released without on-site boma keeping were highly disturbed, which increased the rate of these new animals encountering and fighting previously introduced rhino. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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- release in Pilanesberg NP. The experience from Pilanesberg suggests that there is a limit to the number of males an area can carry. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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1989, 5 came from Mkuzi, 3 males died, 2 females survived. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Reproduction
Black Rhino
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Release in Pilanesberg NP. Male black rhino seem to mature socially later than females. In Pilanesberg, female calves become independent of their mothers at a younger age than males:
average for female young 2 yrs 1 mo 4 females
average for male young 3 yrs 7 males
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