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Reference Base Notes on the status of black rhino in the Ngorongoro Crater |
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Notes on the status of black rhino in the Ngorongoro Crater |
Author(s): |
Mkenda, E.; Butchart, D. |
Year published: |
2000 |
Journal: |
CCA Ecological Journal |
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2 |
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68-69 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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The beginning of the end had arrived for the rhinos, however, as immigrant hunters brought weapons to the region; Count Teleki had killed 99 Black Rhino in 1886 alone, on a journey from Mount Kilimanjaro to Lake Rudolf (Turkana) and `a group of Indian Arm |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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The first written account of Black Rhinoceros in the Ngorongoro Crater, dates back to 1892 when German explorer Oscar Baumann visited this part of Northern Tanzania. Baumann is credited as the first European to actually see the Crater (Organ & Fosbrooke, |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Morphology
Black Rhino
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Tanzania, Ngorongoro. On 21 March 1892, Baumann and his group 'Halted in a pleasant acacia forest near the lake. The plain around us was again populated by numerous rhinoceros amongst which there were magnificent snow-white specimens, one of which I shot. In the afternoon, Mzimba went hunting ... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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Mud bathing takes place at the hottest time of the day, either at the lake shore or in small mud pools. The rhinos which have been bathing at the saline lake often go white in colour, while those that bath elsewhere become dark brown or grey; this has led some guests to mistakenly surmise that t... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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Tanzania, Ngorongoro. It has proved difficult to determine the precise diet of the rhinos as they often feed in long grass, where their food plants (herbs and saplings) are obscured from view. A detailed study in the 1960s showed that various species of legume (e.g. Indigofera) make up the bul... |
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Location:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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Tanzania, Ngorongoro. It has proved difficult to determine the precise diet of the rhinos as they often feed in long grass, where their food plants (herbs and saplings) are obscured from view. A detailed study in the 1960s showed that various species of legume (e.g. Indigofera) make up the bul... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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Of the four male Black Rhino resident in the Crater, two are dominant bulls and occupy home ranges. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Behaviour - Fighting
Black Rhino
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Of the four male Black Rhino resident in the Crater, two are dominant bulls and occupy home ranges; these two individuals were observed fighting in the months of March, May and August (they are easily told apart as one has the tip of its tail missing, and the other has distinctive tufts of hair o... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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Black Rhino are most active at night, and since we are unable to drive in the Crater after dark, their movements are not fully known to us. Rhinos spend most of their day resting, when they are then often obscured by tall grass. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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In June, seven Black Rhino were seen together at 'Shamba la Faru', as females and young males of the same family. A group of the same size (possibly the same individuals) was seen at this same locality in October. |
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