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| Title: |
Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels |
| Author(s): |
Wilhelm, J.H. |
| Year published: |
1950 |
| Journal: |
Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society |
| Volume: |
7 |
| Pages: |
1-7 |
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| File: |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| Solitary rhinos wander far afield. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| In June I found a 2-3 months old calf killed by hyenas. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| Oxpeckers sit on his back or in a nearby tree and warn against danger. Its cry and flight warn the rhino of danger nearby. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| At night it walks to drink in the rivers or large pans in the Omuramben. Deep paths lead to the individual drinking places and from there back into the thornbush, where the rhino has many sleeping places. Many paths lead to these resting places, which are often found under a large shadowy tree.... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Senses
Black Rhino
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| The sight is very poor, the rhino cannot see clearly a person at 50 m distance in open ground. |
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World
Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Namibia. On the upper lip there is a prominent fingerlike prolongation which is used to pluck food. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Namibia. Remarkable is how lean these rhinos are. The individual ribs can easily be seen. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| The warning sound of the rhino is a soft 'quieken'; this I heard in a rhino pair when they started drinking, when they got my smell. When shot, the rhino reacts with a pig-like grunt, while when shot in the heart is emits several times a high pitched quieken. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Reproduction
Black Rhino
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| Gestation period. 18 months, Namibia |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Angola
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Measurements of black rhino shot in Tonga, SE Angola, in cm
M M F F
Front horn length 54 53 45 42
Circumference at base 65 60 49.5 51.5
Rear horn length 23 22 18 19.5
Circumference at base 57.5 52 43.5 48
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Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels
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