| Kerr, M.A.; Fothergill, R. 1971 Black rhinoceros in Rhodesia. Oryx 11 (2/3): 129-134, fig. 1, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| Rhinoceros have the maximum legal protection having recently been placed on the royal game schedule, but this may be insufficient without intensive research and applied management. |
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| Kerr, M.A.; Fothergill, R. 1971 Black rhinoceros in Rhodesia. Oryx 11 (2/3): 129-134, fig. 1, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Wankie National Park (c. 5,000 square miles): Between 1962 and 1963, 13 rhinoceros were moved to the park during the Kariba rescue operations and released there; in 1965 a further 40 animals were captured and translocated with the aid of drugs from the Mwenda Native Purchase Ar... |
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| Kerr, M.A.; Fothergill, R. 1971 Black rhinoceros in Rhodesia. Oryx 11 (2/3): 129-134, fig. 1, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Zambezi Valley - Kariba Gorge to Mozambique Border: an area of about 4,000 square miles bounded in the east by the Mozambique border and Hunyani river, in the south by the Tsetse Control game fence, and to the west and north by the Zambezi river, and Lake Kariba.
Roth considered conditions in th... |
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| Verwey, J.E.M. 1971 Black rhino rescue campaign in Rhodesia. Biological Conservation 3 (2): 152-153, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| At the request of the Dept. national Parks and Wildlife Management in Rhodesia, the South African Wildlife Foundation has now resolved to give financial assistance for relocating a breeding herd of Diceros bicornis in Gona-re-Zhou. |
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| Verwey, J.E.M. 1971 Black rhino rescue campaign in Rhodesia. Biological Conservation 3 (2): 152-153, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Translocation - Records
Black Rhino
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| A breeding herd of black rhino is to be relocated into the Gona-re-Zhou GR in Rhodesia. |
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| Kerr, M.A.; Fothergill, R. 1971 Black rhinoceros in Rhodesia. Oryx 11 (2/3): 129-134, fig. 1, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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| Roth and Child (1968) investigated the density and structure of the rhinoceros population marooned on the islands in Lake Kariba during the rescue operations between 1959 and 1963. The overall mean density in the studied area between the Sanyati and Mwenda rivers was one rhinoceros per 4.5 - 5.3... |
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| Jarman, P.J. 1971 Diets of large mammals in the woodlands around Lake Kariba, Rhodesia. Oecologia 8: 157-178, tables 1-11 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. the 242 rhinoceros feeding records that could be assigned to vegetation types are shown in Table 5. Significant differences could not be found between diets in each vegetation type. Indeed, there is a considerable similarity between the frequency of utlisation of many spe... |
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| Kerr, M.A.; Fothergill, R. 1971 Black rhinoceros in Rhodesia. Oryx 11 (2/3): 129-134, fig. 1, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| Fothergill, who was in charge of rescue operations, found that rhinoceros were very poor swimmers and once out of their depth would return to land. |
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| Kerr, M.A.; Fothergill, R. 1971 Black rhinoceros in Rhodesia. Oryx 11 (2/3): 129-134, fig. 1, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Census Methods
Black Rhino
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| Estimating numbers from surveys - Zimbabwe. No detailed survey of the population numbers of hook-lipped rhinoceros in Rhodesia has ever been carried out. The difficulties inherent in estimating their numbers in large areas of densely wooded and often broken terrain are considerable. Between Ma... |
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| Burrow, J. 1971 Travels in the wilds of Africa, being the diary of a young scientific assistant who accompanied Sir Andrew Smith in the expedition of 1834-1836. Edited with notes and index by Percival R. Kirby. Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, pp. i-iv, 1-90 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Condy, J.B.; Hill, R.R. 1970 Filariasis in Rhodesian wild life. Central African Journal of Medicine 16 (11): 249-251, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Diseases - Parasites
Black Rhino
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| Filariasis in Rhodesian wildlife. In rhinoceros, found adult Artionema africana
Microfilariae from blood concentration: 6 samples negative
Numbers positive/ numbers tested: 0 / 6.
