Reference Base Notes for: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (6)  ... 3 4 5 6  Hall-Martin, A. 1979 Black rhinoceros in Southern Africa. Oryx 15 (1): 26-32, figs. 1-2, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino In South West Africa/Namibia the black rhinoceros had probably come closest to extinction by 1966 when a census revealed that there were only 90 still permanently resident in the north-west corner of the territory, plus a few vagrants in the western Caprivi along the Kwando River which regularly ...   details Hall-Martin, A. 1979 Black rhinoceros in Southern Africa. Oryx 15 (1): 26-32, figs. 1-2, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino In SWA/ Namibia, though isolated groups were still scattered around the country after 1900, the only viable populations were in the north-west corner of the territory in Kaokoland, Damaraland and the Otjovasandu area of what was to become the Etosha National Park.   details Bigalke, R.C. 1978 Mammals: pp. 981-1048 In: Werger, M.J.A. Biogeography and ecology of Southern Africa. Amsterdam, Junk (Monographia Biologicae, vol. 31): vol. 2, pp. 663-1439 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino They were found in wooded grassland or bushveld in South Africa as far north as Rhodesia and South West Africa, and also west of the upper Nile in Uganda, parts of Zaire and the Sudan.   details Preez, J.S.du; Grobler, I.D. 1977 Drinking times and behaviour at waterholes of some game species in the Etosha National Park. Madoqua 10 (1): 61-69, figs. 1-12 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino The small sample of black rhinoceros (n=36) indicates that these animals prefer drinking from late afternoon to late evening, with a peak between 20h00 and 21h00. The rhinoceros is classed as an 'evening drinker.'   details Eloff, F.C. 1977 Kaokoland/ Damaraland - ecological baseline for conservation planning. WWF Yearbook 1976-1977: 87-89 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Hofmeyr, J.M. 1975 The adaptation of wild animals translocated to new areas in South West Africa: pp. 126-131, fig. 1 In: Reid, R.L. Proceedings of the Third World Confence on animal production. Sydney, Sydney University Press Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Interspecific Relations Black Rhino Attacks by lions (Panthera leo) on adult rhinos have been seen on two occasions in the Okaukeujo and Halali areas. Although the rhinos were able to ward off their offenders, they can by no means be considered safe when confronted by a large pride of lions. Herbert and Austen (1972) record the k...   details Stuart, C.T. 1975 Preliminary notes on the mammals of the Namib Desert Park. Madoqua (2) 4: 5-68 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Alexander (1838) records the animal on the Kuiseb River. The brothers Van Reenen and Pieter Pienaar explored and hunted in the Swakop River in 1791, or thereabouts, and came across large numbers of elephant and rhinoceros. Coetzee (1969) records B. de la Bat as having informed him of a well pre...   details Hofmeyr, J.M.; Ebedes, H.; Fryer, R.E.M.; Bruine, J.R.de 1975 The capture and translocation of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis Linn. in South West Africa. Madoqua 9 (2): 35-44, pls.1-3, map 1, tables 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The capture of rhinos was preceded by a detailed study on the ecology and status of this species in South West Africa (Joubert, 1971; Joubert & Eloff, 1971). The findings revealed that only a small number were present in the Park at the time, the main concentration being in the vicinity of Otjov...   details Hofmeyr, J.M. 1975 The adaptation of wild animals translocated to new areas in South West Africa: pp. 126-131, fig. 1 In: Reid, R.L. Proceedings of the Third World Confence on animal production. Sydney, Sydney University Press Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Population Black Rhino The largest concentration occurs in the Koabendes-Kaross paddock with an estimated population density of one rhino to 600 ha.   details Hofmeyr, J.M. 1975 The adaptation of wild animals translocated to new areas in South West Africa: pp. 126-131, fig. 1 In: Reid, R.L. Proceedings of the Third World Confence on animal production. Sydney, Sydney University Press Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino After translocation Several individuals were involved in mortal combat, which took place two to ten weeks after being set free. Four animals (three bulls and one cow) were known to have succumbed from fatal wounds. A heifer died of an unknown cause. In one instance it was necessary to recaptu...   