 | Zecchini, A. 1999 Le rhinoceros noir au Cameroun doit survivre. Courrier de la Nature 179: 34-39, figs. 1-4, map 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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| Up to the second world war, the rhinos had 3 main threats: the sports hunting, hunting for food, and trade of the horn. From 1925-1935, the price of the horn increased considerably. One threat is poaching. But also there is the pressure of the human population. The drought in the area at the ... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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| In the 1980's, Cameroon was earnest in trying to improve the conservation status of the fauna. A formal request for assistance was formulated by the ministry in December 1980, but the response from WWF International in October 1981 was that after evaluation of the priorities of IUCN, no funds we... |
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| Martin, E.B.; Hillman Smith, K. 1999 Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population. Pachyderm 27: 76-85, figs. 1-2, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
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White Rhino
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| Nine years later, the population in Garamba had doubled, the zoo animals had dropped to nine, they were extinct in Uganda and C.A.R. |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
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Black Rhino
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| The evolution of the numbers of Diceros bicornis longipes in Central and West Africa does not follow the curve for the entire species. An intense period of destruction at the start of the 20th century wiped out the subspecies in West Africa, and brought it to the brink of extinction in Central A... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Ivory Coast
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Black Rhino
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| Extinct in 1905 in Bouna, [9.16 N, 3.0 W, N.W. Ivory Coast, just east of Komoe NP], see Jeannin 1951. |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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| Formerly black rhinos lived in northern Garoua province in vegetations dominated by Acacia (mostly A. hockii and A. senegal). This is the kind of terrain seen to be most suitable to rhinos by anglophone researchers.
Today the rhino live in an area of wooded savannah, in the sudanese or soudanes... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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| In the present situation (very few animals, maybe 10-15 spread over a region of 25.000 km? ) it is hard to advance a number for possible rhino density. In the past it seems that there was one adult rhino per 10-20 km? according to the quality of the habitat. |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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| Cameroon. The rhino's attraction for humid habitat allows them to find a varied diet, even in the dry season. Despite few observations in the foeld, 30 different plants are identified. Among the plants there are numerous leguminous plants, the fruit of Kigelia africana, also Vernonia, Hoslundi... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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| The natural home ranges observed usually are greater than 200 km? per animal, while many home ranges can partially overlap. In the absence of disturbances, movements seem to be more important in the dry season - fresh traces followed over distances of 30-40 km per day, than in the wet season - di... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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| The characteristics of the environment where the rhinos live make direct observations very difficult. It is not strange to be within a few metres of a rhino without being able to see it. Idenfification of traces and footprints help to estimate numbers, the home range, and the principal habitats. |
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