 | Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 |
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| In nature the White Rhinoceros has the habit of defecating in definite spots. Large heaps of manure are met within the Umfolozi Reserve, and the rangers in Zululand state that the animals scatter these heaps with their horns. |
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| Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 |
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| The enclosure is provided with a shallow bath and in the summer the animals like to lie in this bath. In the Umfolozi Game Reserve White Rhinoceroses are fond of wallowing in pans and they do so mostly at night time. When the animals have finished, they rub themselves against trees or tree-stum... |
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| Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 |
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| In nature the White Rhinoceros has the habit of defecating in definite spots. Large heaps of manure are met within the Umfolozi Reserve, and the rangers in Zululand state that the animals scatter these heaps with their horns. In Pretoria I have never seen them make any attempt to do this after ... |
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| Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
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| The enclosure is provided with a shallow bath and in the summer the animals like to lie in this bath. In the Umfolozi Game Reserve White Rhinoceroses are fond of wallowing in pans and they do so mostly at night time. When the animals have finished, they rub themselves against trees or tree-stum... |
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| Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 |
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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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| Reynolds, R.J. 1961 White rhinos in captivity. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 42-43 |
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| Female received 29 July 1946, found in Umfolozi GR on 24 July 1946 when not one day old.
Male received 16 Jan 1949, still shown
Female received 23 Aug 1952. This pair was presented by Natal Parks Game and Fish Preservation Board. |
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| Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 |
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| Although William Burchell described the Square-lipped or White Rhinoceros in the year 1817 from specimens found in Bechuanaland, almost one hundred and thirty years elapsed before a specimen of Ceratotherium simum found its way into a zoological garden. The date of birth of this female, 'Zuluana... |
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| Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 |
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| Pretoria Zoo. The date of birth of this female, 'Zuluana', is known to be the 23rd July 1946, to within a day.
At the age of fifteen days Zuluana weighed 105.25 lb. She was weighed at regular intervals until she was eighteen months old, when weighing had to be discontinued because the animal a... |
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| Ansell, W.F.H. 1960 The breeding of some larger mammals in Northern Rhodesia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 134: 251-274, figs. 1-11 |
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| Livingstone Game Park, is not a national park, but an enclosed area of about 1000 acres into which local ungulates are imported and kept as a local attraction. |
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| Allbrook, D.B.; Harthoorn, A.M.; Luck, C.P.; Wright, P.G. 1958 Temperature regulation in the white rhinoceros. Journal of Physiology 143: 51P-52P |
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| Place uncertain. A male and female of C.s.cottoni, taken from the Uganda-Sudan border were investigated. They were allowed to wander freely during the day, grazing on short grass with no appreciable cover from the sun. Although they had free access to marsh ground, many hot days would lapse wi... |
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