Bezuidenhout & Schneider 1972
Record a rare tick, Cosmiomma hippopotamensis Denny, 1843. It was earlier found i... |
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| Anonymous 1970 Black rhino rescue campaign. African Wildlife 24 (3): 255 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The S.A. Wildlife Foundation has resolved to give financial assistance for relocating a breeding herd of black rhino in the Gona-re Zhou GR. It was proclaimed a game reserve in December 1968. The black rhino has been completely wiped out by poachers in the area. A few roaming individuals are s... |
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| Anonymous 1970 Rescues in Rhodesia. Oryx 10 (6): 361 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Savory, C.A.R. 1969 Crisis in Rhodesia. Oryx 10 (1): 25-30 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| Major species in danger of disappearing over much of Rhodesia through lack of management include the black rhino. Black rhino are in a serious position because they are limited to a last stronghold along the northern Zambesi region where their habitat is deteriorating through overpopulation, amo... |
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| Savory, C.A.R. 1969 Crisis in Rhodesia. Oryx 10 (1): 25-30 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Black rhino are in a serious position because they are limited to a last stronghold along the northern Zambesi region where their habitat is deteriorating through overpopulation, among other factors. The parts of their range where they are protected from hunting in an effort to save them, such a... |
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| Savory, C.A.R. 1969 Crisis in Rhodesia. Oryx 10 (1): 25-30 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Black rhino are in a serious position because they are limited to a last stronghold along the northern Zambesi region where their habitat is deteriorating through overpopulation, among other factors. The parts of their range where they are protected from hunting in an effort to save them, such a... |
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| Wilson, V.J. 1969 The large mammals of the Matopos National Park.. Arnoldia 4 (13): 1-32, fig. 1, tables 1-19 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Vincent, J. 1968 Editor's note on movement of square-lipped (white) rhinoceroses Ceratotherium simum simum. Lammergeyer 9: 23-25 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Movement of Ceratotherium simum from Umfolozi, 1961-May 1968. To Kyle Dam Game Reserve, 13 male, 14 female, total 27 |
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| Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The distribution of rhino was limited to areas on the south bank where human settlement had been sparse and where there had been no previous Tsetse Control hunting operations (page 32). Roth and Child attribute this to the sensitivity of the rhino populations to hunting. A total of 62 were reco... |
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| Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Kariba, Zimbabwe. Rhino populations withstood considerable compression into the small areas on islands, without the various smaller groups losing their identity (Roth and Child, op. cit.) and without inter-specific competition for food resulting in a heavy mortality. Obviously there is a level ... |
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| Vincent, J. 1968 Editor's note on movement of square-lipped (white) rhinoceroses Ceratotherium simum simum. Lammergeyer 9: 23-25 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Movement of Ceratotherium simum from Umfolozi, 1961-May 1968. To Matopos National Parl, 6 male, 7 female, total 13. |
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| Vincent, J. 1968 Editor's note on movement of square-lipped (white) rhinoceroses Ceratotherium simum simum. Lammergeyer 9: 23-25 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Movement of Ceratotherium simum from Umfolozi, 1961-May 1968. To Victoria Falls National park, 2 male, 2 female, total 4. |
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| Vincent, J. 1968 Editor's note on movement of square-lipped (white) rhinoceroses Ceratotherium simum simum. Lammergeyer 9: 23-25 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Movement of Ceratotherium simum from Umfolozi, 1961-May 1968. To Wankie GR, 15 male, 20 female, total 35 |
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| Vincent, J. 1968 Editor's note on movement of square-lipped (white) rhinoceroses Ceratotherium simum simum. Lammergeyer 9: 23-25 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Movement of Ceratotherium simum from Umfolozi, 1961-May 1968. To McIlwaine National park, 1 male, 2 female, total 3. |
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| Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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| Rhino populations withstood considerable compression into the small areas on islands, without the various smaller groups losing their identity (Roth and Child, op. cit.) and without inter-specific competition for food resulting in a heavy mortality. Obviously there is a level at which food suppl... |
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| Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Translocation - Methods
Black Rhino
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| Kariba, Zimbabwe - dispersal after release. Localised habits also contributed to their being marooned on islands. Six marked individuals were contacted after release, and all were within four miles of the release point. An adult male seen at the north eastern corner of the Umniati West bush cl... |
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| Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Kariba, Zimbabwe. Black rhino are generally accepted as browsers of a variety of trees, bushes and shrubs, although they seldom eat much grass. They experienced shortages of food as islands diminished in size, which may have led to the deaths of two very small calves and an adult, but Roth and ... |
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| Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Kariba, Zimbabwe. Black rhino are generally accepted as browsers of a variety of trees, bushes and shrubs, although they seldom eat much grass. They experienced shortages of food as islands diminished in size, which may have led to the deaths of two very small calves and an adult, but Roth and ... |
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| Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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| Localised habits also contributed to their being marooned on islands. Six marked individuals were contacted after release, and all were within four miles of the release point. An adult male seen at the north eastern corner of the Umniati West bush clearing, had been noted in this area on severa... |
