File AvailableBryant, B.; Campbell-Ward, M. 2016 Periodontal disease in two zoo-based southern Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor). Joint AAZV/EAZWV/IZW Conference Proceedings 2016: 300
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Diseases - Bacterial
Black Rhino
No details available yet
  details

File AvailablePreston, K.; Kudeweh, S.; Goold, M. 2011 Milking a white rhino dam to feed a calf born temporarily blind. Thylacinus 35 (4): 6-11
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
White Rhino
No details available yet
  details

File AvailableSood, M. 2010 Hamilton Zoo, New Zealand. International Zoo News 57 (2): 106-107
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
White Rhino
No details available yet
  details

File AvailableSangster, C.; Bryant, B; Campbell, M. 2009 Neosporosis in an aborted Southern White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) fetus. Proceedings of the AAZV, AAWV Joint Conference 2009: 208
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Diseases - Reasons of death
White Rhino
No details available yet
  details

File AvailableMorrow, C.; Kudeweh, S.; Goold, M.; Standley, S. 2008 Reproductive cycles, pregnancy and reversal of long term acyclicity in captive southern white rhinoceros at Hamilton Zoo. Reproduction Fertility and Development 21 (1): 180
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
White Rhino
Abstract (all published). In 1999, the New Zealand captive population of Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) was increased with the addition of six wild-caught founders. We report on the breeding success of two females (est. 5 to 6 years at import) and a female born in 2000 (con...
  details

File AvailableAustralasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria 2005 Captive management plan for southern white rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum simum. Sydney, ARAZPA, pp. 1-29
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity
White Rhino
No details available yet
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 2002 Rare white rhino born in Victoria . Australian Veterinary Journal 80 (10): 590
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
White Rhino
No details available yet
  details

Dennis, C. 2000 Werribee Zoo. International Zoo News 47 (2): 128
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
A 14 yr old female Ceratotherium simum had her horn reduced by 60 cm. She and a male both regularly rub their horns on logs in their enclosure, but the female horn seemed to get longer and more tapered.
  details

Driver, S. 2000 Orana wildlife park, Christchurch, New Zealand. International Zoo News 47 (1): 55-56
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
White Rhino
Christchurch Zoo - Mother nudged the calf to its feet within the hour.
  details

Stroud, P. 2000 White rhinos sent to Australasia. International Zoo News 47 (1): 50
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
On 19 October 1999, 3/9 rhino were off-loaded sent by plane from Johannesburg. Sent to Hamilton Zoo 1/2.
  details

Driver, S. 2000 Orana wildlife park, Christchurch, New Zealand. International Zoo News 47 (1): 55-56
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
Male born in Aug 1999 to mother Utani and father Cyrano, both captive born. There are 4.2 white rhino in Christchurch.
  details

Stroud, P. 2000 White rhinos sent to Australasia. International Zoo News 47 (1): 50
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
On 19 oct 1999, 3/9 rhino were off-loaded sent by plane from Johannesburg. Sent to Auckland 1/2.
  details

Stroud, P. 2000 White rhinos sent to Australasia. International Zoo News 47 (1): 50
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
On 19 oct 1999, 3/9 rhino were off-loaded sent by plane from Johannesburg. Sent to Perth 0/2.
  details

Stroud, P. 2000 White rhinos sent to Australasia. International Zoo News 47 (1): 50
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
On 19 Oct 1999, 3/9 rhino were off-loaded sent by plane from Johannesburg. Sent to Victoria's Open Range Zoo 1/3.
  details

Dennis, C. 2000 Werribee Zoo. International Zoo News 47 (2): 128
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
4 arrived Oct 1999, one had horn shortened.
  details

Driver, S. 2000 Orana wildlife park, Christchurch, New Zealand. International Zoo News 47 (1): 55-56
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
White Rhino
Christchurch Zoo. The birth was very quick, with the calf on the ground by the time staff reached her.
  details

Driver, S. 2000 Orana wildlife park, Christchurch, New Zealand. International Zoo News 47 (1): 55-56
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
Christchurch Zoo. The calf gained weight at an estimated rate of 4.5 kg per day.
  details

