| Mattenklodt, W. 1936 Verlorene Heimat, als Schutztruppler und Farmer in Sudwest, 2nd ed. Berlin, Paul Parey, pp. i-xi, 1-210 |
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| Shortridge, G.C. 1934 The mammals of South West Africa: a biological account of the forms in that region. London, William Heinemann, vol. 1, pp. i-xxv, 1-437 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| More common on the Kuando River. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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White Rhino
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| It may be remarked that formerly the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simus) occurred on both sides of the Okawango River, and it may still exist in a few specimens on the Kwando River. However, in this animal region, it has never been found to occur without doubt. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Black Rhino
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| Sometimes seen in the Huckwefeld. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Black Rhino
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| Occurrence on lower Kuito River. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Black Rhino
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| Absent from the southern side of the Okawango. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Diseases - Parasites
Black Rhino
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| Parasites include ticks with coloured feet (Dermatorentor rhinocerotes). There are larvae of gastrus and 'draadwormen' |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| It wallows like a pig. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Black rhinoceros, Opsiceros occidentalis. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Namibia. Its food consists of thorny twigs, twigs of Grewia and berries, milkbush and leaves of appletree, young camelthorn trees and fruit of 'Greesappel'. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Namibia. Its food consists of thorny twigs, twigs of Grewia and berries, milkbush and leaves of appletree, young camelthorn trees and fruit of 'Greesappel'. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| The rhino walks to his drinking place at night, during the day it rests in thick thorn bush lying on its belly. The ears move constantly. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Behaviour - Senses
Black Rhino
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| The ears constantly move. Its hearing and smell is well developed, but its sight is poor. |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| The rhino lives alone or in pairs |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Namibia. Front horn in males 50-54 cm
Rear horn in males 40-45 cm
Basal circumference of horns in males 20-23 cm
Front horn in females 50 cm
Rear horn in females 45-50 cm |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Height at shoulders 155-170 cm, Namibia |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Length of tail 65-70 cm (Namibia) |
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| Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 |
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Black Rhino
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| Length of body 320-350 cm (Namibia) |
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| Heinz, R. 1933 Ein vorzeitlicher Traenkplatz in der Namibwueste bei Luederitzbucht (Deutsch-Sudwestafrika). Mittheilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg 43: 267-302, pls. 19-29 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Mattenklodt, W. 1931 A fugitive in South-West Africa 1908 to 1920. London, Thornton Butterworth, pp. 1-290 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Thomas, O. 1929 On mammals from the Kaoko-Veld, South-West Africa, obtained during Captain Shortridge's fifth Percy Sladen and Kaffrarian Museum expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1929 (1): 99-111 |
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Black Rhino
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| Results of expedition by Captain Guy C. Shortridge. one male Diceros bicornis at Otjiwan, near Kaoko-Otavi, in Central Kaokoland. |
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| Behrends, H. 1928 Das Nashorn von Mabirioni. Jambo (Abenteuer, Unterhaltung und Wissen aus Kolonien und Ubersee) 5 (7): 169-175 |
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Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Exterminated by the trek boers; formerly common. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| The rhino is extinct for the past fifty years. Formerly it was common on the large Omuramba amnd on the Omambonde-Omuramba. In the 1880's the black rhino was still common near Karakowisa. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Sporadic south and more common north of the Kunene, and also in the Kunene valley. Steinhardt mention the following regions as islands where the rhino occurs:
Lower Ugab, especially at its mouth;
A few individuals are found near Outjo.