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| Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| This evidence indicates rhino are generally fairly localised although the availability of open water probably determines the size of the home range as Dean has suggested. Ritchie (1963) indicates they wander five to 15 miles from water to feed in parts of Kenya, as well defined rhino paths lead ... |
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| Rochat, K.; Steele, N. 1968 Operation Rhodesian rhino: the translocation of square-lipped rhinoceroses from the Umfolozi Game Reserve in the Republic of South Africa to the parks and nature reserves of Rhodesia. Lammergeyer 8: 15-24, tables 1-3 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Roth, H.H.; Child, G. 1968 Distribution and population structure of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis L) in the Lake Kariba basin. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 33: 214-226, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Roth, H.H. 1968 White and black rhinoceros in Rhodesia: corrections and supplementary information. Oryx 11 (4): 266 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Roth, H.H. 1967 White and black rhinoceros in Rhodesia. Oryx 9 (3): 217-231, pls. 12-16, figs. 1-2, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Schomber, H.W. 1966 Die Verbreitung und der Bestand des zentralafrikanischen Breitmaulnashorns, Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker, 1908). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 14: 214-227, figs. 1-4, tables 1-12 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. Reintroduced in 1962 from Natal to the Matopos National Park and the Kyle Dam Reserve, Fort Victoria, Rhodesia. |
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| Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. Reintroduced in 1962 from Natal to the Matopos National Park and the Kyle Dam Reserve, Fort Victoria, Rhodesia. |
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| Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. the last specimen was shot near Mazoe in 1895 by A. Eyre, and it is now in the South African Museum, Cape Town. |
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| Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. Formerly widely distributed in Rhodesia and recorded by Selous from Matabeleland and east to near Hartley from 1872-80. |
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| Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Recently reintroduced from the Kariba Lake area to the Wankie National Park. |
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| Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In Rhodesia, now confined to the middle Zambezi Valley on the south bank of the Kariba Lake and the whole of the valley eastwards to the Portuguese border and parts of the Chipinga and Darwin areas. Vagrants wander far from these areas on occasion. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Zimbabwe, Chipengali area. In coll. National Museum, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Catalogue number: 22984 |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| On 5 Oct 1964 a pregnant cow had to be destroyed in the Chipengali area, some 55 miles north-east of Fort Jameson, locus 1332-B-2. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Internal organs
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. Gall bladder absent. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Diseases
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. There was a large raw sore about 6 inches in diameter on the throat (not shoulder) and ols scars from similar wounds on the sides. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Internal organs
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis . Weight 6 lb. 11 oz. Size 43 x 8 ? inch. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Internal organs
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis . Kidneys, weight 7 lbs (3 lb. 11 oz. and 3 lb 7 oz each). Size 9 x 7 inch. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Head
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Oesophagus, 36 inch long |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Reproductive organs
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe
There was one pair of well developed inguinal mammae, about 1 ? inch long. The udder was fry. [cow was pregnant] |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Internal organs
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Weight 16 lbs. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Internal organs
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis . Stomach, 41 x 24 inch. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. The stomach cointents were mainly finely chewed fruits of the sausage tree, Kigelia pinnata, some leaves of Diplorhynchus condylocarpon, and a little dry grass (unidentified). |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Morphology - Skull
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. The pregnant cow had not attained full permanent dentition. The third lower molars were just cutting through the gums, and the third upper molars just penetrating the jawbone. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Diseases
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. There was a large raw sore about 6 inches in diameter on the throat (not shoulder) and ols scars from similar wounds on the sides. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. The stomach cointents were mainly finely chewed fruits of the sausage tree, Kigelia pinnata, some leaves of Diplorhynchus condylocarpon, and a little dry grass (unidentified). |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Internal organs
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Heart, weight 13 lbs, size 12 inch x 11 inch. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Internal organs
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Small intestine, 38 ft long, Large intestine and caecum, 15 ft long |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Anatomy - Internal organs
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. Weight 32 lbs. Five lobed, 30 x 20 inch, no gall bladder. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Morphology - Embryo (Foetus)
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. The foetus was female, fully pigmented, and had soft yellowish soles to the feet. No hair was present, even on head or tail, but follicles were traceable over most of the body. The mammae were distinct, and the horn buds and skin folds well developed.
