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Reference Base  The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition |
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| Title: |
The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition |
| Author(s): |
Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. |
| Year published: |
1990 |
| Publisher: |
Pretoria, University of Pretoria |
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| Pages: |
pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 |
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Reproduction
White Rhino
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| The calf is weaned at about a year old and separates from its mother at about two or three years of age. If the female loses her next calf, the bond between them may be reestablished. |
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Black Rhino
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| Observations confined to daytime showed that copulation occurred two to seven times (n=47); duration of copulation varied from 12 to 43 minutes and the number of ejaculations ranged from twice in 12 minutes to nine times in 43 minutes. |
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White Rhino
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| White rhinoceros breed at any time of the year, but in Natal there are peaks of calving in March & July. |
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Black Rhino
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| Black rhinoceros may breed at any time of the year in the Subregion. In the Hluhluwe/ Umfolozi Game Reserve there are minor peaks in births in January and again from June to August. |
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White Rhino
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| The female usually moves away from the group to give birth. |
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Diseases
Black Rhino
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| Black rhinoceros suffer from skin lesions caused by a filaria parasite. At their fullest development these lesions take the form of black, blood-encrusted areas which ulcerate and haemorrhage. Usually these are situated on the skin behind the shoulders, but also occur on the chest, neck and for... |
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White Rhino
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| Burchell (1817) originally described this species from a specimen from 'the interior of South Africa', the type locality later being fixed by Shortridge (1934) as near Kuruman, Cape Province. |
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White Rhino
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| The tail is relatively short, in adults up to about 1,0 m, and has a sparse fringe of bristly hair. |
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All Rhino Species
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| African species. 1. Lips square and broad to pluck grass; pronounced nuchal hump visible when the head is raised; skull longer and narrower, with occipital part produced backwards beyond the condyles; high crowned molars and premolars adapted for grazing - genus Ceratotherium.
2. Upper lip poin... |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Weight some 2 000-2 300 kg for males and females 1 600 kg |
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