 | Richter, W. von 1973 Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana. Biological Conservation 5 (1): 59-60, fig. 1 |
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| The distribution of the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) has shrunk drastically within historical times in Botswana. As indicated by the records of early travellers, hunters, and missionaries, the species was once widespread and probably only absent from the very dry central and southwestern ... |
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| Richter, W. von 1973 Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana. Biological Conservation 5 (1): 59-60, fig. 1 |
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| In July 1967, four White Rhinos (2 males and 2 females) arrived at the Chobe National Park. They were donated by the Republic of South Africa and originated from the Zululand reserves in South Africa. They were kept in a paddock of approximately 18 acres (7.3 ha) in the Chobe National Park and o... |
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| Richter, W. von 1973 Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana. Biological Conservation 5 (1): 59-60, fig. 1 |
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| Individual animals have been reported from north-eastern Botswana, adjacent to the Wankie National Park, and it is thought that they wandered across the border into Botswana. |
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| Richter, W. von 1973 Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana. Biological Conservation 5 (1): 59-60, fig. 1 |
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| Today, the Black Rhinoceros is confined in small numbers to the Okavango Delta. |
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| Herbert, H.J.; Austen, B. 1972 The past and present distribution of the black and square lipped rhinoceros in the Wankie National Park. Arnoldia 5 (26): 1-6, map 1, table 1 |
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| Wankie NP, Zimbabwe, introduced Ceratotherium simum. One reported in 1971 at Khwaai River. |
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| Herbert, H.J.; Austen, B. 1972 The past and present distribution of the black and square lipped rhinoceros in the Wankie National Park. Arnoldia 5 (26): 1-6, map 1, table 1 |
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| Wankie NP, Zimbabwe, introduced Ceratotherium simum. In July 1968, an adult female and calf died of thirst at Odiakwe, 140 miles west of their release site at Wankie NP |
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| Herbert, H.J.; Austen, B. 1972 The past and present distribution of the black and square lipped rhinoceros in the Wankie National Park. Arnoldia 5 (26): 1-6, map 1, table 1 |
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White Rhino
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| Wankie NP, Zimbabwe, introduced Ceratotherium simum. One reported ca. 40 km south of Sua Pan in 1969. |
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| Rautenbach, I.L. 1971 Observations on mammals of the Eastern Caprivi Strip. Bulletin of the Transvaal Museum 11, 1971 July: 5-6, map 1, table 1 |
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| Smithers (pers.comm) estimates the total number of black rhino in Botswana to be less than 20. |
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| Smithers, R.H.N. 1971 The mammals of Botswana. Salisbury, Trustees of the National Museum of Rhodesia, pp. i-xi, 1-340 |
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| Smithers, R.H.N. 1971 The mammals of Botswana. Dissertation presented to the University of Pretoria, pp. i-xi, 1-340 |
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