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Reference Base  The breeding of some larger mammals in Northern Rhodesia |
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| Title: |
The breeding of some larger mammals in Northern Rhodesia |
| Author(s): |
Ansell, W.F.H. |
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1960 |
| Journal: |
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
| Volume: |
134 |
| Pages: |
251-274, figs. 1-11 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Total in the Territory is not likely to exceed 1000, of which perhaps 500 in the Luangwa Valley. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 1960, perhaps 500 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Believed to be the nominate race Diceros bicornis bicornis, though Schouteden (1945) refers Katanga specimens to holmwoodi Sclater. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Map showing present and believed former distribution of Diceros bicornis |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
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| Formerly much persecuted, especially for the horns which have a high value among orientals, and still make the animal an object of poaching and illegal commerce. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Probably originally occurred throughout except in Kalabo Disdtrict and most of North West province. |
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Captive - Africa
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
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| Livingstone Game Park, is not a national park, but an enclosed area of about 1000 acres into which local ungulates are imported and kept as a local attraction. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Reproduction
Black Rhino
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| Zambia. Pitman recorded a 40 lb foetus in May and may have based his suggestion of a regular calving season in June on this instance. Very young calves have been seen in Luangwa valley from June to October. It seems that there is no defined calving time. |
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