Reference Base Notes for: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (7)  ... 2 3 4 5 6 ...   Perkin, S. 1984 WWF/ IUCN renews support for Selous. Newsletter of the African Elephant and Rhino Group 3: 18 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Under a recently initiated project (no. 3173), WWF/IUCN is continuing its support to the Selous, and is helping to meet the most immediate needs of the reserve. Spare parts for vehicles and aircraft are being purchased. Ranger equipment, medical supplie   details Borner, M.; Mbano, B. 1984 The use of correction factors in estimating rhino populations (abstract): p. 184 In: Cumming, D.H.M. et al. The status and conservation of Africa's elephants and rhinos. Proceedings of the joint meeting of IUCN/SSC African Elephant and African Rhino Specialist Groups at Hwamge Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe, 30 July to 7 August 1981. Nairobi, AESG: pp. i-vi, 1-195 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Census Methods Black Rhino Commonly used methods to estimate rhino populations are 1. Direct Methods (a) aerial - total count - block count - Standard Recce Flight (b)ground - transect counts - road counts - drive counts - total counts - indivi...   details Lwezaula, F.M.R. 1984 Rhino census methods and publicity, Tanzania. WWF Yearbook 1983-1984: 319 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania History Black Rhino No details available yet   details Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority 1984 Tanzania, anti-poaching camp, Lake Eyasi. WWF Yearbook 1983-1984: 320 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Lwezaula, F.M.R. 1983 President Nyerere launches rhino campaign. Newsletter of the African Elephant and Rhino Group 2: 20 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino A nationwide campaign to save the rhino was launched by H.E. Dr. J.K. Nyerere, President of Tanzania, on 15 June 1983 at the College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka, Moshi at the climax of the College's 20th anniversary celebrations. The campaign w   details Borner, M. 1983 Selous aerial survey 1981. Newsletter of the African Elephant and Rhino Group 1: 7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Manton, V.J.A. 1983 Haltung des sudlichen Breitmaulnashorns (Ceratotherium simum simum) in Whipsnade. Bongo, Berlin 7: 33-42, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Captivity Black Rhino No details available yet   details Makacha, S.; Msingwa, M.J.; Frame, G.W. 1982 Threats to the Serengeti herds. Oryx 16 (5): 437-444, figs. 1-4, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Status Black Rhino census early Oct 1979. Endulen zone of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area North of Makao and Kakesio villages, Diceros bicornis, 0 Lake Ndutu and NW of Endulen village, Diceros bicornis , 7   details Makacha, S.; Msingwa, M.J.; Frame, G.W. 1982 Threats to the Serengeti herds. Oryx 16 (5): 437-444, figs. 1-4, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Diceros bicornis present.   details Tanzania Wildlife Division 1982 Tanzania, Rhino and elephant survey in Selous Game Reserve. WWF Yearbook 1982: 276 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Barnes, R.F.W.; Douglas-Hamilton, I. 1982 The numbers and distribution patterns of large mammals in the Ruaha- Rungwa Area of Southern Tanzania. Journal of Applied Ecology 19 (2): 411-425 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Status Black Rhino Estimates vary widely. McNaughton, after repeated road counts, estimated 60-108 in the combined areas of Serengeti NP and Masai Mara GR. The Serengeti Ecological Monitoring Program's (SEMP) aerial survey of the woodlands of the Serengeti ecosystem produ   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino In 1975 a total ground count in the Lake Manyara National Park resulted in an estimate of 35-40 black rhinos. Between July 1975 and October 1978, 26 rhino carcasses were found. The Park is small, so probably most of the carcasses were found. The Park au   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Poaching Black Rhino Tanzania has set aside large areas for its wildlife; national parks and game reserves cover 26.4 % of the whole country, so it is not human encroachment that is threatemng the rhinos' survival. Although some habitat changes are taking place in protected   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Ndutu/Olduvai was the third main rhino population of the Serengeti ecosystem. In the Olduvai Gorge Goddard counted 69 resident rhinos; in a total aerial count of the Olduvai/Ndutu area in May 1980 we did not see a single rhino. Dr Mary Leakey, who lives   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Sixteen black rhinos were translocated to Rubondo Island between 1963 an 1965, since when five carcasses, two of them calves, have been found. The low visibility in the forested areas makes rhinos difficult to see, but communal dung heaps, scratching mar   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Mount Meru and its surroundings being densely forested, it is difficult to census rhinos there, but rangers' reports show that both the Arusha Park and the Mt Meru Game Reserve have lost nearly all their rhinos. Between March 1975 and October 1977 16 rhi   