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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 - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. 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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| 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 - 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). The remaining rhinoceros were almost wiped out by poachers, only a relict population of some 60 rhinos remaining by the early 1980's. Followin... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. 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 - 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 - 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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World
Morphology
White Rhino
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| wide squared-off lips. The lower lip has a hard surface; the upper is sensitive and soft which allows the individual to detect and then crop grass to within 10 mm of the ground. |
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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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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
White Rhino
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| During the association of the cow and her calf, the calf usually precedes its mother when moving, being guided by gentle prods of her horn. This is in contrast to the black rhinoceros, D. bicornis, where the calf usually runs by her side or behind her. |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
White Rhino
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| Territorial bulls occupy clearly defined territories, which they defend against the trespass of other bulls from neighboring territories. In the Umfolozi Game Reserve in Natal, these territories vary in size from 0,75 km? to 2,60 km? (Owen-Smith, 1973); somewhat smaller than those of the black... |
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