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Title: Some preliminary findings on the population structure and status of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Zululand
Author(s): Hitchins, P.M.
Year published: 1968
Journal: Lammergeyer
Volume: 9
Pages: 26-28, tables 1-4
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Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Black rhino deaths in the reserve Adult Immature Total 1954 0/1 1 1955 1/0/1 1/0/2 5 1956 0 0/0/1 1 1957 2/0 0 2 1958 1/0 0 1 1959 no records available 1960 ...
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World
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
Adult is defines as an animal over 4 years old Immature is approximately less than 4 years old. Population in Hluhluwe after ground counts in 1961 and 1967 Sample,Adult,Immature,Total ,Male,Female,Total,Male,Female,Unsexed, 1963,28 40%,31 44.3 %,59 84.3 %,5 7.1 %,3 4.3 %,3 4.3 %,7...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
Three ground counts done 1963 M/F Adult 1:1.1 Immature 1: 1.06 Total 1:1 1966 1:0.9 1:0.7 1:0.9 1967 1;0.7 1;1.7 1;0.9 End
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Census Methods
Black Rhino
The black rhino in Hluhluwe possess a combination of horn and ear characteristics which enable an observer to recognize individuals when he has become familiar with the animals. By using this technique, a total of 161 different animals are known to the author.
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