Reference Base Notes for: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    Christopher, S.K. 2017 Lagos, Nigeria: a snapshot survey of the illegal ivory market. Traffic Bulletin 31 (1): 26-34 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Trade African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Trense, W. 1989 The big game of the world. Hamburg and Berlin, Paul Parey, pp. 1-413 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Names in vernacular Black Rhino Karkanda   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status African Rhino Species very rare or perhaps extinct.   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Inhabitants of dry wooded savannas which have good cover and many shrubs. In Cameroun, they prefer rocky hilly savanna country with Terminalia laxiflora and Combretum trees, and Anogeissus riverine forrest (Bosch 1976; Stark and Witt 1977).   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Range prior to 1900 is unknown. There are a few reports of their occurrence, but only one difinite locality report dating from 1911. It is possible that they may have extended right across northern Nigeria. On a map, Rosevear (1953) indicated their occurrence in three areas between Yola, maidu...   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Hayward (1932) recorded rhinos from the junction of Bornu, Adamawa and Bauchi Provinces. These old records show that black rhino were widespread but local and uncommon throughout NE Nigeria in the early years of this century, but now it is most unlikely that any rhinos permanently reside in Nige...   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Specimen in British Museum from Dumgo (=? Dumga).   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Collier (1940) confirmed that few rhino lived near the Gongola River and that once they were found north of Ogoja, which is much further south and west than other records.   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Collier (1940) confirmed that few rhino lived near the Gongola River and that once they were found north of Ogoja, which is much further south and west than other records.   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Hayward (1932) recorded rhinos from the junction of Bornu, Adamawa and Bauchi Provinces. These old records show that black rhino were widespread but local and uncommon throughout NE Nigeria in the early years of this century, but now it is most unlikely that any rhinos permanently reside in Nige...   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Hayward (1932) recorded rhinos from the junction of Bornu, Adamawa and Bauchi Provinces. These old records show that black rhino were widespread but local and uncommon throughout NE Nigeria in the early years of this century, but now it is most unlikely that any rhinos permanently reside in Nige...   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino black rhino extinct since 1930s.   details Hall, P. 1976 Priorities for wildlife conservation in North-Eastern Nigeria. Nigerian Field 41 (3): 99-112, pls. 1-3 Location: Subject: 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.   details Hall, P. 1976 Priorities for wildlife conservation in North-Eastern Nigeria. Nigerian Field 41 (3): 99-112, pls. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria 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.   details Hall, P. 1976 Priorities for wildlife conservation in North-Eastern Nigeria. Nigerian Field 41 (3): 99-112, pls. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Diceros bicornis listed in First Schedule: Prohibited Animals.   details Happold, D.C.D. 1973 The distribution of large mammals in West Africa. Mammalia 37: 88-93, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status African Rhino Species formerly present   details Anonymous 1966 Nigeria. Artis, Amsterdam 12 (2): 39 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino According to a IUCN report, the black rhinoceros is now extinct in Nigeria.   details Blancou, 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 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status African Rhino Species very scarce   details Dragesco, J. 1958 La chasse photographique en Afrique Equatorial Francaise. Science et Nature, par la photographie et par l'image 27 (May-June): 33-36, 5 images Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino specimen photographed in the Bomboro Bauchi plateau area of NE Nigeria appears to have three horns i.e. a split anterior and a posterior   details Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310 In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status African Rhino Species unknown if any present   details Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310 In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status African Rhino Species 50   details Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310 In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status Black Rhino Black rhino used to be numerous in the North-East of Nigeria. The area between the upper Benue and Lake Chad was taken as the western boundary of its distribution.   details Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310 In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status African Rhino Species maybe 12, cf. Harper 1945   details Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour, pp. 1-230 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Names in vernacular Black Rhino Kilifu   details Duplaquet, L. 1955 Les reserves de N’dele (Oubangui-Chari). Revue Forestiere Francaise 5: 409-411 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Rosevear, D.R. 1953 Checklist and atlas of Nigerian mammals. Lagos, Nigerian Government, pp. 1-131 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status African Rhino Species Very rare and local.   details Rosevear, D.R. 1953 Checklist and atlas of Nigerian mammals. Lagos, Nigerian Government, pp. 1-131 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Map of distribution in Nigeria   details Rosevear, D.R. 1953 Checklist and atlas of Nigerian mammals. Lagos, Nigerian Government, pp. 1-131 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Habitat in Nigeria, mostly Sufan Savannah.   details Rosevear, D.R. 1953 Checklist and atlas of Nigerian mammals. Lagos, Nigerian Government, pp. 1-131 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Morphology - Size Black Rhino Longest in Kenya 53 ? inches, but in Nigeria 2 feet is a good one.   details Collier, F. 1940 Field notes on Nigerian mammals. Nigerian Field 9 (1): 10-16, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species There are a few rhino on the Gongola, a tributary of the Benue.   details Collier, F. 1940 Field notes on Nigerian mammals. Nigerian Field 9 (1): 10-16, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species An old Nigerian Handbook mentions the presence north of Ogoja, none now there. Confirmation seems to come from Munshi hunters near Alifokpa in that neighbourhood about 1925 - maybe these are strays from the Gongola region.