details Hofmeyr, J.M. 1975 The adaptation of wild animals translocated to new areas in South West Africa: pp. 126-131, fig. 1 In: Reid, R.L. Proceedings of the Third World Confence on animal production. Sydney, Sydney University Press Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Translocation - Methods African Rhino Species To avoid aimless wandering, especially in waterless areas, the rhino were kept in wooden constructed bomas for a variable period. They were released one by one over a period of a few days. Several animals frequently returned to the bomas, where water was available. They showed considerable resp...   details Joubert, E.; Mostert, P.K.N. 1975 Distribution patterns and status of some mammals in South West Africa. Madoqua 9 (1): 5-44 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Owen-Smith, R.N. 1974 Minisender decken Verhalten von Nashoernern auf. Umschau 74 (4): 119-120, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Management African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Hofmeyr, J.M.; Bruine, J.R. de 1973 The problems associated with the capture, translocation and keeping of wild ungulates in South West Africa. Lammergeyer 18: 21-29, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Forty-one black rhino were captured and moved to the Etosha National Park during May and June 1970 and 1971.   details Hofmeyr, J.M.; Bruine, J.R. de 1973 The problems associated with the capture, translocation and keeping of wild ungulates in South West Africa. Lammergeyer 18: 21-29, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino After translocation Several rhino were involved in mortal combat 2 to 10 weeks after they were released. It was necessary to recapture one bull and move it to another area.   details Richter, W. von 1973 Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana. Biological Conservation 5 (1): 59-60, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Recently, a Black Rhinoceros was shot to the west of the Kwando River in the Caprivi, north of the Botswana frontier, and, as the species is absent from the eastern Caprivi (Rautenbach, 1971), it is believed that this animal had come from Botswana, although it could also have come from southeaste...   details Hofmeyr, J.M.; Bruine, J.R. de 1973 The problems associated with the capture, translocation and keeping of wild ungulates in South West Africa. Lammergeyer 18: 21-29, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Translocation - Immobilization African Rhino Species The drug combinations and the dosage rates used (Hofmeyr et. al., 1973), induced rapid narcosis which was required to prevent the rhino from returning to difficult country with the possibility of falling down precipices while in a semi-conscious state. However, during the 1970 operation tremendo...   details Hofmeyr, J.M.; Bruine, J.R. de 1973 The problems associated with the capture, translocation and keeping of wild ungulates in South West Africa. Lammergeyer 18: 21-29, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Translocation - Methods African Rhino Species The loading of rhino with the aid of monkey winches and rollers had always been a laborious and time consuming process. The use of a multilift device which has a dismountable platform onto which the rhino crate was tied, greatly facillitated the loading of the rhino in this operation. The loadi...   details Hofmeyr, J.M.; Bruine, J.R. de 1973 The problems associated with the capture, translocation and keeping of wild ungulates in South West Africa. Lammergeyer 18: 21-29, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Translocation - Methods African Rhino Species Upon arriving in the Etosha National Park the rhino were offloaded into holding pens and kept for an adaptation period of one to two months before they were released. The rhino captured during 1971 were released in a 24 000 hectare paddock or an area approximately the size of the Hluhluwe Game R...   details Hofmeyr, J.M.; Bruine, J.R. de 1973 The problems associated with the capture, translocation and keeping of wild ungulates in South West Africa. Lammergeyer 18: 21-29, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Translocation - Methods African Rhino Species Upon arriving in the Etosha National Park the rhino were offloaded into holding pens and kept for an adaptation period of one to two months before they were released. The rhino captured during 1971 were released in a 24 000 hectare paddock or an area approximately the size of the Hluhluwe Game R...   details Sauer, E.G.F. 1972 Fund eines Nashorn-Vorderhorns in der zentralen Namib. Namib und Meer 3: 21-23 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Anterior horn. Locality: Namibia, Tumas River. In coll. Swakopmund Museum, Namibia. picked up   details Sauer, E.G.F. 1972 Fund eines Nashorn-Vorderhorns in der zentralen Namib. Namib und Meer 3: 21-23 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino In the sandy course of the Tumas River, about 47 km inland from the Atlantic coast, I found a front horn of a rhinoceros on 3 January 1972. The object was lying near a hill of smooth granite at the edge of a sandy tributary of the Tumas River. From its position and its condition, it was thought...   details Anonymous 1972 Black rhino in SW Africa. Oryx 11 (5): 313 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Sauer, E.G.F. 1972 Fund eines Nashorn-Vorderhorns in der zentralen Namib. Namib und Meer 3: 21-23 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Morphology - Size Black Rhino Horn found in Namibia - 2550 grams   details Sauer, E.G.F. 1972 Fund eines Nashorn-Vorderhorns in der zentralen Namib. Namib und Meer 3: 21-23 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Morphology - Size Black Rhino Namibia. In the sandy course of the Tumas River, about 47 km inland from the Atlantic coast, I found a front horn of a rhinoceros on 3 January 1972. Geographic position: 22? 