| Van Lavieren, L.P.; Esser, J.D 1979 Numbers, distribution and habitat preference of large mammals in Bouba Ndjida National Park, Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology 17: 141-153, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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| Park is situated in the savanna woodland belt of N. Cameroon (Chad border) between 8.21 and 9.0 N and 14.25 - 14.55 E. It covers 2200 km? of gently undulating terrain 280-400 m above sea level. A mountain ridge along the southern boundary reaches 900 m. |
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| Lagrot, I.; Lagrot, J.F.; Bour, P. 2007 Probable extinction of the western black rhino, Diceros bicornis longipes: 2006 survey in northern Cameroon. Pachyderm 43: 19-28, figs. 1-4, pls. 1-4 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| From 25 January to 8 June 2006, the NGO Symbiose and veterinarians Isabelle and Jean-François Lagrot with their local teams patrolled the distribution area of Diceros bicornis longipes in northern Cameroon to assess the status of the last population of the western black rhino subspecies. Over 46... |
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| Anonymous 1929 Donum Natalicum Schrijnen, verzameling van opstellen door oud-leerlingen en bevriende vakgenoten opgedragen aan Mgr ProfDr Jos Schrijnen. Nijmegen and Utrecht, Dekker and Van der Vegt, pp. i-xxvii, 1-926 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
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| There are still rhinos in North Cameroon, especially in the savannah of Marua, Garua, Dikoa and the Schari area. |
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| Anonymous 1929 Donum Natalicum Schrijnen, verzameling van opstellen door oud-leerlingen en bevriende vakgenoten opgedragen aan Mgr ProfDr Jos Schrijnen. Nijmegen and Utrecht, Dekker and Van der Vegt, pp. i-xxvii, 1-926 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
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| There are still rhinos in North Cameroon, especially in the savannah of Marua, Garua, Dikoa and the Schari area. |
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| Brooks, M. 2000 African Rhino Specialist Group report. Pachyderm 29: 7-11 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| The Cameroon authorities have agreed to hold talks with a high-level mission led by AfRSG, scheduled for November in Cameroon. The hope is that this will result in a conservation strategy being adopted and an implementation plan being developed that will list responsibilities and a timetable of ... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| No information about the existence of rhinos in Tchad has been verified since 1987 (Pfeffer and Temporal), except a few individuals on the Cameroon border. |
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| Emslie, R.H. 2000 African rhinos numbering 13,000 for first time since the mid-1980s. Pachyderm 29: 53-56, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| The most critically endangered subspecies remains the western subspecies, Diceros bicornis longipes. While there have not been any new surveys, remaining rhinos are still restricted to a small scattered population in northern Cameroon. |
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| Zecchini, A. 1999 Le rhinoceros noir au Cameroun doit survivre. Courrier de la Nature 179: 34-39, figs. 1-4, map 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
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| The three parks and hunting zones represent more than 50% of the protected areas in Cameroon. A hundred people need to patrol these 1.930.000 ha, which is obviously insufficient. The rangers lack all kinds of equipment and incentives. It seems that most poachers are local people, and even the ... |
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| Anonymous 2001 African rhino populations increase. Oryx 35 (1): 5 |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
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| Numbers of the two species of African rhinoceros, the black rhino Diceros bicorniis and the white rhino Ceratotherium simum continue to increase in the wild according to new estimates prepared by International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) African Rhino Specialist Group. There are no... |
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| Zecchini, A. 1999 Le rhinoceros noir au Cameroun doit survivre. Courrier de la Nature 179: 34-39, figs. 1-4, map 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Maps
Black Rhino
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| general map of Cameroon |
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| Van Lavieren, L.P.; Esser, J.D 1979 Numbers, distribution and habitat preference of large mammals in Bouba Ndjida National Park, Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology 17: 141-153, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Survey using aircraft May 30 - June 2, 1977 just after onset of rainy season.
Population estimate 13 in one section plus 40 in another section.
Most rhinoceros were found in the west-central park area, in thickets on the foothills of the two mountains in the park. |
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| Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 2000 Price for rhino horn increases in Yemen. Pachyderm 28: 91-100, photos 1-6, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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| According to Hubert Planton, who has been in Cameroon since 1987, one rhino was killed in Benoue National Park in 1996; the pair of horns weighing 5.5 kg was removed and brought to Garoua for sale. |
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| Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 2000 Price for rhino horn increases in Yemen. Pachyderm 28: 91-100, photos 1-6, table 1 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Poaching
White Rhino
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| The few rhino horns reaching Sanaa in the late 1990s have probably originated from rhinos that were poached in Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Garamba National Park (Martin and Hillman Smith, 1999). In June 1999, Sanaa traders mentioned for the first time U... |
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| Chilvers, B. 1990 Rhino's last stand in Africa. REF Journal 3: 12-19, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| During that same period, the number of black rhino declined from about 100.000 to less than 4000. Government indifference to the plight of Africa's most fragile subspecies, D.b. longipes or the north-eastern black rhino, has allowed them to be exterminated within 10 years; populations have droppe... |
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| Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 2000 Price for rhino horn increases in Yemen. Pachyderm 28: 91-100, photos 1-6, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
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| Some of this horn probably originates from animals killed in Cameroon. From 1990 to 1998, on average three black rhinos have disappeared each year, presumably poached, from northern Cameroon (Planton, 1999). In 1998 there were at least four pairs of black rhino horns for sale in Garoua town in ... |
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| Blancou, L. 1954 Notes sur les mammiferes de l'Equateur Africain Francais - un rhinoceros de foret?. Mammalia 18: 358-363 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Louis Lavauden made a single journey from Kenya to Cameroon in 1931 and then published his reports in 1932, reprinted in Brazzaville in 1933, and also in Terre et la Vie 1932, with a rhino distribution map. On these maps, Lavauden shows the presence of rhinoceros in the area formed by the border... |