Measurements a... |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. Tail, anus to tip, 2 ft 2 inch |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. The following method of weighing was used. The carcase was rolled on its back and the legs, head and neck cut off. The body was then opened and the complete digestive tract, viscera, and uterus removed. Body fluids and blood were collected in a 4-gallon bucket. The b... |
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| Carter, N. 1965 The arm'd rhinoceros. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-284 |
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Black Rhino
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. Anterior horn, along front curve, 1 ft ? inch, Posterior horn, along front curve, 0 ft 6 ? inch |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. Total length including tail, between pegs, 11 ft 0 in.. Height and body, 8 ft 10 in. |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe. Height at withers, approx. 4 ft 8 inch |
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| Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| Female shot in Zimbabwe
Part weight (lbs) Notes
red meat 798 All edible
Connective tissue 36 Mostly fat and mesentery
Skeleton and skull 240 Including horns and brain
Skin 296 Including soles of feet and ea... |
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| Roth, H.H. 1965 Operatie 'Noach'. Zoo Anvers 30 (4): 158-166, figs. 1-12, table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Kirk, J. 1965 The Zambesi Journal and letters of Dr John Kirk 1858-63, edited by R Foskett. Edinburgh and London, Oliver and Boyd, vol. 1, pp. i-xxi, 1-317; vol. 2, pp. i-vi, 318-636 |
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Black Rhino
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| Anonymous 1964 Square-lipped rhinoceros. IUCN Bulletin NS 1 (12): 5 |
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White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. Many years ago, animals were sent from Natal to W. Pretorius. |
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| Cooke, C.K. 1964 Animals in Southern Rhodesian rock art. Arnoldia 1 (13): 1-22, figs. 1-10 |
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African Rhino Species
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| map with rock art sites of black and white rhino drawings |
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| Child, G.; Savory, C.R. 1964 The distribution of large mammal species in Southern Rhodesia. Arnoldia 1 (14): 1-15, figs. 1-32 |
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White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. Eight white rhino from Zululand were reintroduced in 1962, four in Matopos NP and four in Kyle Dam GR. |
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| Cooke, C.K. 1964 Animals in Southern Rhodesian rock art. Arnoldia 1 (13): 1-22, figs. 1-10 |
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African Rhino Species
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| Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. There are 26 sites containing one or more paintings of this animal. These are spread evenly, but sparsely, throughout all the painted areas of Mashonaland from Umtali to Salisbury, in Wedza, Marandellas, Concession and Areturus Districts. There are two occurrences ... |
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| Cooke, C.K. 1964 Animals in Southern Rhodesian rock art. Arnoldia 1 (13): 1-22, figs. 1-10 |
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White Rhino
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| This record is after the last one published, which was shot by F. C. Selous in the Angwa River Valley during 1911. |
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| Cooke, C.K. 1964 Animals in Southern Rhodesian rock art. Arnoldia 1 (13): 1-22, figs. 1-10 |
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| Zimbabwe - Ceratotherium simum. Five of the sites known contain paintings which can be definitely identified as representations of the White Rhinoceros. These are widely spread, appearing in the Chindamora Reserve, the Matopo Hills, at Melesanga in the Triangle area, and one in the Lower Sabi V... |
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| Child, G.; Savory, C.R. 1964 The distribution of large mammal species in Southern Rhodesia. Arnoldia 1 (14): 1-15, figs. 1-32 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. Eight white rhino from Zululand were reintroduced in 1962, four in Matopos NP and four in Kyle Dam GR. |
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| Child, G.; Savory, C.R. 1964 The distribution of large mammal species in Southern Rhodesia. Arnoldia 1 (14): 1-15, figs. 1-32 |
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Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Recently black rhino from the Kariba Lake basin have been reintroduced into the Wankie NP and into the Matopos NP. |
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| Child, G.; Savory, C.R. 1964 The distribution of large mammal species in Southern Rhodesia. Arnoldia 1 (14): 1-15, figs. 1-32 |
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Black Rhino
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| Black rhino, a relict population in the Sabi Valley. |
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| Cooke, C.K. 1964 Animals in Southern Rhodesian rock art. Arnoldia 1 (13): 1-22, figs. 1-10 |
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White Rhino
