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Child, G., 1968. Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe |
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Distribution - Records |
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Black Rhino |
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The distribution of rhino was limited to areas on the south bank where human settlement had been sparse and where there had been no previous Tsetse Control hunting operations (page 32). Roth and Child attribute this to the sensitivity of the rhino populations to hunting. A total of 62 were recorded between the Umniati and Mwenda rivers and probably represented the bulk of the population resident in this area as, although rhino frequently wallow, they avoid deep water and were, therefore, readily trapped on islands.
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