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| Title: |
Black rhino disaster in Tanzania |
| Author(s): |
Borner, M. |
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1981 |
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Oryx |
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16 (1) |
| Pages: |
59-66, figs. 1-5 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Kenya in the last ten years has lost over 90 percent of its black rhinos and today fewer than 1500 survive in scattered populations. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Mount Meru and its surroundings being densely forested, it is difficult to census rhinos there, but rangers' reports show that both the Arusha Park and the Mt Meru Game Reserve have lost nearly all their rhinos. Between March 1975 and October 1977 16 rhi |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Burigi and Biharamulo Game Reserves. These reserves west of Lake Victoria, together with the surrounding forest reserves, cover nearly 5000 sq km. An aerial survey was made in February 1980 and a ground survey in August. An aerial total count was carri |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In October 1978 and October 1979 S. Makacha, staff scientist in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, in a thorough ground survey of the Maswa Game Reserve, found 41 carcasses in the eastern half of the reserve, but saw no live ones. In several recce flights |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| TanzaniaThe Moru area seems to be suitable for rhinos throughout the year. Two of their main food plants, Indigofera basiflora and Trifolium masaieme, are abundant there. Goddard found that in the Crater in the wet season 52 percentof their total food intake was Indigofera; in the dry season 54... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| TanzaniaThe Moru area seems to be suitable for rhinos throughout the year. Two of their main food plants, Indigofera basiflora and Trifolium masaieme, are abundant there. Goddard found that in the Crater in the wet season 52 percentof their total food intake was Indigofera; in the dry season 54... |
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World
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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| Black rhinos are by nature solitary and have a low population density. They communicate with one another and orientate within the home range largely by scent marks. In a drastically reduced population the marking system cannot be maintained, so that intra-specific communication is greatly reduc... |
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Black rhino disaster in Tanzania
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