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| Reference From: | Mundy, P.J. 1984 Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust, pp. 1-25 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| There are between 60 and 100 white rhinos on private land in Natal. Only farms that meet certain criteria, such as overall stocking rate, size, climate, are allowed rhinos, and the Natal Parks Board has a strict policy on this. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| policy - Diceros bicornis . The policy has been to spread animals around, and since 1962, 131 have been moved. The rate of increase of the rhinos through reproduction is estimated at 4,5%, which allows 19 animals per year to be taken off the three populations at ecological carrying capacity (H... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Population
White Rhino
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| The sex ratio was about 1:1 in 1970, but in later years the ratio has skewed markedly towards males, and even up to 150:100 in the mid-1970's in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi. This change is apparently due to confinement of the population by fencing which limits the dispersion of males and also to a sex rat... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| Ndumu, 30 - reintroduced |
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Black Rhino
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| The potential expansion of the Zululand population itself is limited to a maximum of about 90 in the Eastern Shores Nature Reserve (St Lucia), 35 in Itala, and 6 in Weenen: about 130 in all. Forestry permission is still needed for the first introduct ion. |
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Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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| 'Carrying capacity' is a difficult figure to calculate. The ecological carrying capacity of an area is assumed to have been reached when negative feed-backs (from food avid social pressures) result in a stable population size. Black rhinos indicate clearly when they have reached carrying capaci... |
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White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. Ndumu, 50 (at carrying capacity) |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| Hluhluwe-Umfolozi, ca. 300, natural population at 033 per km? |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| By the 1930s, the black rhino had disappeared from South Africa (excluding SWA) except in the Zululand reserves of Hluhluwe-Umfolozi and Mkuzi. They then numbered 150. This increased to 480 by end-1983, distrubuted as follows:
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi ca. 300, natural population at 033 per km?
Mk... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Population
White Rhino
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| Currently, the age ratios for Hluhluwe-Umfolozi are about 75% adults, 10% immatures, and 15% juveniles, whilst recently in Mkuzi the adult segment comprises only 60%. |
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