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| - rockart - Ceratotherium simum. How these animals were distributed several hundred years ago, is not known. The late Mr. Macdougal, founder of the Triangle Sugar Estates, told me that when he entered Southern Rhodesia, circa 1920, he saw three White Rhinoceros near the junction of the Sabi an... |
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| Child, G.; Savory, C.R. 1964 The distribution of large mammal species in Southern Rhodesia. Arnoldia 1 (14): 1-15, figs. 1-32 |
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Black Rhino
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| Recently black rhino from the Kariba Lake basin have been reintroduced into the Wankie NP and into the Matopos NP. |
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| Child, G.; Savory, C.R. 1964 The distribution of large mammal species in Southern Rhodesia. Arnoldia 1 (14): 1-15, figs. 1-32 |
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Black Rhino
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| Black rhino are now limited to the Zambezi Valley. |
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| Child, G.; Savory, C.R. 1964 The distribution of large mammal species in Southern Rhodesia. Arnoldia 1 (14): 1-15, figs. 1-32 |
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African Rhino Species
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| maps of current distribution of black and white rhino |
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| Anonymous 1964 Square-lipped rhinoceros. IUCN Bulletin NS 1 (12): 5 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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White Rhino
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| Many years ago, specimens were sent [from Natal] to W. Pretorius Nature Reserve, South Rhodesia. |
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| Condy, J.B. 1964 The capture of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Lake Kariba. Rhodesia Journal of Agricultural Research 2 (1): 31-34, pls. 1-2, table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Condy, J.B.; Davison, E. 1964 The importation of eight square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) to Southern Rhodesia. African Wildlife 18 (1): 13-21, figs. 1-5, tables 1-3 |
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Black Rhino
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| Condy, J.B.; MacCulloch, J.I.M.; Rodger, J.O.K.; Thomson, J.W. 1963 The treatment of eight square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with an anthelmintic. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medicine Association 34 (1): 99-101, table 1 |
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White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. There has been considerable activity in Southern Rhodesia during the last two years, in stocking game parks with a wide variety of species. Most of these movements have been from one park to another within the country, to stock new game parks which have hitherto not support... |
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| Condy, J.B.; MacCulloch, J.I.M.; Rodger, J.O.K.; Thomson, J.W. 1963 The treatment of eight square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with an anthelmintic. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medicine Association 34 (1): 99-101, table 1 |
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White Rhino
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| There has been considerable activity in Southern Rhodesia during the last two years, in stocking game parks with a wide variety of species. Most of these movements have been from one park to another within the country, to stock new game parks which have hitherto not supported much animal life, a... |
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| Condy, J.B.; MacCulloch, J.I.M.; Rodger, J.O.K.; Thomson, J.W. 1963 The treatment of eight square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with an anthelmintic. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medicine Association 34 (1): 99-101, table 1 |
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African Rhino Species
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| From experience on Lake Kariba, black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) settle down to pen feeding after capture far more quickly than white rhinoceros. The black rhinoceros is very fond of ripe paw paws (Carica papaya) and will readily accept a half paw paw containing a dose of Neguvon P. The latte... |
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| Condy, J.B.; MacCulloch, J.I.M.; Rodger, J.O.K.; Thomson, J.W. 1963 The treatment of eight square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with an anthelmintic. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medicine Association 34 (1): 99-101, table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Zimbabwe. From experience on Lake Kariba, black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) settle down to pen feeding after capture far more quickly than white rhinoceros. The black rhinoceros is very fond of ripe paw paws (Carica papaya) and will readily accept a half paw paw containing a dose of Neguvon P... |
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| Condy, J.B.; MacCulloch, J.I.M.; Rodger, J.O.K.; Thomson, J.W. 1963 The treatment of eight square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with an anthelmintic. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medicine Association 34 (1): 99-101, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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Black Rhino