In a few specimens the Kaoko rhino lives at the mouths of... |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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White Rhino
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| Gives for Ceratotherium simum records from Kaokoveld and Hukweveld, absent from Okavango and extinct in Omaheke and Kaukauveld. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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White Rhino
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| Very rare on the Lujana River and in the Tschbombo Bush, as found by Mattenklodt. In 1884 Ceratotherium simum was still found common next to the black rhino on the lower Lujana, by Schulz & Hammar (The new Africa, 1897) and often shot. Mattenklodt was the first to find the animal in 1906 again ... |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| The rhino occurs in few specimens on the Okavango and the Kwando. The rhino area known to Wilhelm is located on the Lujana in an enormous thornbush district, in which there are open watering places, and which is called Tschbombo by the natives. There are about 30-40 rhinos here. According to t... |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| In the Kaukaufeld the last specimens of the black rhino were shot by the Boer hunter Van Zyl and the Betschuana. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Names in vernacular
Black Rhino
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| Kafuru |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Only occurs on the eastern bank of the lower course. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Names in vernacular
Black Rhino
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| Ongava |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Diseases - Parasites
Black Rhino
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| Steinhardt found a special kind of ringworm in the rhino of the Kaokoveld, which is being investigated by prof Michaelsen of the Zoological Museum in Hamburg. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Very rare in the eastern Omuhonga Mountains. It was seen once by D. Steinhardt near Ombombo-East in the east of the Omuhonga Mountains. The horns of this otherwise in the Kaokoveld exterminated white rhinoceros were found in the sand of the Omaruru, on the lower course of the Ugab and near Usakos. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Names in vernacular
Black Rhino
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| Kafuru |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Kaokoveld, Namibia. The Kaoko rhino would also eat grass, and it does not try to remove the earth from the stumps of grass. The East African rhino would only eat bushes. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Names in vernacular
White Rhino
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| Naba |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Ke |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros occidentalis |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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African Rhino Species
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| Tschukurru |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Ke |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| The rhino destroys its dung by using the soles of its hind feet, with which its throws its dung backwards and makes it very small. On the dung piles it makes deep furrows. The dung is so much crumbed that it is almost invisible to the eye. Under special occasions, when it is in a hurry, the rh... |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| The Kaoko rhino, observed for long periods by Steinhardt, all undertook more or less long wanderings, apparently according to the seasons. For instance, the rhinos which sometimes appear near Outjo come from the middle Ugab region, and the two animals living near Orusewa go to the neighbourhood ... |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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| According to Steinhardt, the Kaoko rhino is less prone to attack than the East African rhino. It would usually be happy just to scare away its enemy. When it loses the smell, it continues to run. Strangely, the Kaoko rhino would attack with raised horns, after it has lowered its head twice bef... |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Kaokoveld, Namibia. The Kaoko rhino likes to live in mountainous areas, where it can wander with great speed. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Kaokoveld, Namibia. The Kaoko rhino would also eat grass, and it does not try to remove the earth from the stumps of grass. The East African rhino would only eat bushes. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| However, in the Hukwefeld, the rhino is the same size as the East African Opsiceros species, therefore larger than O. occidentalis, a height at the shoulders of about 1.60 m and a body length of 3.50 m. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| J.H. Wilhelm formerly owned an anterior horn of a large male with a length of 25 cm and a diameter of 9 cm at the root. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1924 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90A (1): 29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| However, in the Hukwefeld, the rhino is the same size as the East African Opsiceros species, therefore larger than O. occidentalis, a height at the shoulders of about 1.60 m and a body length of 3.50 m. |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1922 Vorlaeufige Mitteilung ueber eine neue Art des Spitzschnauz-Nashorns aus Sudwest-Afrika.. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 88A (7): 162-163 |
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Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros occidentalis spec.nov. Typus aus dem Kaokofeld-Kunene Gebiet. No. 40056 des Nat.Mus. Hamburg. % jun., ca. 3 2 Jahre alt. Skelett u. Fell gesammelt von Carl Hagenbeck. Lebte 10 VII 1914 - 15 X 1916 in Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark. Allgemeine Kennzeichen. Viel kleiner als O. bicorn... |
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| Zukowsly, L. 1922 Wissenschaftliche Bemerkungen uber das Wild des Kaokofeldes: pp. i-xxv
| In: Steinhardt, J. Vom wehrhaften Riesen und seinem Reiche. Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig: Alster-Verlag: pp. 1-224 |
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| No details available yet |
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| Kaufmann, H.W. 1916 Meine Erlebnisse in Deutsch-Sudwestafrika 1913-1916: Tagebuchblatter. Bonn, Johs. Schergens, pp. 1-112 |
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Black Rhino
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| Elephant and rhino are found further to the north in the Kaokofeld up to the Portuguese border. |
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| Fischer, A. 1914 Menschen und Tiere in Deutsch-Sudwest. Stuttgart and Berlin, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, pp. i-vi, 1-294 |
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Black Rhino
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| In Koes, on the southern edge of the Kalahari, I was shown bones and horns, found in quicksand, a certain evidence that the animal once lived here. About 1840, the first men had come to live here, Orlam from the Karas mountains and Berseba. They built huts on the dunes, and compelled the game t... |
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| Fischer, A. 1914 Menschen und Tiere in Deutsch-Sudwest. Stuttgart and Berlin, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, pp. i-vi, 1-294 |
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| The white rhinoceros could resist the onslought by firearms even less than the elephant. Its size, 2.5 m height, 4 m length, was no protection and the double horns on its nose was no longer a weapon. It was exterminated without battle. That was a short history.
