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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic |
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Distribution - Records |
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White Rhino |
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Jeannin (1951) wrote that the Goz Sassoulko National Park `in Chad' harboured 8 white rhino. Although this area was originally a part of Tchad, at independence it became part of the Central African Republic; but the `park' was de-gazetted to a reserve in 1940, and in 1960 the greate part was entirely de-gazetted, leaving the western part of 3 300 km? as the Aouk-Aoukate Faunal Reserve. Blancou (1948) was convinced, however, that all rhino had been exterminated there before l939, and that the species to the southeast and south of the region (where some did still exist in 1981) was the black rhino.
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The rhinos of the Central African Republic
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