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino I have no first-hand information on the Mkomazi Game Reserve, bordering Kenya's Tsavo National Park, which is soon to be upgraded to a national park. According to the Game Department, very few rhinos may survive there, and it is doubtful if they still for   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Aerial survey 1982. On behalf of the Tanzanian Rhino and Elephant Task Force a census was carried out in the Selous Game Reserve in Southern Tanzania in 1981. About 35% of the 55,000 km? Game-Reserve was surveyed and the results were compared with a su   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Up to 1965 Fosbrooke estimated that only about three rhinos were poached annually in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), all speared by Masai. In 1978 the estimate was over 25, mostly killed with rifles by non-Masai poac   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Until a few years ago Tarangire was famous for its large rhino population. In 1974 a Mweka Wildlife College rhino census in the Park, using ground transects, gave an estimate of 250. Heavy poaching seems to have started here earlier than in the Serenget   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Mount Meru and its surroundings being densely forested, it is difficult to census rhinos there, but rangers' reports show that both the Arusha Park and the Mt Meru Game Reserve have lost nearly all their rhinos. Between March 1975 and October 1977 16 rhi   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Burigi and Biharamulo Game Reserves. These reserves west of Lake Victoria, together with the surrounding forest reserves, cover nearly 5000 sq km. An aerial survey was made in February 1980 and a ground survey in August. An aerial total count was carri   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino In October 1978 and October 1979 S. Makacha, staff scientist in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, in a thorough ground survey of the Maswa Game Reserve, found 41 carcasses in the eastern half of the reserve, but saw no live ones. In several recce flights   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Food Black Rhino TanzaniaThe Moru area seems to be suitable for rhinos throughout the year. Two of their main food plants, Indigofera basiflora and Trifolium masaieme, are abundant there. Goddard found that in the Crater in the wet season 52 percentof their total food intake was Indigofera; in the dry season 54...   details Borner, M. 1981 Black rhino disaster in Tanzania. Oryx 16 (1): 59-66, figs. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Food Black Rhino TanzaniaThe Moru area seems to be suitable for rhinos throughout the year. Two of their main food plants, Indigofera basiflora and Trifolium masaieme, are abundant there. Goddard found that in the Crater in the wet season 52 percentof their total food intake was Indigofera; in the dry season 54...   details Anonymous 1981 Establishment of a ranger post in Rubondo National Park, Tanzania. WWF Yearbook 1980-1981: 320 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Anonymous 1980 50 rhinos left in Serengeti. Africana 7 (3): 27 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Status Black Rhino former, 500-600   details Anonymous 1980 50 rhinos left in Serengeti. Africana 7 (3): 27 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Status Black Rhino 1980, 50, survey M. Borner   details Frame, G.W. 1980 Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis L.) sub-population on the Serengeti plains, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 18: 155-166, figs. 1-2, tables 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Gifford, D.P.; Isaac, G.L.; Nelson, C.M. 1980 Evidence for predation and pastoralism at Prolonged Drift: a pastoral neolithic site in Kenya. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa 15 (1): 57-108 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Nile Rhino No details available yet   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Status Black Rhino Selous GR, aerial count in 1977, total 1200 black rhino. Park plus surrounding areas, aerial count in 1976, total 6000 black rhino.   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Status Black Rhino Serengeti NP, aerial count, 1977, total 672 black rhino   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Status Black Rhino Status table. Serengeti NP, 1977 672 Ngorongoro, 1966 110 ? Tarangire NP, 1978 unknown Selous + surrounds, 1976 6000 Ruaha, Rungwa, Kizigo, 1977 up to 1000 Rukwa, Ugalla, katavi, Mlele, Msima, Rukwa Contr.Area, 1977 - 0 E   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Hunting Black Rhino Up to 1973, sports (trophy) hunting was still possible in Tanzania.   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Poaching Black Rhino Poaching pressure is serious and increasing in the north, and this may indicate that horns are smuggled to Kenya.   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Ngorongoro CA, rough estimate of 1966, total 110 ? black rhino.   