File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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Lavauden also supposed that the rhino to the northeast and east of Yalinga was the white, and in 1934 he noted a white rhino killed northwest of Zemio.
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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White Rhino
But old stories die hard, and when I came to the Central African Republic in l974 it was still thought that the white rhino might exist the Zemongo Faunal Reserve. Jan Rugsten claims to have made two sightings of white rhino, possibly both of the same animal on the upper Ouarra River (Figure 2) ...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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White Rhino
Malbrant (1952) records seeing horns of white rhino in the hands of merchants at Birao in l933, and three years earlier apparently saw one on the Aouk to the north of Birao (Malbrant, 1930). Gromier (1941) wrote that he saw horns of the white variety f rom Birao in 1931.
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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White Rhino
However, in 1927 the British Sudan border post at Dj?n?n? seized a larger number of white rhino horns alleged to have come from Tchad, which were probably the 150 which Guy Babault saw in Khartoum and which were reported as originating from Abecher (Lavauden, 1934).
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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Black Rhino
Shortly before his death in 1979, M. Etienne Cannone (a French hunter who went out to Tchad at the age of eighteen and is credited with killing over a hundred black rhino on the Aouk River) informed M. Lefol that he had also shot about a dozen white rhino in this region, or the Doseo, Mya and Kei...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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White Rhino
Lavauden (1932) considered that there was no doubt that small numbers of white rhino existed at that time southeast of Abecher in the region of Coz Beida; further, a museum horn of this genus comes from east of Mangueigne in Tchad. Lavauden also supposed that the rhino to the northeast and east ...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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White Rhino
Furthermore, if the pair of horns which Denham and Clapperton brought back from the southeast of Lake Tchad in 1824 (Malbrant, 1952; Bovill, 1966) are indeed those of a white rhino from Gaulfey (latitude 12' 25'N longitude l4'50' E), then the range clearly extended even further west in this regi...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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White Rhino
Jeannin (1951) wrote that the Goz Sassoulko National Park `in Chad' harboured 8 white rhino. Although this area was originally a part of Tchad, at independence it became part of the Central African Republic; but the `park' was de-gazetted to a reserve in 1940, and in 1960 the greate part was ent...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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Black Rhino
the last stronghold was, until 1981, the Central African Republic. Before this date, it seems to have been distributed thinly throughout the area of the Republic east of about 19'E, between latitudes 07'W to about 10'N, in the east extending south to 06'N (Figure 3).
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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White Rhino
Shortly before his death in 1979, M. Etienne Cannone (a French hunter who went out to Tchad at the age of eighteen and is credited with killing over a hundred black rhino on the Aouk River) informed M. Lefol that he had also shot about a dozen white rhino in this region, or the Doseo, Mya and Kei...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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White Rhino
The former hunting inspector Andr? F?lix is alleged to have shot a white rhino between 1920-36 near Badia, which is on the Sudanese border to the east of the park which bears his name. The reason why the rhino shot by Cannone and Andr? F?lix are not on record is presumably because the animal was...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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Black Rhino
The highest density of black rhino in those areas which were explored was in the Bamingui-Bangoran National Park (an area of 11560 km? gazetted in 1933) and in a region of 1400 km? immediately to the east. Although Corfield and Hamilton (1 971) reported finding only some old tracks in the par...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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African Rhino Species
In 1927, the French Commission Sup?rieur de la Chasse was informed that the white rhino no longer existed in French territories (but then, somewhat illogically, it was given absolute protection by a law dated 25 August 1929)
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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African Rhino Species
Probably the least-known country in Africa today, with large areas of savanna woodland still unexplored, the Central African Republic has been thought, until recent times, to harbour the two genera of African rhinoceroses: Ceratotherium simum cottoni, the northern white rhino; and Diceros bicorni...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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Black Rhino
Subspecies Diceros bicornis. I have recently (1985) had the opportunity to measure the skulls of three adult black.rhino from Bamingui and one from the Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris region; and found the measurements to be closer to those of the Sudan race D.b. brucii, than they are to D.b. longipe...
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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White Rhino
further, a museum horn of Ceratotherium simum comes from east of Mangueigne in Tchad.
