Reference Base The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lyd... |
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Foster, J.B., 1967. The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker)) in Uganda. East African Wildlife Journal 5: 167-171, fig. 1
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda |
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Ecology - Food |
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White Rhino |
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Much time would be necessary to assess accurately the food preferences of the rhino throughout a year. It can now be mentioned that the square-lipped rhino is a grazer (in contrast to the browsing black rhino), and that the following species of grasses are eaten in the Reserve: Chloris gayana Kunth, Panicum maximum Jacq., Heteropogon contortus (L.) Beauv. ex R. & Sch., and Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf. This list is undoubtedly not complete. Apparently the wide- spread Sporobolus festivus Hochst. was not being eaten at the time I was making my observations.
Sidney (1965) makes the erroneous statement that the square-lipped rhino never eats grass taller than 10 cm.; the animals in the Reserve were frequently seen cropping grass over 30 cm tall.
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