 Reference Base  Notes on the status of black rhino in the Ngorongoro Crater |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania |
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Morphology |
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Black Rhino |
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Tanzania, Ngorongoro. On 21 March 1892, Baumann and his group 'Halted in a pleasant acacia forest near the lake. The plain around us was again populated by numerous rhinoceros amongst which there were magnificent snow-white specimens, one of which I shot. In the afternoon, Mzimba went hunting for the first time in his life and shot a rhinoceros. Several others in my expedition ... also shot these beasts' (Organ & Fosbrooke, 1963). Mud bathing takes place at the hottest time of the day, either at the lake shore or in small mud pools. The rhinos which have been bathing at the saline lake often go white in colour, while those that bath elsewhere become dark brown or grey; this has led some guests to mistakenly surmise that the Crater contains both Black and White Rhino!
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