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File AvailableSpinage, C.A. 1986 The rhinos of the Central African Republic. Pachyderm 6: 10-13
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Black Rhino
Central African Republic. I have recently (1985) had the opportunity to measure the skulls of three adult black.rhino from Bamingui and one from the Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris region; and found the measurements to be closer to those of the Sudan race D.b. brucii, than they are to D.b. longipes. ...
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File AvailableDouglas Hamilton, I.; Froment, J.M. 1986 Aerial wildlife survey in northern Central African Republic. WWF Yearbook 1985-1986: 132-133, fig. 1
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Distribution
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File AvailableAnonymous 1985 Poaching in the Central African Republic. Swara 8 (5): 20-21
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Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Black rhino in the survey area `have been reduced to the point of extinction.' - no rhinos were sighted during the survey. Rhinos were relatively plentiful until several years ago. In 1981 the country's rhino population was estimated at 1500, including some 30 in the Manovo-Gounda-St.Floris Nat...
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File AvailableAnonymous 1985 Poaching in the Central African Republic. Swara 8 (5): 20-21
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Black rhino in the survey area `have been reduced to the point of extinction.' - no rhinos were sighted during the survey. Rhinos were relatively plentiful until several years ago. In 1981 the country's rhino population was estimated at 1500, including some 30 in the Manovo-Gounda-St.Floris Nat...
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File AvailableWestern, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2
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Black Rhino
170
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File AvailableWestern, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2
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Africa - Western Africa - Chad
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Black Rhino
5
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File AvailableWestern, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2
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Black Rhino
3,000
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File AvailableWestern, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2
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White Rhino
1
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File AvailableWestern, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2
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Distribution - Status
White Rhino
20
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File AvailableWestern, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
110
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File AvailableWestern, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2
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Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
25
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File AvailableWestern, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
110
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File AvailableRuggiero, R.G. 1984 Central African republic hit by poachers. Pachyderm 4: 12-13, fig. 1
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableAnonymous 1983 Reports confirm northern white rhino close to extinction. Newsletter of the African Elephant and Rhino Group 2: 10
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
There may still be a population, possibly even a reasonable one, in the Golongossa hunting reserve in western C.A.R., but this must be further investigated. There could especially be further hopes in C.A.R.. but none of these countries are easy places to search for or find rhinos.
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File AvailableHillman Smith, K. 1983 Der Nashornbestand in Afrika. Bongo, Berlin 7: 17-32, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2, table 1
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
In 1969/70 Corfield and Hamilton were unable to confirm the existence of white rhinos in eastern C.A.R. though they have since been found in the west. They have almost certainly been lost from Tchad.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1983 Reports confirm northern white rhino close to extinction. Newsletter of the African Elephant and Rhino Group 2: 10
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White Rhino
There may still be a population, possibly even a reasonable one, in the Golongossa hunting reserve in western C.A.R., but this must be further investigated.
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File AvailableHillman Smith, K. 1983 Der Nashornbestand in Afrika. Bongo, Berlin 7: 17-32, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2, table 1
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Distribution - Records
White Rhino
At the start of this century, the northern white rhino probably occurred west of the Nile from the north-western corner of Uganda and north-eastern corner of Zaire, north through Sudan to just above Shambe and west roughly between 5,and 9 dgrees N to the present Central African Republic and south...
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File AvailableBoulvert, Y. 1983 Notes sur la descouverte scientifique de la Centrafrique, explorateurs meconnus de l'est centraficain, 2. Explorateurs belges dans l'Est de la Centrafrique (1891-1894). Documents ORSTOM 1983: 1-14
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Distribution
African Rhino Species
Lieutenant Charles De La Kethulle de Ryhove travelled in Central African Republic in 1892-1893, see his paper in Bull.Soc.Royale Belge de Geographie, 1895, pp. 397-428, 513-542.
North of Bandassi, the country changed. There were ostriches, rhinos and giraffe. (Boulvert, p.5)
Bandassi is ca....
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File AvailablePfeffer, P. 1981 Conservation of rhino, Cameroon. WWF Yearbook 1980-1981: 314-317, fig. 1
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Distribution
African Rhino Species
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File AvailableBarber, K.B.; Buchanan, S.A.; Galbreath, P.F. 1980 An ecological survey of the St. Floris National Park, Central African Republic. Washington, International Park Affairs Division
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution
African Rhino Species
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
possibly up to 300
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
50, cf. Flizot.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Report by Newby in 1978, Zakouma NP up to 5, Siniaka-Minia GR 11, Bahr Salamat GR 4-5, Guera-Salamat 2-3.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Distribution - Status
White Rhino
White rhino was exterminated in the 1930's (cf. Sydney)
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
50, cf. Flizot.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Aerial count by Esser in 1977 was 53 animals in park and surroundings.