File AvailableAustralian Quarantine and Inspection Service 1999 Import risk analysis: Review of conditions for the importation of rhinoceros from South Africa, final report. Canberra, Aqis, pp. 1-34
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity
White Rhino
No details available yet
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1981 Sumatran rhinos turn up in Sabah. International Zoo News 28 (2): 36
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
Pair of white rhino transported from San Diego to Auckland, hopefully out of quarantaine by Dec 1980.
  details

File AvailableRix, C.E. 1978 Royal Zoological Society of South Australia 1878-1978. Adelaide, Zoological Society of South Australia
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Museums
Javan Rhino
Mounted skin. Collected by: Zoo Adelaide, 1907. In coll. South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia
  details

File AvailableRix, C.E. 1978 Royal Zoological Society of South Australia 1878-1978. Adelaide, Zoological Society of South Australia
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Black Rhino
The Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, of Africa was first introduced into the Garden in 1929 when a young pair was purchased by a member of the Council while on a visit to East Africa. Unfortunately they survived only a few weeks before both died from enteritis, a disease which was said to be ...
  details

File AvailableRix, C.E. 1978 Royal Zoological Society of South Australia 1878-1978. Adelaide, Zoological Society of South Australia
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
In1886 the Director, R. E. Minchin, while on a trip to Ceylon, Malaya, and Siam in search of live specimens for the Gardens, purchased, in Singapore, an 'Indian' Rhinoceros which was believed to be Rhinoceros unicornis and this specimen was a show piece among the exhibits until it died in 1907, a...
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1976 Sydney, Australia (Annual Report, 1974-75). International Zoo News 23 (3): 11-15, fig. 1
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Black Rhino
one black rhino born in 1974-1975.
  details

File AvailableCleland, J. 1969 Early history 1878-1900: part II. Annual Report, Royal Zoological Society of South Australia 91 (for 1968-1969): 25-28
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
The Director, Mr. R.E. Minchin, visited Ceylon, Singapore, Siam and Java on behalf of the Society in 1885-86 and obtained 36 mammals including a rhinoceros, 70 birds and 12 reptiles.
  details

File AvailableHallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
When the female shows interest in the male she is put with him until mating activity has ceased. When the female is in oestrous, the male calls to her, making sounds like a deep sigh.
  details

File AvailableHallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
Black Rhino
Sydney Zoo. One female suckling a calf became pregnant three months after giving birth. Unfortunately she aborted three months later.
  details

File AvailableHallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
Black Rhino
Sydney Zoo. Oestrous seems to last several days, with an approximately 18-day oestrous cycle. When the female shows intrest in the male she is put with him until mating activity has ceased. When the female is in oestrous, the male calls to her, making sounds like a deep sigh.
  details

File AvailableHallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Black Rhino
In July 1966, there were 1/6 black rhino in Sydney. In recent years 6 (1/5) rhino have been born at Sydney, including one second generation birth in captivity.
  details

File AvailableHallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
Black Rhino
Gestation period. 17 months, just over, Sydney Zoo, 4 cases
  details

File AvailableHallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
Black Rhino
Gestation period. 15 months, Sydney Zoo, 1 case, but the female may have been pregnant when copulation was observed
  details

File AvailableHallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
Black Rhino
Sydney Zoo. Copulation lasts 15 to 40 minutes or more. Occasionally it is shorter than 15 minutes. After copulation the marks of the bull's front feet on the female's back can be clearly seen. They are much quieter after copulation.
  details

File AvailableHallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Reproduction
Black Rhino
Sydney Zoo. Preliminary play is very rough and very often they cut each other with their horns. However, despite this fighting they are in fact less aggressive than when the female is not in oestrous. This may go on for hours before mating.
  details

File AvailableFlower, S.S. 1931 Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals, V. Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931 (1): 145-234
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Captive - Australia
Captivity - Zoo Records
Javan Rhino
Longevity in zoos - Rhinoceros unicornis . 5. Adelaide Zoo, age 25 yrs [actually Rhinoceros sondaicus ]
  details