52 S, 15? 00 E. Condition of the horn: apically well preserved; towards the base the surface is somewhat abrased. Colour...   details Owen-Smith, G. 1972 The Kaokoveld last wilderness. African Wildlife 26 (2): 71-77, figs. 1-10 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details 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 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino A black rhino was recently shot west of the Kuando River. It is belived that this animal frequently crossed into the Caprivi from Botswana (Smithers, pers.comm.) as black rhino do not occur naturally between the Chobe and Zambesi rivers.   details Tinley, K.L. 1971 The case for saving Etosha. African Wildlife 25 (1), Suppl.: 1-16, figs. 1-12, maps 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The Kaokoveld and adjoining Namib Desert are the main centre of the Diceros bicornis opulation in SW Africa.   details Gramowsky, R. 1971 More on rubbing stones. African Wildlife 25 (4): 155, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Rubbing stone in Kaokoveld. One is frequented by elephant and warthog, another is used by rhino only. We have seen and found that the rhino will not use the elephant stone and vice versa. The elephant will pass the rhino stone, although sniffing at the stone without rubbing. So also does the ...   details Joubert, E. 1971 The past and present distribution and status of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis Linn. 1758) in South West Africa. Madoqua (1) 4: 33-43, maps 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Joubert, E.; Eloff, F.C. 1971 Notes on the ecology and behaviour of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis Linn. 1758 in South West Africa. Madoqua (1) 3: 5-53, pls. 1-24, figs. 1-10, map 1, tables 1-13 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology Black Rhino No details available yet   details Heissig, K. 1971 Brachypotherium aus dem Miozaen von Suedwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Histor. Geologie 11: 125-128 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Taxonomy Fossil No details available yet   details Joubert, E. 1970 The taxonomic status of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis Linn. 1758) in South West Africa. Madoqua (1) 2: 27-37, pl. 1, figs. 1-2, tables 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Taxonomy Black Rhino No details available yet   details Coetzee, C.G. 1969 The distribution of mammals in the Namib Desert and adjoining inland escarpment. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 40: 23-36, pls. 1-2, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Pienaar (in Vedder 1934) recorded a number of rhino in the Swakop Valley during his short visit in 1793 and mentioned the presence of rhino within `a day's journey' of present-day Walvis Bay. Mr. B. de la Bat (pers.comm.) has informed the author of a remarkably well-preserved elephant tusk and a...   details Coetzee, C.G. 1969 The distribution of mammals in the Namib Desert and adjoining inland escarpment. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 40: 23-36, pls. 1-2, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The Namib desert forms a narrow coastal strip along a high inland plateau. The western edge is marked by either mountain chains which form distinct escarpments or by a less clearly marked escarpment. The desert consists mainly of gravel plains, unbroken sand dunes and dune stripes or barchan du...   details Coetzee, C.G. 1969 The distribution of mammals in the Namib Desert and adjoining inland escarpment. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 40: 23-36, pls. 1-2, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Namib Desert, Namibia. The Namib desert forms a narrow coastal strip along a high inland plateau. The western edge is marked by either mountain chains which form distinct escarpments or by a less clearly marked escarpment. The desert consists mainly of gravel plains, unbroken sand dunes and du...   details Joubert, E. 1969 An ecological study of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis Linn. 1758 in South West Africa. Pretoria University, Ph.D. Thesis, pp. 1-235 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Gaerdes, J. 1967 Nashoerner in Suedwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Sud-West Afrika Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 8 Supplement: i-viii, ix-xv Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Gaerdes, F. 1966 Tiere im Veld: Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt Sudwestafrikas. Windhoek, S.W.A. Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-240 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino in small numbers   details Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Black rhino now confined to the bush and rock landscape of Kaokoveld.   details Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino the rhino lives in a restricted area which it only leaves when the watering places dry up.   details Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino When the rhino senses something unusual, you can hear a loud sneezing.   details Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino When the animal senses something unusual, it sneezes and runs off, instead of fleeing, in the direction where the sound came from. In that way he got to know as a very dangerous animal.   details R. 1963 Vom Breitmaul- und Spitzmaul-Nashorn (ceratotherium simum und Diceros bicornis) in Suedwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Sud-West Afrika Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 4 (3): 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Names in vernacular White Rhino Ekozu   details R. 1963 Vom Breitmaul- und Spitzmaul-Nashorn (ceratotherium simum und Diceros bicornis) in Suedwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Sud-West Afrika Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 4 (3): 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino [refers to Zukowsky's statement about existence of simum in Tschombobusch and along the Lujana River; the species did exist there formerly]. Jan Gaerdes says there is a rock drawing of white rhino in the Spitzkoppe. The latest record of simum in SWA dates from the 1880's. In those days the las...   details R. 1963 Vom Breitmaul- und Spitzmaul-Nashorn (ceratotherium simum und Diceros bicornis) in Suedwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Sud-West Afrika Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 4 (3): 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Rock engraving of bicornis on Farm Nauzerus; one of white rhino in the Spitzkoppe.   details Gaerdes, J. 1963 Fruehere Vorkommen vom Breitmaulnashorn (Ceratotherium simum) in Suedwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Sud-West Afrika Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 4 (9): 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution White Rhino No details available yet   details Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino 280-280, trend up   details Tindall, B.A. 1959 The journal of Joseph Tindall, missionary in South West Africa 1839-55. Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, Works vol. 40, pp. i-x, 1-201 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Bigalke, R. 1958 On the present status of ungulate mammals in South West Africa. Mammalia 22: 478-497, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The species has been recorded from the Eastern Caprivi.   details Bigalke, R. 1958 On the present status of ungulate mammals in South West Africa. Mammalia 22: 478-497, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The species ranges throughout the Kaokoveld and, occasionally, into the Etosha Pan region where a single animal has recently been observed.   details Bigalke, R. 1958 On the present status of ungulate mammals in South West Africa. Mammalia 22: 478-497, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The species does not appear to range along the Okavango River.   details Bigalke, R. 1958 On the present status of ungulate mammals in South West Africa. Mammalia 22: 478-497, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The questionnaires record the black rhino only from the Outjo District, where it occurs on a number of farms in the northern section. The species ranges throughout the Kaokoveld and, occasionally, into the Etosha Pan region where a single animal has recently been observed. Shortridge believed t...   details Bigalke, R. 1958 On the present status of ungulate mammals in South West Africa. Mammalia 22: 478-497, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino Although the white rhinoceros appears on the list of protected game, I believe that this was a mistake or a safeguard in case the animal should be found in the Kaokoveld. I have heard reports of two types of rhinoceros in that territory and in Angola, but a belief in the existence of two forms o...   details Bigalke, R. 1958 On the present status of ungulate mammals in South West Africa. Mammalia 22: 478-497, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Diceros bicornis. Shortridge believed that there were between 40 and 80 black rhino in the Kaokoveld, but in view of the number recorded on farming land I believe the higher figure to be more accurate.   