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File AvailableVan Lavieren, L.P.; Esser, J.D 1979 Numbers, distribution and habitat preference of large mammals in Bouba Ndjida National Park, Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology 17: 141-153, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Survey using aircraft May 30 - June 2, 1977 just after onset of rainy season. Population estimate 13 in one section plus 40 in another section. Most rhinoceros were found in the west-central park area, in thickets on the foothills of the two mountains in the park.
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File AvailableVan Lavieren, L.P.; Esser, J.D 1979 Numbers, distribution and habitat preference of large mammals in Bouba Ndjida National Park, Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology 17: 141-153, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2
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Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Park is situated in the savanna woodland belt of N. Cameroon (Chad border) between 8.21 and 9.0 N and 14.25 - 14.55 E. It covers 2200 km? of gently undulating terrain 280-400 m above sea level. A mountain ridge along the southern boundary reaches 900 m.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
In Chad, poaching serious and increasing. In 1976 25-30 black rhino were poached.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
Rough estimate by Esser was 10 black rhino in park and surroundings.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Poaching serious and increasing.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
black rhino extinct since 1930s.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Newby in 1978 gave a rough estimate of 4- 5 black rhinos. For Guera-Salamat the estimate is 2-3 black rhino.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Newby in 1978 gave a rough estimate of 11 black rhinos.
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File AvailableKlingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9
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Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
Newby in 1978 gave a rough estimate of up to 5 black rhinos.
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File AvailableVan Lavieren, L.P.; Esser, J.D 1979 Numbers, distribution and habitat preference of large mammals in Bouba Ndjida National Park, Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology 17: 141-153, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
Population density calculated at 0.02 per km? in one area, and 0.08 per km? in another area of the park
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File AvailableVan Lavieren, L.P.; Bosch, M.L. 1977 Evaluation des densites de grands mammiferes dans le Parc National de Bouba Ndjida, Cameroun. Terre et la Vie 31 (1): 3-32, fig. 1, tables 1-12
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Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
25-50.
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File AvailableHuard, P.; Allard, L. 1977 Les chasseurs anciens du Nil et leurs témoignages gravés à Uweinat, au Sahara tchadien et au Fezzan oriental. Bulletin de la Societe prehistorique française. Etudes et travaux 74 (2): 642-660
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Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution
Black Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableHuard, P.; Allard, L. 1977 Les chasseurs anciens du Nil et leurs témoignages gravés à Uweinat, au Sahara tchadien et au Fezzan oriental. Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 74 (2): 642-660
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Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution
African Rhino Species
No details available yet
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File AvailableHall, P. 1976 Priorities for wildlife conservation in North-Eastern Nigeria. Nigerian Field 41 (3): 99-112, pls. 1-3
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Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
Rhinoceros absent, but common in the nearby Parc National du Faro in Cameroun and natural restocking of these species could occur.
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File AvailableHall, P. 1976 Priorities for wildlife conservation in North-Eastern Nigeria. Nigerian Field 41 (3): 99-112, pls. 1-3
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
Rhinoceros absent, but common in the nearby Parc National du Faro in Cameroun and natural restocking of these species could occur.
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File AvailableHall, P. 1976 Priorities for wildlife conservation in North-Eastern Nigeria. Nigerian Field 41 (3): 99-112, pls. 1-3
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Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
Game park in Gongola state. Rhinoceros absent, but common in the nearby Parc National du Faro in Cameroun and natural restocking of these species could occur.
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File AvailableHall, P. 1976 Priorities for wildlife conservation in North-Eastern Nigeria. Nigerian Field 41 (3): 99-112, pls. 1-3
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis listed in First Schedule: Prohibited Animals.
