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Reference Base  Die Verbreitung und der Bestand des zentralafrikanischen ... |
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Die Verbreitung und der Bestand des zentralafrikanischen Breitmaulnashorns, Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker, 1908) |
| Author(s): |
Schomber, H.W. |
| Year published: |
1966 |
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Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen |
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14 |
| Pages: |
214-227, figs. 1-4, tables 1-12 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| White Rhino recorded from Orras Swamp in 1908, cf. Berger 1922: 278, with fig. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| White Rhino recorded from Sururus Village, Lado Enclave in 1909, cf. Roosevelt 1910: 370. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| It is found at this time (around 1958) that the Mt Kei and Mt Otze reserves are ecologically unsuitable for the white rhino as they consist of dense forest. There are very few rhino there. It is estimated that there are no more than 35 specimens. The numbers in the Mt Kei area decreases during... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| White Rhino recorded from Mt Kei, cf. Heck 1957: 151, Grzimek 1958: 117. |
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World
Ecology - Population
White Rhino
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| Densities of rhino in various areas:
Size km? Number km?/animal animal/ km?
Umfolozi ca.700 567 1.23 0.81
Hluhluwe 228 40 5.70 0.17
Garamba 4920 600 8.20 0.12
Garamba 4920 1000 4.... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
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White Rhino
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| White Rhino recorded from Mount Otze, cf. Heck 1957: 151, Grzimek 1958: 117. |
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Africa - Western Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Several authors give the distribution of the white rhino as Lake Chad, the region around Lake Chad and some far northern places like Abech? as former range. Several French sources allow the conclusion that the white rhino in recent times lived in many parts of the former French Equatorial Africa... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| It is quite probable that the white rhino occurs in the Numatina Reserve, 1240 km?. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum . Numbers have been estimated as follows, but the enormous differences shows that some numbers must be used with great caution.
1927, Behr & Meissner 1959, ca. 30
1928, Cave 1963, 130
1939, Cave 1963, 220, none south of Pakwach
1940, Behr & Meissner 1959, 220
1948, Cave... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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White Rhino
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| A possible occurrence in the extreme south of the Darfur Province needs confirmation. |
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