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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic |
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Distribution - Records |
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Black Rhino |
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Black rhino in the survey area `have been reduced to the point of extinction.' - no rhinos were sighted during the survey. Rhinos were relatively plentiful until several years ago. In 1981 the country's rhino population was estimated at 1500, including some 30 in the Manovo-Gounda-St.Floris National Park) and formed the most important rhino population remaining in central and west Africa.
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Poaching in the Central African Republic
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