details Pulon, O. 1957 Wildschutz in Sudwest Afrika: pp. 311-313 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 - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino 150 rhino outside protected areas   details Zukowsky, L. 1954 Kleine Hagenbeck-Erinnerungen. Zoologische Garten 21 (1/2): 9-24 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Diceros bicornis occidentalis   details Barnard, A.M. 1952 The Kaokoveld expedition: some interesting observations. African Wildlife 6 (1): 76-79, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino it was only after seeing a particularly fine specimen of the square-lipped variety between Otjikuvare and Otjovathandu that I was forced to the conclusion that there were both black and white rhinos in that area.   details Barnard, A.M. 1952 The Kaokoveld expedition: some interesting observations. African Wildlife 6 (1): 76-79, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino Was stationed in Kaokoveld 1939-1942. I was told by various Europeans who had been in the kaokoveld, and accepted it as a fact, that there are only black rhino in that district. However, after encountering a number of rhino, i was struck by the difference in their appearance, but it was only af...   details Barnard, A.M. 1952 The Kaokoveld expedition: some interesting observations. African Wildlife 6 (1): 76-79, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Names in vernacular White Rhino Epandagava   details Barnard, A.M. 1952 The Kaokoveld expedition: some interesting observations. African Wildlife 6 (1): 76-79, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Names in vernacular Black Rhino Ongava Okatzwii   details Barnard, A.M. 1952 The Kaokoveld expedition: some interesting observations. African Wildlife 6 (1): 76-79, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Names in vernacular Black Rhino Ongava Ondorozu   details Lundholm, B. 1951 Expedition to the Kaokoveld. African Wildlife 5: 183-184 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino Kaokoveld. The expedition made special efforts to investigate the persistent rumours of the occurrence of Ceratotherium simum in the area, but with only negatibe results. It was observed that the area seems to be far too hilly and thus unsuitable as a good terrain for these animals.   details Lundholm, B. 1951 Expedition to the Kaokoveld. African Wildlife 5: 183-184 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Return of recent expedition. The whole area is at the same time a Game and a Native Reserve, a position of affairs not always satisfactory, but Natives are few. Since 1935, several species obviously increased, like black rhinoceros.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino In the rainy season the rhino live in the fields, when the pans dry up they return to the rivers.   details Zukowsky, L. 1950 Groszsauger, die Hagenbeck entdeckte. Zoologische Garten 17 (1/5): 211-221, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino A small, short-headed, long-legged species of rhinoceros with small horns became known in 1922 from a specimen imported by Carl Hagenbeck in 1922 from the Kunene area of South West Africa. It was designated as Diceros bicornis occidentalis. It also differs considerably from other races of black...   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino The occurrence of the white rhinoceros is questionable.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Names in vernacular Black Rhino Fume   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Morphology Black Rhino Namibia. The ears are often marked and scratched by the thorn bushes.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Senses Black Rhino Hearing is exceptional, they hear the least noise in a thorn bush and this will occasion flight.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Reproduction Black Rhino Namibia. The young sucks for 2 years and often stays with the mother for 3-4 years, even though the mother no longer provides milk.   details Zukowsky, L. 1950 Groszsauger, die Hagenbeck entdeckte. Zoologische Garten 17 (1/5): 211-221, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Diceros bicornis occidentalis   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Diseases - Parasites African Rhino Species The rhino is host to a special tick, Dermatocentes rhinocerotes, of which males and females have different colours. There is also a tick with coloured legs, Hyalomma aegyptium. there are large numbers of 'draadwormen' in the stomach of a female and also a very large kind of larva of Gastrus.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Names in vernacular Black Rhino !ke   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino As soon as a rhino hears even the slightest noise, it will run away. The animal therefore is shy rather than aggressive. Often, when it smells people in the vicinity, the rhino will run towards the site of danger, what however is not to be seen as an aggressive movement. Sometimes it will actu...   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Smaller trees which stand in their way are often uprooted like they were playing.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino At night it walks to drink in the rivers or large pans in the Omuramben. Deep paths lead to the individual drinking places and from there back into the thornbush, where the rhino has many sleeping places. Many paths lead to these resting places, which are often found under a large shadowy tree.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino The rhino rests lying on its belly, the eras constantly moving.