 Reference Base  The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations |
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Black Rhino |
Both lions and spotted hyaenas have been reported as attacking adults, with the outcome usually in favour of the rhinoceros.
In parts of their distributional range predation on calves is a rare occurrence, but has been reported in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve in Natal (Deane, 1962), where Hitchins (1969) believed spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta, take a toll of the young and Hitchins & Anderson (1983) provided circumstantial evidence to support this. Goddard (in Moss, 1976) witnessed five incidents in which spotted hyaenas tried unsuccessfully to pull down calves.
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