The white rhinoceros was alread... |
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| Fischer, A. 1914 Menschen und Tiere in Deutsch-Sudwest. Stuttgart and Berlin, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, pp. i-vi, 1-294 |
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| In the north east, along the Okavango, the rhinoceros still lives, in a small number. A few place names are all that we have to remember them. Bteween Otjimbingue and Karibib is Okangava, the place of the black rhinoceros. About this we read in Johanna Gertze, the first Herero author, in 1858 ... |
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| Range, P. 1914 Beitraege und Ergaenzungen zur Landeskunde des deutschen Namalandes. Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstituts 30: 1-120 |
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| Elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros and giraffe have disappeared from the region. That the rhino lived in this area previously is evidenced by the horns which are often found. |
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| Fischer, A. 1914 Menschen und Tiere in Deutsch-Sudwest. Stuttgart and Berlin, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, pp. i-vi, 1-294 |
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| The black rhinoceros battled for life. |
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| Fischer, A. 1914 Menschen und Tiere in Deutsch-Sudwest. Stuttgart and Berlin, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, pp. i-vi, 1-294 |
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Black Rhino
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| The black rhinoceros was regarded as the most dangerous game, had first place among the five deadly enemies of men, and used to attack the locals without reason. But when the white men came, the rhinoceros charged. |
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| Kuntz, J. 1913 Die geographischen Resultate der Kaokofeld-expedition 1910/12. Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin 1913: 436-450 |
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| The rhinoceros occurs up to the Ugab River. In the north there are still numerous specimens of the large white rhinoceros. |
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| Kuntz, J. 1913 Die geographischen Resultate der Kaokofeld-expedition 1910/12. Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin 1913: 436-450 |
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| Kaokoveld. The rhinoceros occurs up to the Ugab River. In the north there are still numerous specimens of the large white rhinoceros. |
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| Anonymous 1913 Jagd und Wildschutz in den deutschen Kolonien. Veroeffentlichungen Reichs-Kolonialamt no. 5: i-ix, 1-168 |
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| Streitwolf, Hauptmann 1911 Der Caprivizipfel. Berlin, Wilhelm Suesserott, pp. i-v, 1-236 |
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| Kunze, F. 1909 Einige Notizen uber die Saugetier- und Vogelfauna von Deutsch- Sudwestafrika, gesammelt 1906-1907. Zoologische Beobachter 50: 11-20 |
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| Rhinoceros only found in Amboland and Kaokofeld. |
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| Kunze, F. 1909 Einige Notizen uber die Saugetier- und Vogelfauna von Deutsch- Sudwestafrika, gesammelt 1906-1907. Zoologische Beobachter 50: 11-20 |
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| Rhinoceros only found in Amboland and Kaokofeld. |
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| Schwabe, K. 1904 Mit Schwert und Pflug in Deutsch-Sudwestafrika, vier Kriegs- und Wanderjahre, 2nd ed. Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, pp. i-xiii, 1-514 |
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| Buffalo and rhino skulls I have seen lying in the sand of the Swakop River near Nonidas. [about 20 km E of Swakopmund]. |
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| Schwabe, K. 1904 Mit Schwert und Pflug in Deutsch-Sudwestafrika, vier Kriegs- und Wanderjahre, 2nd ed. Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, pp. i-xiii, 1-514 |
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| Rhinoceros found in northern Kaokofeld. |
