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Reference Base  The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lyd... |
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The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker)) in Uganda |
| Author(s): |
Foster, J.B. |
| Year published: |
1967 |
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East African Wildlife Journal |
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5 |
| Pages: |
167-171, fig. 1 |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| The square-lipped rhino is more frequently, though misleadingly, referred to as the white rhino. However, it is no lighter in colour than the black rhino and these names refer better to the temperament of the respective species. Both rhinos assume the colour of their most recent mud bath and co... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
White Rhino
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| The presence of long grass in the Reserve often made it difficult to locate the rhino. However the chattering cries of the oxpeckers (Buphagus eryhrorhynchus (Stanley) ) who attend these animals frequently led to their detection. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Behaviour - Towards Man
White Rhino
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| While the black rhino is often aggressive toward man, the square-lipped species is very rarely so and then only when a calf is present. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Behaviour - Fighting
White Rhino
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| While the square-lipped rhino tends to live in larger herds than the black, fighting, especially between males, does occasionally occur with mortality sometimes resulting (Player and Feely, 1960). Such an outcome may well depend on the high population of rhino in Natal; fatalities from combat ha... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| The movements of the rhino within the Reserve are clearly correlated with the occurrence of rain. Water is probably necessary for regular watering and mud wallows may also be an essential part of the habitat. During the dry season the rhino descend into the Ala and Obei swamps bordering on the ... |
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