Richter, W. von, 1973. Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana. Biological Conservation 5 (1): 59-60, fig. 1
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana |
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Distribution - Poaching |
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African Rhino Species |
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Both rhinoceros species are fully protected in Botswana, the last Black Rhinos to be killed being shot by a poacher in 1936 in northwestern Botswana. Recently, a Black Rhinoceros was shot to the west of the Kwando River in the Caprivi, north of the Botswana frontier, and, as the species is absent from the eastern Caprivi (Rautenbach, 1971), it is believed that this animal had come from Botswana, although it could also have come from southeastern Angola where Black Rhinos are still recorded.
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Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana
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