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Waweru, F., 1991. Who gets the food?. Pachyderm 14: 29-31, figs. 1-2, tables 1-4

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Location: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Subject: Ecology - Food
Species: Black Rhino


Original text on this topic:
Survey in Ol Jogi, Kenya. Rhinos was observed eating from 26 species with Acacia ethaica the most important:
Acacia ethaica 36.6 %
Acacia nilotica 10.5
Acacia drepanolobium 9.9
Grewia sp. 8.8
Acacia mellifera 8.6
Rhus natalensis 4.9
Commiphora schimperi 2.7
Solanum incanum 2.7
Clerodendrum myricoides 2.4
Barleria sp. 1.9
Hibiscus aponeuris 1.5
Plectranthus cylindrica 1.5
Carissa edulis 1.3
Olea africana 1.3
Sansevieria sp. 1.1
Justicia flava 0.9
Achyranthes aspera 0.6
Acacia brevispica 0.6
Balanites sp. 0.4
Euclea divinorum 0.4
Ziziphus mucronata 0.2
Kalanchoe densiflora 0.2
Phyllanthes sp. 0.2
Sarcostemma viminale 0.2
Maerua triphylla 0.2
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