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Reference Base  Habitat preference of the white rhino in the Kruger Natio... |
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Habitat preference of the white rhino in the Kruger National Park |
| Author(s): |
Pienaar, D.J. |
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1994 |
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pp. 59-64, figs. 1-2 |
| Reference From: | Penzhorn, B.L. et al. 1994 Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994, pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| map of historic distribution of Ceratotherium simum in Southern Africa |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| The white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum simum (Burchell) became extinct in the Transvaal in 1896. In 1961 the first white rhinoceroses were re-introduced from the Umfolozi Game Reserve to the Kruger National Park (KNP). Over a 12-year period a total of 345 white rhinoceroses were relocated to ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| The white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum simum (Burchell) became extinct in the Transvaal in 1896. The southern white rhino Ceratotherium simum simum did not occur south of the Orange River in historic times, while its southern limit in the east was the region of the present-day Umfolozi Game R... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Habitat
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| Kruger NP. A study was begun in 1988 to ascertain the landscape and habitat preferences and dispersal of the white rhinoceros in the KNP. The objective of this study was to ascertain which landscapes in the KNP white rhino select for and why they selected them.
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Ecology - Food
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| Kruger NP. White rhino are selective grazers; no browsing was observed in the KNP or in the Umfolozi Game Reserve. Forbs were also avoided and white rhino even avoided favoured grass patches that contained plenty of forbs.
In the Umfolozi Game Reserve Owen-Smith noticed that during the wet mon... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Food
White Rhino
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| Kruger NP. White rhino are selective grazers; no browsing was observed in the KNP or in the Umfolozi Game Reserve. Forbs were also avoided and white rhino even avoided favoured grass patches that contained plenty of forbs.
In the Umfolozi Game Reserve Owen-Smith noticed that during the wet mon... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| White rhinoceroses are also very partial to wallowing in the mud-holes that form on the clayey soil on the bottom-lands. It seems thus that the Combretum woodland landscapes fulfil most of the white rhinoceros's needs.
Wallowing also took place at waterholes. White rhino either rolled in muddy... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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| Field observations have shown that in the mornings white rhinoceros feed by preference on the shade-loving grasses such as Panicum maximum that grow on the riverbanks. When it gets warm they utilize the watersheds to rest in the shade. The catenary sequence (Figure 2) in the Combretum landscape... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Behaviour - Daily Routine
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| White rhinos are dependant on regular access to surface water and will drink daily or twice daily during the wet season when water is abundantly available. During the dry season some animals are forced to make a journey to longer-lasting waterholes and drinking frequency was reduced to 2-4 day i... |
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