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File AvailableBarreteau, D.; Sorin, L. 1976 Receuil de litterature orale chez les Mofu-Gudur population du Nord-Cameroun. Cahiers de l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), serie Sciences Humaines 13 (2): 103-111
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution
African Rhino Species
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File AvailableAnna, M. 1975 Republique du Tchad: Direction des Parcs Nationaux et Reserves de Faune: Rapport annuel 1974. N'Djamena, Ministere des Eaux, Forets, Peches, Chasses, Parcs et Reserves, pp. 1-20
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution
Black Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableFitter, R. 1974 Most endangered mammals: an action programme. Oryx 12 (4): 436-449, figs. 1-5, map 1
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
not more than 10
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File AvailableHappold, D.C.D. 1973 The distribution of large mammals in West Africa. Mammalia 37: 88-93, table 1
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
formerly present
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File AvailableCurry Lindahl, K. 1972 War and the white rhinos. Oryx 11 (4): 263-267, table 1
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
It is uncertain whether it still exists in northern Ubangui, in the Central African Republic.
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File AvailableCurry Lindahl, K. 1972 War and the white rhinos. Oryx 11 (4): 263-267, table 1
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
It is uncertain whether it still exists in northern Ubangui, in the Central African Republic.
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File AvailableSikes, S.K. 1972 Lake Chad. London, Eyre Methuen, pp. i-xix, 1-234
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Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution
African Rhino Species
No details available yet
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File AvailableJany, E. 1967 Heinrich Barths Mitteilungen zur Flora und Fauna Afrikas (1849-1855): pp. 224-307

In: Schiffers, H. Heinrich Barth, ein Forscher in Afrika: leben, Werk, Leistung. Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag: pp. i-x, 1-540
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Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution
African Rhino Species
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File AvailableSchiffers, H. 1967 Heinrich Barth, ein Forscher in Afrika: leben, Werk, Leistung. Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag, pp. i-x, 1-540
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution
African Rhino Species
No details available yet
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File AvailableSchomber, H.W. 1966 Die Verbreitung und der Bestand des zentralafrikanischen Breitmaulnashorns, Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker, 1908). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 14: 214-227, figs. 1-4, tables 1-12
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Maps
White Rhino
Map
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File AvailableSchomber, H.W. 1966 Die Verbreitung und der Bestand des zentralafrikanischen Breitmaulnashorns, Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker, 1908). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 14: 214-227, figs. 1-4, tables 1-12
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableSchomber, H.W. 1966 Die Verbreitung und der Bestand des zentralafrikanischen Breitmaulnashorns, Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker, 1908). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 14: 214-227, figs. 1-4, tables 1-12
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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File AvailableSchomber, H.W. 1966 Die Verbreitung und der Bestand des zentralafrikanischen Breitmaulnashorns, Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker, 1908). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 14: 214-227, figs. 1-4, tables 1-12
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
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White Rhino
Sommer (1951) says that during the time of the classic European sports hunting (ca. 1900) the white rhino lived in the east of the then French occupied territoeires of Tchad and Oubangui-Chari between Goz Beida (Tchad) and Birao and even south of that. The animals would have been exterminated by...
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File AvailableBovill, E.W. 1966 Missions to the Niger, volume 3: The Bornu Mission 1822-25, part 2. Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, Works Second Series, vol. 129, pp. i-xii, 309-595
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Africa - Western Africa - Chad
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African Rhino Species
Mission of Denham and Clapperton, 1822-1825, expedition to Mandara, situated 150 miles south of Lake Chad, between Logone River and headwaters of the Yedseram. The sheikh sent elephant tusks and the horns of three other animals [including that of the] kirkadan, a two horned animal, with one long...
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File AvailableSchomber, H.W. 1966 Die Verbreitung und der Bestand des zentralafrikanischen Breitmaulnashorns, Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker, 1908). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 14: 214-227, figs. 1-4, tables 1-12
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Africa - Western Africa
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White Rhino
Several authors give the distribution of the white rhino as Lake Chad, the region around Lake Chad and some far northern places like Abech? as former range. Several French sources allow the conclusion that the white rhino in recent times lived in many parts of the former French Equatorial Africa...
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File AvailableAnonymous 1966 Nigeria. Artis, Amsterdam 12 (2): 39
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Black Rhino
According to a IUCN report, the black rhinoceros is now extinct in Nigeria.