details Makacha, S.; Mollel, C.L.; Rwezaura, J. 1979 The conservation status of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis, L) in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 17: 97-103, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Although literature on many aspects of Ngorongoro rhinos is voluminous, very little has been published on their census data. Grzimek & Grzimek (1960) estimated the rhino population to be 19 while other workers (Turner & Watson, 1964) carried out an aeria   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Number of black rhino unknown in 1978   details Makacha, S.; Mollel, C.L.; Rwezaura, J. 1979 The conservation status of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis, L) in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 17: 97-103, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Population Black Rhino No details available yet   details Makacha, S.; Mollel, C.L.; Rwezaura, J. 1979 The conservation status of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis, L) in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 17: 97-103, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Census Methods Black Rhino The count. The animals in the Crater floor are very conspicuous and this therefore justifies a total count which gives a real minimum number of animals to be counted but with the limitation in estimating the number of animals missing during the actual count. In this study, a total ground count ...   details Hagen, H. 1979 Nationalpark Tarangire. Munster, Kilda Verlag, pp. 1-64 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Hagen, H. 1979 Nationalpark Ruaha. Munster, Kilda Verlag, pp. 1-64 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Tanzania National Parks; Northwood, S. 1979 Lake Manyara National Park. Arusha, pp. 1-44 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Honey, M. 1978 Mounting threat to Tanzania's big game. New African 1978 March: 33-34, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Mwalyosi, R.B.B. 1977 A count of large mammals in Lake Manyara National Park. East African Wildlife Journal 15 (4): 333-335, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Simultaneous air and ground census on 3 Oct 1975 in Lake Manyara NP. Aerial count results are on the low side for zebra, rhinoceros and giraffe, presumably because of the woody nature of the habitat and smaller group size of these species. Rhinoceros   details Mwalyosi, R.B.B. 1977 A count of large mammals in Lake Manyara National Park. East African Wildlife Journal 15 (4): 333-335, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Census Methods Black Rhino Simultaneous air and ground census on 3 Oct 1975 in Lake Manyara NP. Aerial count results are on the low side for zebra, rhinoceros and giraffe, presumably because of the woody nature of the habitat and smaller group size of these species.   details Norton Griffiths, M. 1975 The numbers and distribution of large mammals in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. East African Wildlife Journal 13 (2): 121-140, figs. 1-5, tables 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Laurent, H.M.; Guerin, C. 1975 L'extermination du rhinoceros noir en Tanzanie. Revue Nationale de la Chasse 328: 72-75, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Laurent, H.M.; Guerin, C. 1974 L'extermination du rhinoceros noir en Tanzanie. Biological Conservation 6: 228-231, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Willock, C. 1974 La grande faille d' Afrique. Paris, Editiond Time-Life Amsterdam Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino Africa/Tanzania/Arusha/Manyara Lake (3,6°S 35,7°E) - 1974 - Rhinos présents dans le Parc National ( rive Ouest du lac ) - (CARINO No. 686 - Reference and note contributed by CARINO (Dr Henri Carpentier, Ingénieur Civil des Mines), 2011)   details Fosbrooke, H. 1972 Ngorongoro - the eighth wonder. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-240 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Goddard, J. 1971 Obituary: Dr John Goddard. Africana 4 (7): 37, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Conservation Black Rhino No details available yet   details Brown, W.T. 1971 The politics of business: relations between Zanzibar and Bagamoyo in the late nineteenth century. African Historical Studies 4 (3): 631-643 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Frame. G.; Goddard, J. 1971 They're out to save the Black rhino. Science Digest 70 (5) Nov: 33-38, 5 plates Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Conservation Black Rhino No details available yet   details Menchinelli, R. 1970 Proboscidati, Perissodattili ed Artiodattili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 78: 189 et seq. Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Museums Black Rhino Skull. Locality: Lake Tanganyika. Collected by: S. Gianello, 1932. In Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova, Italy.   details Menchinelli, R. 1970 Proboscidati, Perissodattili ed Artiodattili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 78: 189 et seq. Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Skull. Locality: Lake Tanganyika. Collected by: S. Gianello, 1932. In Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova, Italy.   details Menchinelli, R. 1970 Proboscidati, Perissodattili ed Artiodattili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 78: 189 et seq. Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Catalogue Museum Genova, Skull, Lake Tanganyka, S. Gianello, 1932   details Frame, G.W.; Goddard, J. 1970 Black rhinoceros vocalisations. East African Wildlife Journal 8: 207 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Interspecific Relations Black Rhino At 2100 h, a spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben)) began annoying the calf, and the calf charged it twice while the adult stood motionless. By 2140 h, eight hyaenas were snapping at the calf's tail and left hind leg. Both adult and calf actively wandered in circles, but failed to remain c...   details Denney, R.N. 1970 Body temperatures of some wild East African ungulates. East African Wildlife Journal 8: 212-216, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Physiology Black Rhino Translocated Diceros bicornis in Tanzania. It was observed that rhinos showed profuse sweating sfter the immobilization exercise. The rise in body temperature stimulated the sweat glands, which is obviously one of the heat-loss mechanisms of rhino (contrary to Guggisberg 1966 that rhino have no ...   details Denney, R.N. 1970 Body temperatures of some wild East African ungulates. East African Wildlife Journal 8: 212-216, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Physiology Black Rhino Rectal temperature taken from 9 male rhino - range 37.3 to 41.5 deg.C, average 38.9 deg.C. Three females spanned 37.3 to 39.7 deg.C, average 38.5 deg.C. Overall temperatures ranged 37.3 to 41.5 deg.C, average 38.8 deg.C.   details Goddard, J. 1970 A note on age at sexual maturity in wild black rhinoceros. East African Wildlife Journal 8: 205 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Reproduction Black Rhino Long-range and regular observations of known-age wild mammals, which can be identified with certainty, offer a unique opportunity to obtain essential biological data from a.species. Vital population characters such as age at maturity, gestation period, calf interval, growth rate and age criteria ...   details Tanzania National Parks; Parker, P. 1970 Tarangire National Park. Arusha, pp. 1-62 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Tanzania National Parks; Noyes, E. 1970 Serengeti National Park. Arusha, pp. 1-66 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Watson, R.M.; Graham, A.D.; Parker, I.S.C. 1969 A census of the large mammals of Loliondo Controlled Area, Northern Tanzania. East African Wildlife Journal 7: 43-59, figs. 1-4, tables 1-6, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Loliondo Controlled Area in Tanzania Masailand, 6734 km? immediately west of Gregory Rift valley, between Ngorongoro and Kenya border. Table 1. Diceros bicornis bicornis occurs occasional.   details Watson, R.M.; Graham, A.D.; Parker, I.S.C. 1969 A census of the large mammals of Loliondo Controlled Area, Northern Tanzania. East African Wildlife Journal 7: 43-59, figs. 1-4, tables 1-6, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino In Loliondo (near Serengeti), occurs Diceros bicornis bicornis   details McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1969 Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Diseases - Parasites Black Rhino Tanzania - Diceros bicornis. In the second group (7 rhinoceroses: diminazine aceturate 6.0 g; pyrithidium bromide 3.0 g) there were three deaths in late captivity. 3470 died 50 days after capture. Post-mortem examination showed a massive load of gut nematodes, including Strongylus tremletti and ...   details McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1969 Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Translocation - Methods Black Rhino Tanzania. The holding pens were made of hardwood poles which were wired closely together with heavy gauge fencing wire and sunk in trenches 0.75 m deep. At the Grumeti, a line of contiguous pens was constructed. Each pen was approximately 5-5 m square. At the Lamai, separate and circular pens of...   details McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1969 Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Translocation - Methods Black Rhino Rhinoceroses were captured in daylight. They were chased, usually one at a time, and noosed from one of two pursuing vehicles. Once caught, the rhinoceroses were cast, hobbled, loaded on to a lorry, taken to camp and then released in individual holding pens. At some stages of the work blood slide...   details McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1969 Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Translocation - Methods Black Rhino When travelling it was found that the lowering of buckets of water into the crate caused excitement and disturbance. On the other hand no reaction was caused by syphoning water into the crate and the animals quickly learned to suck water from the end of a hose-pipe.   details MacCulloch, B.; Jonathan, J.; Dunnett, S.C. 1969 Further report on the development of Saanane Island, and its role in wildlife conservation in East Africa. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 139-142 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Diseases Black Rhino Saanane Island, Tanzania - Diceros bicornis. A pair of Black rhinoceroses Diceros bicornis bicorizis were brought to Saanane in late 1964. The female gave birth to a calf in May 1965. By July 1965, all three rhinoceroses were suffering from corneal opacities. Oral administration of vitamin A ...   details McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1969 Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Diseases Black Rhino Capture in Tanzania. Grumeti, 1964. Eight rhinoceroses were caught between February and August. As a prophylactic treatment against trypanosomiasis, 1.5 to 3.0 gm of diminazine aceturate were administered subcutaneously to all of them. Lamai, 1964. Seventeen rhinoceroses were captured between t...   details McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1969 Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Diseases Black Rhino Tanzania - Diceros bicornis. The occurrence of ocular and digestive dis- turbance was a problem of prolonged captivity. To a large extent, the syndromes were thought to be due to vitamin A deficiency. One rhinoceros died after a little over a year on the island. Postmortem examination showed les...   details McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1969 Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Diseases - Bacterial Black Rhino Two deaths were attributed to babesiasis. It was unfortunate that no post-mortem examinations were carried out, and that blood smears only were available for examination. On these, large forms of Babesia were seen. The parasites appeared to be very similar to those described by Brocklesby (1967) ...   details McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1969 Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Diseases - Bacterial Black Rhino It was noted that the Lamai rhinoceroses were essentially grass eaters, whereas those at the Grumeti browsed to a large extent on woodland bush. It is known that grazing, as distinct from browsing, encourages the propagation of intestinal parasites. Helminthiasis can be further aggravated by copr...   details Schenkel, R.; Schenkel, L. 1969 Ecology and behaviour of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis L): a field study. Hamburg and Berlin, Paul Parey (Mammalia Depicta), pp. 1-101, figs. 1-27, tables 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology Black Rhino No details available yet   details Tanzania National Parks 1969 Mikumi National Park: a guide. Arusha, pp. 1-40 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Sachs, R.; Sachs, C. 1968 A survey of parasitic infestation of wild herbivores in the Serengeti region in Northern Tanzania and the Lake Rukwa region in southern Tanzania. Bulletin of Epizootic Diseases of Africa 16: 455-472, fig. 1, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Diseases - Parasites Black Rhino Egg count of worms in feces, Serengeti, Tanzania, 4 examined number of nematode eggs excreted per 1 gr of faeces: mean 2625 range 267 to 4067 End   details Achard, P.L.; MacCulloch, B. 1967 Creation of a zoo in Tanzania - Saanane Island Game Reserve. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 235-240 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Saanane Island, Tanzania. The male brought to the zoo in 1964 came from a part of Tarime District where poaching was rife. He was removed in a general scheme of rhinoceros capture and translocation.   details Foster, J.B. 1967 The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker)) in Uganda. East African Wildlife Journal 5: 167-171, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records White Rhino Ceratotherium simum. However this species has been reported from the upper part of Bed II at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, ca. 400,000 years B. P. (Leakey, 1965), and it probably ranged over most of the continent before more efficient hunting methods by tribe   details Goddard, J. 1967 The validity of censusing black rhinoceros populations from the air. East African Wildlife Journal 5: 18-23, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino During the period November 1964 - November 1966 I conducted a study of the black rhinoceros population in the vicinity of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Individual recognition of animals was achieved by the method described by Goddard (1966), and it was conclu   details Achard, P.L.; MacCulloch, B. 1967 Creation of a zoo in Tanzania - Saanane Island Game Reserve. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 235-240 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino Saanane Island, Tanzania. A male of 2 years captured in Tarime District developed symptoms of trypanosomiasis. By the time he was cured of the illness (it is frquently fatal), he was completely tame. This is by no means extraordinary since even mature rhinos become tame in captivity in a surpr...   details Achard, P.L.; MacCulloch, B. 1967 Creation of a zoo in Tanzania - Saanane Island Game Reserve. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 235-240 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Diseases Black Rhino A male of 2 years captured in Tarime District developed symptoms of trypanosomiasis. By the time he was cured of the illness (it is frquently fatal), he was completely tame.   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Bulls and also cows were observed using the same defecation places over and over again, and spreading the dung with their hind legs in the well known manner. Obviously this behaviour serves to mark the home range of an individual, which, however, often overlaps with that of a neighbour. We have...   