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Black rhinoceros in Southern Africa |
| Author(s): |
Hall-Martin, A. |
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1979 |
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Oryx |
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15 (1) |
| Pages: |
26-32, figs. 1-2, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In the Transvaal a few animals survived in the Lowveld areas of the present day Kruger National Park; the last living one was seen in 1936, and it is certain that by 1945 the black rhinoceros was extinct in the province. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In 1971 the long-cherished hope of the National Parks Board of South Africa to re-establish the black rhinoceros in the Kruger National Park was realised with the translocation of 10 males and 10 females from Hluhluwe, supplemented in September 1972 by a gift from Rhodesia of 12 animals from the ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The last one in the Cape Province was shot near Addo in December 1853; |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| population estimates - Diceros bicornis
Hluhluwe 199
Umfolozi 60
Corridor 69
Mkuzi 60
Ndumu 25
iTala 9
Makatini Flats 1
Addo Elephant 12
Kruger 45
Total 480
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In SWA/ Namibia, though isolated groups were still scattered around the country after 1900, the only viable populations were in the north-west corner of the territory in Kaokoland, Damaraland and the Otjovasandu area of what was to become the Etosha National Park. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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| By 1961 numbers had increased to 300 in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve alone. However, the incredibly high population density of 1.1 animals per sq. km was probably excessive and a die-off of 15 per cent occurred over a four-month period in that year. |
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Black rhinoceros in Southern Africa
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