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File AvailableSchomber, H.W. 1966 Die Verbreitung und der Bestand des zentralafrikanischen Breitmaulnashorns, Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker, 1908). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 14: 214-227, figs. 1-4, tables 1-12
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Africa - Western Africa - Chad
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White Rhino
Grzimek (1958) mentions that there are bout 70-80 white rhino in Goz Sassulko NP. Although the name of the park is known, it is no longer mentioned in recent works.
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File AvailableHuard, P.; Massip, J.M. 1964 Gravures rupestres de Ye Lulu Loga (confins nigéro-tchadiens). Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 61 (8): 192-197
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Africa - Western Africa - Niger
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableSchomber, H.W. 1963 Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoceros and giant eland. African Wildlife 17 (1): 29-35, figs. 1-4
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White Rhino
In the Central African Republic, the Square-lipped rhino is said to be present in the Goz-Sassulko National Park.
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File AvailableSchomber, H.W. 1963 Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoceros and giant eland. African Wildlife 17 (1): 29-35, figs. 1-4
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
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White Rhino
80, (Grzimek, 1958)
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File AvailableSchomber, H.W. 1963 Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoceros and giant eland. African Wildlife 17 (1): 29-35, figs. 1-4
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
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Black Rhino
Certain remarks by the natives support the conjecture that a small number of Black rhino are spreading along the tributaries of the Bahr-el-Arab in the neighbouring Central African Republic and indeed this report is worthy of further close investigation.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1963 Un rhinoceros africain forestier?. Vie des Betes no. 62: 24-27
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Africa - Western Africa - Gabon
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
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Black Rhino
500-1000, trend unknown
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File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
250-300, trend unknown
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
400
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Black Rhino
The rehabilitation and increase in numbers of black rhino has been entirely due to the strict and permanent control to which it was subjected. At present its numbers are increasing.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
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African Rhino Species
very scarce
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
100
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Ivory Coast
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Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis was still present in the north of the Ivory Coast and in the Niger province until just after the arrival of the European.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Chad
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Black Rhino
500 in Southern Chad
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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African Rhino Species
I do not believe that since 1934, the first year that absolute protection was accorded this species, more than 25 have been illegally killed in AEF, of which at least half were killed in the reserves themselves during the war.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum used to be spread from the Sudan westwards right up to Lake Chad in all regions suitable to its existence: vast grassy plains but slightly bushed, but always slightly humid, mostly situated between 13 and 9 degrees north, but extending beyond these latitudes in places.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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White Rhino
Since 1900, it does not seem to have been met with anywhere than in the SE of the Tchad district and in the NE of Oubangui Chari, mostly along the Aouk River. In the course of time it was annihilated even here and since 1931 it has not been possible to find a single specimen or even traces of one.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Black Rhino
The greatest numbers are located in the reserves of North-central Oubangui-Chari, i.e. Yassa, Miamere, Bamingui, Koukourou, Gribingui, where they are protected fairly effectively.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
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Black Rhino
The greatest numbers are located in the reserves of North-central Oubangui-Chari, i.e. Yassa, Miamere, Bamingui, Koukourou, Gribingui, where they are protected fairly effectively. - Miamere, 8.51 N, 19.49 E
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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White Rhino
There are indications which allow one to hope that it is present (perhaps as a reintroduction from the Sudan) in the upper Kotto and upper Chinko, ie. In the basin of the Upper Ubangui between latitudes 9 and 6 degrees north. But this has not yet been confirmed, at the moment these zones are not...
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
The greatest numbers are located in the reserves of North-central Oubangui-Chari, i.e. Yassa, Miamere, Bamingui, Koukourou, Gribingui, where they are protected fairly effectively.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
The greatest numbers are located in the reserves of North-central Oubangui-Chari, i.e. Yassa, Miamere, Bamingui, Koukourou, Gribingui, where they are protected fairly effectively.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
The greatest numbers are located in the reserves of North-central Oubangui-Chari, i.e. Yassa, Miamere, Bamingui, Koukourou, Gribingui, where they are protected fairly effectively.
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1960 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa, part II. The larger animals. African Wildlife 14 (2): 101-108, figs. 1-6
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Africa - Western Africa - Niger
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Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis was still present in the north of the Ivory Coast and in the Niger province until just after the arrival of the European.
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File AvailableLigers, Z 1960 La chasse à l'éléphant chez les Bozo. Journal de la Société des Africanistes 30 (1): 95-99
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African Rhino Species
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