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| Zimbabwe. From experience on Lake Kariba, black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) settle down to pen feeding after capture far more quickly than white rhinoceros. The black rhinoceros is very fond of ripe paw paws (Carica papaya) and will readily accept a half paw paw containing a dose of Neguvon P... |
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| Southern Rhodesia Government; Fraser, A.D. 1963 Annual report of the Department of Wild Life Conservation (division of the irrigation and lands), for the year ended 31st December, 1962 (Report No.10). Salisbury, Government Printer, pp. i-iv, 1-36 |
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Black Rhino
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| Robins, E.; Legge, R. 1962 Operatie Noach: het epos van de grootste dierenredding sinds de Arke Noachs. Amsterdam, H. Meulenhoff, pp. 1-18 |
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Black Rhino
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| Dutch translation of Animal Dunkirk : the story of Lake Kariba and "Operation Noah", the greatest animal rescue since the ark / by Eric Robins and Ronald Legge. London : Herbert Jenkins 1959 |
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| Child, G.; Fothergill, R. 1962 Techniques used to rescue black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) on Lake Kariba, Southern Rhodesia. Kariba Studies 2: 37-41, table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Southern Rhodesia Government; Fraser, A.D. 1962 Annual report of the Department of Wild Life Conservation (division of the irrigation and lands), for the year ended 31st December, 1961 (Report No.9). Salisbury, Government Printer, pp. i-iii, 1-28 |
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Black Rhino
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| Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Black Rhino
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| 1500-1500, trend stationary |
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| Shelton, D.J. 1961 Wildlife in the Zambesi Valley. African Wildlife 15 (1): 75-78, figs. 1-2, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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Black Rhino
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| Urungwe non-Hunting reserve, from Chirundu downwards. Rhino are present, but very rare, generally preferring the thickest of thick jessie bush (Area 2) |
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| Kock, D. 1961 A visit to the Nimule National Park in the Southern Sudan. African Wildlife 15 (4): 323-329, figs. 1-6 |
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African Rhino Species
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| Abstract - In Zimbabwe, during the period 1991-1993, 478 immobilisations of both white (Ceratotherium simum simum)(n = 156) and black (Diceros bicornis)(n = 322) rhinoceroses were carried out. Of these, 360 animals were dehorned (white rhino, n = 136; black rhino, n = 224) as part of a managemen... |
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| Kock, D. 1961 A visit to the Nimule National Park in the Southern Sudan. African Wildlife 15 (4): 323-329, figs. 1-6 |
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White Rhino
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| Dehorning operations in Zimbabwe. The key measure of interest in horn regrowth is the mass and, hence, monetary value of the horns. Converting measurements into mass values, we found that adult males (n = 38) carried an average mass of 6,24 kg while females (n = 45) supported 5,10 kg before hor... |
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| Kock, D. 1961 A visit to the Nimule National Park in the Southern Sudan. African Wildlife 15 (4): 323-329, figs. 1-6 |
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Black Rhino
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| Dehorning operations in Zimbabwe
Table 4. Black rhino horn measurement date before and after dehorning, collected from Sinamatella/Deka Safari Area, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe, 1992
Measurement Number Mean SE Min Max
Front horn length (cm) 58 37 1.9 2 61
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| Kock, D. 1961 A visit to the Nimule National Park in the Southern Sudan. African Wildlife 15 (4): 323-329, figs. 1-6 |
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White Rhino
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| Regrowth of horn after dehorning in Zimbabwe. Horn Regrowth: rates and form. Linear rates of horn re-growth were measured for white rhino adults immobilised in 1992, ca one year after horn removal (see Table 2 for measurements after dehorning, Table 3 for regrowth measurements). Average regrow... |
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| Kock, D. 1961 A visit to the Nimule National Park in the Southern Sudan. African Wildlife 15 (4): 323-329, figs. 1-6 |
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White Rhino
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| Dehorning operations in Zimbabwe
Table 2. White rhino horn measurements, before and after dehorning, Hwange NP, 1991
Measurement Number Mean SE Min Max
Front horn length (cm) 68 47 2.8 3 97
Cut front horn (cm) 41 4.5 0.29 1 9
Rear horn length (cm) ... |
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