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Reference Base  Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoce... |
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Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoceros and giant eland |
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Schomber, H.W. |
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1963 |
| Journal: |
African Wildlife |
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17 (1) |
| Pages: |
29-35, figs. 1-4 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 1,000, (Grzimek, 1959) |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 300, (Brooks,1960) |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Maps
Black Rhino
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| distribution of white and black rhinoceros |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| In the south-western Sudan there are two protected areas, the Southern National Park and the Nimule National Park, in which the Square-lipped rhino enjoys absolute protection. In view of the fact that those animals outside the reserve also belong to the fully protected species and that poaching ... |
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Africa
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White Rhino
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| The estimated number of Square-lipped rhino in the Sudan is extremely divergent. Reliable estimates are not available since no survey has as yet been carried out. In general, from what I could gather, the number is depreciating. In regard to one habitat of about 200,000 km? in area, I estimat... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Poaching
White Rhino
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| Cases of poaching may continue in the border districts of Uganda but are punished with exceptionally heavy penalties inflicted by the Sudanese government. Judging from replies to my enquiries, such encroachments occur very seldom today. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| The Black rhino enjoys just the same absolute protection in the Sudan as does the White. It is listed on Schedule 1 of the Game Regulations and may only be shot in exceptional circumstances with the special permission of the Ministry of Animal Resources. To what extent the animal is affected by... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| In the recently established Boma Reserve there are no rhino. |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Certain remarks by the natives support the conjecture that a small number of Black rhino are spreading along the tributaries of the Bahr-el-Arab in the neighbouring Central African Republic and indeed this report is worthy of further close investigation. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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African Rhino Species
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| In spite of the intensive hunting during the first thirty years of this century, which caused a considerable decrease in numbers and temporarily threatened its survival, the strict protective measures introduced during the past ten years have resulted in a gratifying increase. In the Sudan the S... |
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