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| Schwabe, K. 1904 Mit Schwert und Pflug in Deutsch-Sudwestafrika, vier Kriegs- und Wanderjahre, 2nd ed. Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, pp. i-xiii, 1-514 |
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| Rhinoceros found in Amboland. |
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| Passarge, S. 1904 Die Kalahari: Versuch einer physisch-geographischen Darstellung der Sandfelder des sudafrikanischen Beckens. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), pp. i-xvi, 1-823 |
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| Mueller-Liebenwalde, J. 1895 Weisses Rhinozeros. Zoologische Garten A.F. 36 (7): 223 |
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| The white rhinoceros formerly also lived in German West Africa. |
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| Moebius, K. 1895 Deutsch-Ost-Afrika, vol 3 Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete: Wirbelthiere. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, pp. i-xxviii, 1-157 |
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| Galton, F. 1891 The narrative of an explorer in Tropical South Africa, being an account of a visit to Damaraland in 1851, 4th ed. London, New York and Melbourne, Ward, Lock and Co |
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| Noack, T. 1889 Beitraege zur Kenntnis der Saeugethier-Fauna von Sud- und Sudwest-Afrika. Zoologische Jahrbucher 4: 94-261, pls. 1-4 |
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| Dr Hans Schinz (from Riesbach near Z?rich) found R. africanus in the white and the black forms [R.africanus and R. simus in heading of paragrpah] common at the Lake Ngami, on the Okavango and numerous on the Kunene from Humbe upstream. |
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| Anderson, A.A. 1884 Notes on the geography of South Central Africa, in explanation of a new map of the region. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society 6 (1): 19-36 |
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| At Chambombo Vlei, between this and the Ovampo River, we cross the great watershed. Game of every kind is to be found here, the elephant, rhinoceros, giraffe, eland, sable antelope, gemsbuck. |
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| Andersson, C.J. 1875 Notes of travel in South-Western Africa. New York, G.P.Putnam Sons, pp. i-xi, 1-318 |
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| Andersson, C.J. 1861 The Okavango River: a narrative of travel, exploration, and adventure. London, Hurst and Blackett, pp. i-xxi, 1-364 |
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| [117] There were also a good many rhinoceroses at Omanbonde - one killed [125] rhino wounded, was attacked by two lions.
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| Geffroy, A. 1857 Wahlberg, le tueur d'elephans. Revue des deux mondes 10: 225-233 |
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| Alexander, J.E. 1838 An expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa, through the hitherto undescribed countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras. London, Henry Colburn, vol. 1, pp. i-xxiv, 1-302; vol. 2, pp. i-viii, 1-306 |
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| Alexander, J.E. 1838 Report of an expedition of discovery, through the countries of the Great namaquas, Boschmans, and the Hill Damaras, in South Africa. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 8: 1-28 |
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| Alexander, J.E. 1837 Latest intelligence from Captain Alexander. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 7: 439-446 |
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| The route would lead to Buffels Poort (through a field abounding with lions, cameleopards, rhinoceroses, bucks, etc.) |
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| Smith, Andrew 1834 African zoology. Continued from page 64. [Part I. Mammalia, no. 4.]. South African Quarterly Journal Second Series, No.2 (part 1, January-March 1834): 113-128 |
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African Rhino Species
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| Schmelen, H. 1818 Journey from Pella, to explore the mouth of the Orange River, the Great Namaqua and Damara countries, by Mr. H. Schmelen, undertaken at the request of Mr. Campbell, when at Pella. Transactions of the Missionary Society 4: 154-164, 321-327 |
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