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Reference Base  Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teil... |
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| Title: |
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Saeugetiere der noerdlichen Teile Deutsch-Suedwestafrikas unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des Grosswildes |
| Author(s): |
Zukowsky, L. |
| Year published: |
1924 |
| Journal: |
Archiv fur Naturgeschichte |
| Volume: |
90A (1) |
| Pages: |
29-164, figs. 1-12, 1 text-fig., table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
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| The rhino destroys its dung by using the soles of its hind feet, with which its throws its dung backwards and makes it very small. On the dung piles it makes deep furrows. The dung is so much crumbed that it is almost invisible to the eye. Under special occasions, when it is in a hurry, the rh... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| The Kaoko rhino, observed for long periods by Steinhardt, all undertook more or less long wanderings, apparently according to the seasons. For instance, the rhinos which sometimes appear near Outjo come from the middle Ugab region, and the two animals living near Orusewa go to the neighbourhood ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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| According to Steinhardt, the Kaoko rhino is less prone to attack than the East African rhino. It would usually be happy just to scare away its enemy. When it loses the smell, it continues to run. Strangely, the Kaoko rhino would attack with raised horns, after it has lowered its head twice bef... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Kaokoveld, Namibia. The Kaoko rhino likes to live in mountainous areas, where it can wander with great speed. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Kaokoveld, Namibia. The Kaoko rhino would also eat grass, and it does not try to remove the earth from the stumps of grass. The East African rhino would only eat bushes. |
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World
Taxonomy
Black Rhino
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| Kinds in Namibia. The rhino in the Kaokofeld of Namibia is Opsiceros occidentalis.
However, in the Hukwefeld, the rhino is the same size as the East African Opsiceros species, therefore larger than O. occidentalis, a height at the shoulders of about 1.60 m and a body length of 3.50 m. J.H. Wil... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| However, in the Hukwefeld, the rhino is the same size as the East African Opsiceros species, therefore larger than O. occidentalis, a height at the shoulders of about 1.60 m and a body length of 3.50 m. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| J.H. Wilhelm formerly owned an anterior horn of a large male with a length of 25 cm and a diameter of 9 cm at the root. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Morphology - Size
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| However, in the Hukwefeld, the rhino is the same size as the East African Opsiceros species, therefore larger than O. occidentalis, a height at the shoulders of about 1.60 m and a body length of 3.50 m. |
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