 | Smith, L.J. 1968 A note on the birth of a white rhinoceros, Diceros simus, at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 8: 134, fig. 3 |
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Morphology
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| Pretoria Zoo - newborn. the skin was wrinkled and light grey in colour |
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| Smith, L.J. 1968 A note on the birth of a white rhinoceros, Diceros simus, at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 8: 134, fig. 3 |
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White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo. The male was not separated from the female after the birth of the calf. The female kept the male and the female rhinos away from the calf by snorting and making short charges. |
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| Noordermeer, L. 1968 Pretoria - South Africa. International Zoo News 15 (1): 27 |
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White Rhino
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| A baby was born to the couple of white rhinos. |
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| Smith, L.J. 1968 A note on the birth of a white rhinoceros, Diceros simus, at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 8: 134, fig. 3 |
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White Rhino
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| Male born on 8 June 1967. Mother had arrived on 17 April 1966 from Umfolozi, together with full-grown male. Mating must have taken place before arrival in the zoo. |
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| Smith, L.J. 1968 A note on the birth of a white rhinoceros, Diceros simus, at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 8: 134, fig. 3 |
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Captivity
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - Ceratotherium simum. The rhinos are kept in a 12-acre enclosure surrounded by a moat of 1.8 m deep. The enclosure is grassed with Kikuyu grass which provides ample grazing in the rainy season. Acacia trees supply shade and there is a muddly pool for the rhinos to wallow in. |
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| Achard, P.L.; MacCulloch, B. 1967 Creation of a zoo in Tanzania - Saanane Island Game Reserve. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 235-240 |
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Black Rhino
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| Saanane Island, Tanzania. Zoo officially opened on 5 Sep 1964 by Mr. J.S. Malecela. A two-year old male rhinocame from Tarime District. He is completely tame. |
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| Foster, J.B. 1965 Mortality and ageing of black rhinoceros in East Tsavo Park, Kenya. East African Wildlife Journal 3: 118-119 |
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Black Rhino
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| Even the rhino 'Bruce', which died in Nairobi National Park's Orphanage at four years of age and which had been fed on a selection of local herbage, had an unusual skull showing dietary deficiencies and it proved impossible to use the skull as an age standard for wild rhino. |
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| Hayes, C. 1964 The fight to save Uganda's white rhino. Africana 2 (1): 6-11, figs. 1-9 |
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White Rhino
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| A calf captured in a translocated exercise in 1964, had been shipped to Entebbe's new zoo, but contracted pneumonia and died. |
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| Hayes, C. 1964 The fight to save Uganda's white rhino. Africana 2 (1): 6-11, figs. 1-9 |
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Diseases - Reasons of death
White Rhino
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| A calf captured in a translocated exercise in 1964, had been shipped to Entebbe's new zoo, but contracted pneumonia and died. |
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| Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 |
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Ecology - Food
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo. The three White Rhinoceroses together consume approximately the following quantities of food per day:
Dry luceme 60 lb.
Cut oat hay 75 lb.
Bran mixture 20 lb. (This contains 3% of common salt and 1% brewers' yeast)
Crushed maize 10 lb.
Bread 6 lb.
Carrots o... |
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