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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 |
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Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. |
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1990 |
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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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| 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 in from Zimbabwe),... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In Kaokoland and Damaraland in northern Namibia, 43 were removed in 1970-72 as a conservation measure to the Etosha National Park (Hofmeyr et al, 1975). |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Two small populations of D. b. bicornis have been reintroduced recently from Namibia to the Vaalbos and Augrabies National Parks in the Cape. |
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World
Reproduction
Black Rhino
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| Calves walk and suckle within three hours of birth. At this stage the females are extremely intolerant of disturbance. At birth calves are lighter in colour than adults and are sparsely haired. They are alert and playful and appear to have keener eyesight than their mothers. Suckling at first... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Swaziland
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Six D. b. minor have been reintroduced recently into Swaziland. |
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World
Reproduction
Black Rhino
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| The calf is rejected by the cow at two to four years of age, either during the cow's next pregnancy or at birth of the new calf. If rejection of the calf takes place after the new calf is born, the rejection by the female may be active and vicious (Moss, 1976). The calf continues to grow until ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. The last record of individuals in the three neighbouring countries was of one which was shot in Zimbabwe at Mpanda's Kraal in the northeast of the country in 1895. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| 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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Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Translocated from South Africa to Mozambique 85, although Emslie (pers. comm.) believes Mozambique now holds the dubious distinction of the species going extinct twice. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| In Mozambique, a few scattered survivors are still present in remote areas of dense bush (du Toit, pers. comm.). Only in Mozambique can it be regarded as endangered. |
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