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Memory Black Rhino The rhino is sometimes full of curiosity. One night a male and female came to within 60 m from my car and stood there to observe me. They only fled when the dogs barked. A male returned to a female that was shot during the night and stood with the dead animal for a long time, and slowly walked...   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino The rhino lives alone or in pairs, sometimes a pair with a young.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino The rhino deposits the dung on very specific places near the paths and loosens these with the hind legs. No animal of the species will pass such a dung pile without depositing dung or urinating. This habit is a way of communication for all passing rhinos.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Morphology - Horn African Rhino Species It seems that rhino sometimes hed their horns. In any case local people sometimes bring horns for sale which also show signs of lying in the sun for a long time, and which they say to have found in the bush.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino It likes to wallow in muddy places, lying on its side like a pig. One finds these wallows everywhere in rhino country.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Solitary rhinos wander far afield.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Interspecific Relations Black Rhino In June I found a 2-3 months old calf killed by hyenas.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Interspecific Relations Black Rhino Oxpeckers sit on his back or in a nearby tree and warn against danger. Its cry and flight warn the rhino of danger nearby.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino At night it walks to drink in the rivers or large pans in the Omuramben. Deep paths lead to the individual drinking places and from there back into the thornbush, where the rhino has many sleeping places. Many paths lead to these resting places, which are often found under a large shadowy tree....   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Senses Black Rhino The sight is very poor, the rhino cannot see clearly a person at 50 m distance in open ground.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Morphology Black Rhino Namibia. Remarkable is how lean these rhinos are. The individual ribs can easily be seen.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino The warning sound of the rhino is a soft 'quieken'; this I heard in a rhino pair when they started drinking, when they got my smell. When shot, the rhino reacts with a pig-like grunt, while when shot in the heart is emits several times a high pitched quieken.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Reproduction Black Rhino Gestation period. 18 months, Namibia   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Morphology Black Rhino Namibia. Remarkable is how lean these rhinos are. The individual ribs can easily be seen.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Morphology Black Rhino Namibia. The ears are often marked and scratched by the thorn bushes.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Reproduction Black Rhino Namibia. The young sucks for 2 years, often the mother will become pregnant again during this period. The young often stays with the mother until it is 3-4 years old.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1950 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Reproduction Black Rhino Namibia. The courtship period is at the start of the rainy season, approximately in the months of November and December. Young are born from January to May.   details Moltke, J. von 1943 Jagkonings. Kaapstad and Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth, Nasionale Pers, pp. i-vi, 1-295 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Shortridge, G.C. 1942 Field notes on the first and second expeditions of the Cape Museum's mammals survey of the Cape Province; and descriptions of some new subgenera and subspecies. Annals of the South African Museum 36 (1): 27-100, pls. 6-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino Horns. Locality: Namibia, Seeheim, Great Namaqualand. Collected by: Wicham, G., 1919. In coll. Museum, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.   details Shortridge, G.C. 1942 Field notes on the first and second expeditions of the Cape Museum's mammals survey of the Cape Province; and descriptions of some new subgenera and subspecies. Annals of the South African Museum 36 (1): 27-100, pls. 6-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Museums White Rhino Horns. Locality: Namibia, Seeheim, Great Namaqualand. Collected by: Wicham, G., 1919. In coll. Museum, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.   details Shortridge, G.C. 1942 Field notes on the first and second expeditions of the Cape Museum's mammals survey of the Cape Province; and descriptions of some new subgenera and subspecies. Annals of the South African Museum 36 (1): 27-100, pls. 6-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino In the Port Elizabeth Museum there is a weathered pair of white rhino horns (oswellii type) discovered at seeheim, Great Namaqualand, by G. Wicham in 1919.   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (6)  ... 3 4 5 6