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino Most of the rhinos were solitary and in roughly the same area. The maximum number seen together and identified was five: three adult cows, a calf and one adult bull on one occasion, two adult cows, a calf and two adult bulls on another. Both groups broke up after a few days. Groups of four rhi...   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania is one of the few places left in Africa where the black rhinoceros is still frequent and can be regularly seen and photographed by the visitor. The crater floor, an area of 100 square miles, is the home of a great v   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino The rhinos were counted in January, 1958, by Grzimek & Grzimek (1960) who located. 19 and quoted Molloy's estimate of 42 in March, 1959. These figures are not contradictory, for during our two-year observation we have found great fluctuations in the numb   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Population Black Rhino The overall sex ratio of the permanent residents including calves and subadults was 17 males to 17 females, that of the adults 11 males to 14 females.   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ngorongoro, Tanzania - Diceros bicornis . Rhinos are known to browse and graze as well. Food specimens and dung were collected for subsequent analysis and determination, the results of which will be published elsewhere. In addition to the stated feeding habits, we found rhinos also to be coprop...   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Population Black Rhino Of the 101.6 square mites of the crater floor, approximately four are covered by the soda lake. This leaves a feeding area of 97 square miles to the rhinos, of 3.9 square miles to each of the residents (disregarding suckling calves).   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Population Black Rhino Most of the permanent residents lived within well-defined home ranges; this was particularly true for the bulls. The map shows the places where four individuals were recorded during the two years of observation. In several instances animals of both sexes moved out of one area and settled down i...   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Population Black Rhino In 1963 there were no new-born calves in the population, and only one animal was considered subadult. During the two years eight calves were born in the resident population, all during the rainy season (December to May). On the average, according to these figures, 28 % of the females bred per y...   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ngorongoro, Tanzania. Rhinos are known to browse and graze as well. Food specimens and dung were collected for subsequent analysis and determination, the results of which will be published elsewhere.   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ngorongoro, Tanzania. Rhinos are known to browse and graze as well. Food specimens and dung were collected for subsequent analysis and determination, the results of which will be published elsewhere.   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ngorongoro, Tanzania - Diceros bicornis . Rhinos are known to browse and graze as well. Food specimens and dung were collected for subsequent analysis and determination, the results of which will be published elsewhere. In addition to the stated feeding habits, we found rhinos also to be coprop...   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Census Methods Black Rhino One of the most important problems was how to identify and recognise individual rhinos. We found that the shape of the horns, crippled or otherwise deformed ears, prominent scars on the body, the state of the tail and the sex of the animal provided sufficient details for the recognition of all i...   details Tanzania Game Preservation Department; Mahinda, H.S. 1966 United Republic of Tanzania. Annual Report of the Game Division 1966. Dar Es Salaam, Government Printer, pp. 1-16 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Tanzania Game Preservation Department; Mahinda, H.S. 1966 United Republic of Tanzania. Annual Report of the Game Division 1966. Dar Es Salaam, Government Printer, pp. 1-16 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Grzimek, B. 1965 Kenya and Tanzania continue to kill rhinos. International Zoo News 12 (3): 75-76 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Hunting Black Rhino Although protected, Tanzanian Wildlife Development Ltd. started operations and tried to induce big crowds of overseas hunters to come in. Apparently competition with similar institutions in Uganda and Hunting Safaris of Kenya , made them to silent;ly re-   details MacCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. 1965 Rhino reserve in Lake Victoria. Oryx 8 (3): 162-163 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Distribution - Records Black Rhino Tanzania has created a new reserve for black rhinoceros that is as near being 'completely safe' for these harassed animals as can be imagined. This is the 55,000-acre Rubondo Island in Lake Victoria, 20 miles long and 5 miles wide, which has been a Fores   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (7)  ... 2 3 4 5 6 ...