[Ogoja, 6.40 N, 8.47 E]   details Rosevear, D.R. 1939 The hoofed mammals of Nigeria. Nigerian Field 8 (3): 104-107 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Confined to the Lake Chad area.   details Rosevear, D.R. 1939 Hoofed mammals of Nigeria - Pigs, Hippopotamus, and Rhinoceros. Journal of the Nigerian Field Society 8 (3) July: 104-107 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino No details available yet   details Haywood, A.H. 1937 Game animals of West Africa. Journal of the Royal African Society 36 (145): 421-432 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Trade Black Rhino There is no doubt that rhino in Northern Nigeria have decreased very considerably during the past 25 years owing to their excessive destruction by the natives. This species is in List 'B' = animals partially protected   details Haywood, A.H. 1937 Game animals of West Africa. Journal of the Royal African Society 36 (145): 421-432 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino The black rhinoceros is believed to be confined to Northern Nigeria. Its distribution there is itself extremely limited, being restricted to a small area in the north-east. There is no doubt that rhino in Northern Nigeria have decreased very considerably during the past 25 years owing to their ...   details Haywood, A.H. 1937 Game animals of West Africa. Journal of the Royal African Society 36 (145): 421-432 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status Black Rhino There is no doubt that rhino in Northern Nigeria have decreased very considerably during the past 25 years owing to their excessive destruction by the natives. This species is in List 'B'   details Shorthose, W.T. 1932 The fauna of Nigeria (Notes on its distribution, destruction and conservation). Nigerian Field 1 (3): 3-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status African Rhino Species very local and rare   details Haywood, A.H. 1932 Nigeria: preservation of wild life. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 17: 27-48, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Status African Rhino Species unlikely that more than 50 at most survive   details Haywood, A.H. 1932 Nigeria: preservation of wild life. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 17: 27-48, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Rhinoceros found in the `Orchard and More Open Zone', around the junction of the Provinces Bornu, Adamawa, and Bauchi.   details Haywood, A.H. 1932 Nigeria: preservation of wild life. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 17: 27-48, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Rhinoceros found in the `Orchard and More Open Zone', around the junction of the Provinces Bornu, Adamawa, and Bauchi.   details Haywood, A.H. 1932 Nigeria: preservation of wild life. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 17: 27-48, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Rhinoceros found in the `Orchard and More Open Zone', around the junction of the Provinces Bornu, Adamawa, and Bauchi.   details Shorthose, W.T. 1932 The fauna of Nigeria (Notes on its distribution, destruction and conservation). Nigerian Field 1 (3): 3-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Not far from Yola.   details Shorthose, W.T. 1932 The fauna of Nigeria (Notes on its distribution, destruction and conservation). Nigerian Field 1 (3): 3-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Song plateau.   details Haywood, A.H. 1932 Nigeria: preservation of wild life. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 17: 27-48, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Rhinoceros included in Schedule I - Special license required. Something more stringent appears to be needed, total prohibition as well as a sanctuary if possible.   details Shorthose, W.T. 1931 Wild life and shooting in Nigeria. Nigerian Field 1 (2): 4-13, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Rhinoceros are definitely located in the north. Somewhere north of Yola a few old rhino still hold out, and i think we should protect them altogether.   details Staniforth, G.W. 1923 Additions to Weston Park Museum [with a black rhinoceros from Nigeria]. Sheffield Daily Telegraph Saturday 13 January 1923: 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Museums Black Rhino The specimen the article refers to was presented on the 20/11/1922 by George Wild Staniforth. It is accessioned under number A1922.13. I can confirm that it is a black rhinoceros from Dumjo, Yola Provence, Northern Nigeria. It died (presumably was shot) on 20/11/1910 and mounted by the London ...   details Johnston, H.H. 1922 Introduction: pp. xix-xxxv In: Barns, T.A. The wonderland of the Eastern Congo. London and New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: pp. i-xxxv, 1-288 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino But north of the equator both forms may be found west of the main Nile; and the black rhinoceros extends its range - seemingly - into Eastern Nigeria (though not to the west of the Niger); and according to Roman records, was once very abundant south of the Sahara, round Lake Chad.   details Schultze, A. 1913 The sultanate of Bornu, translated from the German, with additions and appendices by P. Askell Benton. London, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-401 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Rhinoceros bicornis is part of the fauna of Bornu, but quite rare and has only a restricted area of distribution. Only indigenous in the low lying country on the Shari and Logone, especially in the Kung Bush south of about 10 degrees north.   details Schultze, A. 1913 The sultanate of Bornu, translated from the German, with additions and appendices by P. Askell Benton. London, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-401 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Also found on the Bornu-Yola border and along the Gongola.   details Schultze, A. 1913 The sultanate of Bornu, translated from the German, with additions and appendices by P. Askell Benton. London, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-401 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Names in vernacular Black Rhino Kumarima   details Schultze, A. 1913 The sultanate of Bornu, translated from the German, with additions and appendices by P. Askell Benton. London, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-401 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Names in vernacular Black Rhino Kargadan   details Foureau, F. 1907 Documents scientifiques de la Mission Saharienne Mission Foureau-Lamy `D'Alger au Congo par le Tchad', fascicule 3. Paris, Masson et Cie, pp. 551-1210, pls. 6-30 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Distribution - Records Black Rhino Around Lake Chad, in Bornou [Nigeria] and Kanem. The rhinoceros is common all over this area and can be found everywhere. The animal can be approached quite easily, which means that the local people do not disturb the game here.   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal