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Title: The first report of urine overmarking of pro-oestrus female dung by a male white rhino
Author(s): Marneweck, C.; Juergens, A.; Shrader, A.M.
Year published: 2019
Journal: African Zoology
Volume: 54 (3)
Pages: 175-179
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
Although observed in other Perrisodactyla, urine overmarking in white rhinos has not been described. Using a single opportunistic sighting, we were able to collect two dung samples from one oestrous female white rhino; one unmarked and one overmarked with male urine. Because of the behaviour of b...
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