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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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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| An interesting translocation was that of seven black rhinoceros in 1961/62 from the Kenya Game Department to the Addo Elephant National Park (Penzhorn, 1971; Hall-Martin & Penzhorn, 1977). These represent the subspecies D. b. michaeli and, with the species now endangered in Kenya, effective step... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| 1897, As a result the Hluhluwe and Umfolozi Game Reserves were proclaimed in 1897, which along with St Lucia makes them the oldest game reserves in Africa. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In Zimbabwe, previously confined to the Zambezi Valley and adjacent parts of the escarpment from the western end of Lake Kariba to the Mozambique border, they have been translocated to the Hwange National Park and Matobo National Park. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Their limits of distribution are still rapidly altering, for example within recent years in Zimbabwe, the remnants of two isolated populations in the Chipinga and Mtoko districts, threatened by land development, were translocated to the Gonarezhou National Park. |
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World
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
White Rhino
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| Pienaar (1970a) recorded an unusual incident of an elephant killing one at a water hole. Predation on them, except by man, is minimal, although rarely they may be killed by lions. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| In Botswana, Selous (1908) stated that he shot one at Thamma Setsi (Tamuseche Pan) on the Zimbabwe border in 1874, but they persisted beyond this date in this area as he recorded their spoor in 1877. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| An unknown but very small number still survive in northern Botswana. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Since 1962 a total of 131 Hluhluwe-Umfolozi and Mkuzi D.b. minor animals have been moved to re-establish seven new populations: Ndumu Game Reserve - 16 specimens- (which now has also become a donor reserve, with 19 animals transiocated from Ndumu to date); Kruger National Park... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. During the period 1986-1989, 160 were established on private ranches, as part of an ongoing programme to develop four major breeding groups under free-range conditions (du Toit, pers. comm.). |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Since 1962 a total of 131 Hluhluwe-Umfolozi and Mkuzi D.b. minor animals have been moved to re-establish seven new populations: Ndumu Game Reserve (which now has also become a donor reserve, with 19 animals transiocated from Ndumu to date); Kruger National Park (12 also brought... |
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