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| Brooks, M. 1998 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 26: 1-2 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| The situation in both the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Cameroon remains critical and of concern. The unrest in the DRC, and poaching from Sudan continues to pose a threat to the remaining northern white rhino in Garamba National Park. |
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| Brooks, M. 1999 African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG). Pachyderm 27: 9-15 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The last few remaining western black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes) in Caneroon are so isolated and scattered that they in all probability are doomed to extinction if left where they are. Time is running out for this subspecies, and the AfRSG has been promoting initiatives to examine and cost... |
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| Anonymous 1929 Donum Natalicum Schrijnen, verzameling van opstellen door oud-leerlingen en bevriende vakgenoten opgedragen aan Mgr ProfDr Jos Schrijnen. Nijmegen and Utrecht, Dekker and Van der Vegt, pp. i-xxvii, 1-926 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| There are still rhinos in North Cameroon, especially in the savannah of Marua, Garua, Dikoa and the Schari area. |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| During the last 10 years, 1987-1999, established localities are situated between 7.30 and 9 degrees north in the eastern part of Northern province, and between 7.30 and 8.30 deg. In the west. This is a reduction in the south of some 100 km compared to observations in early 20th century. This is... |
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| IUCN 1989 Indonesia's rhinos. IUCN Bulletin 20 (10/12): 9 |
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World
Organisations
All Rhino Species
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| From 5-7 June 1989, IUCN convened a meeting in conjuction with the Directorate General of Forest protection and Nature conservation (PHPA) of the Indonesian government, an IUCN member since Jan 1985, to discuss ways to implement IUCN's recently published Asian Rhino Action Plan in Indonesia. Thi... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The evolution of the numbers of Diceros bicornis longipes in Central and West Africa does not follow the curve for the entire species. An intense period of destruction at the start of the 20th century wiped out the subspecies in West Africa, Bouna in Ivory Coast in 1905, and brought it to the br... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The evolution of the numbers of Diceros bicornis longipes in Central and West Africa does not follow the curve for the entire species. An intense period of destruction at the start of the 20th century wiped out the subspecies in West Africa, Bouna and Ivory Coast in 1905, and brought it to the b... |
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| Anonymous 1929 Donum Natalicum Schrijnen, verzameling van opstellen door oud-leerlingen en bevriende vakgenoten opgedragen aan Mgr ProfDr Jos Schrijnen. Nijmegen and Utrecht, Dekker and Van der Vegt, pp. i-xxvii, 1-926 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| There are still rhinos in North Cameroon, especially in the savannah of Marua, Garua, Dikoa and the Schari area. |
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| Zecchini, A. 1999 Le rhinoceros noir au Cameroun doit survivre. Courrier de la Nature 179: 34-39, figs. 1-4, map 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| There was a conservation plan established by Pierre Pfeffer under WWF in 1980, which however was not followed by financial decisions needed for its implementation. There were also several projects of IUCN and of the French ministry of Cooperation, including the project of Philippe Chardonnet, wh... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Alarm cries about the situation of rhinos in Cameroon have been heard during the past 20 years, both from the authorities in Cameroon and from different organizations like Coop?ration Fran?aise, WWF, IUCN, Wildlife Conservation International, Rhino & Elephant Foundation. After a formal request f... |
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| Zecchini, A. 1999 Le rhinoceros noir au Cameroun doit survivre. Courrier de la Nature 179: 34-39, figs. 1-4, map 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Up to the second world war, the rhinos had 3 main threats: the sports hunting, hunting for food, and trade of the horn. From 1925-1935, the price of the horn increased considerably. One threat is poaching. But also there is the pressure of the human population. The drought in the area at the ... |
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| Brooks, M. 1998 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 25: 1-3 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| A workshop at the AfRSG meeting recommended the development of a specific rhino project to develop a Government of Cameroon recovery plan through the President, with WWF/FAC as counterparts who could provide initial funding. Greatly increased government commitment was seen as essential for succe... |
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| Brooks, M. 1998 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 26: 1-2 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The situation in both the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Cameroon remains critical and of concem. Lack of any real high level government will and commitment to rhino conservation in Cameroon continues to be a major problem hampering conservation of the last western black rhino (Diceros b... |
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| Brooks, M. 2000 African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG). Pachyderm 28: 4-6 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The last known remaining population of the Western African black rhino Diceros bicomis longipes continues to be the focus of attention with IUCN France, WWF and the AFRSG actively pursuing a solution with the Cameroon government. The specialist group and IUCN France are busy compiling background... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In the 1980's, Cameroon was earnest in trying to improve the conservation status of the fauna. A formal request for assistance was formulated by the ministry in December 1980, but the response from WWF International in October 1981 was that after evaluation of the priorities of IUCN, no funds we... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The evolution of the numbers of Diceros bicornis longipes in Central and West Africa does not follow the curve for the entire species. An intense period of destruction at the start of the 20th century wiped out the subspecies in West Africa, and brought it to the brink of extinction in Central A... |
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| Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 2000 Price for rhino horn increases in Yemen. Pachyderm 28: 91-100, photos 1-6, table 1 |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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| To Yemen via Sudan. Sanaa traders also report that rhino horn is reaching them from Sudan and Ethiopia. Some of this horn probably originates from animals killed in Cameroon. From 1990 to 1998, on average three black rhinos have disappeared each year, presumably poached, from northern Cameroon... |
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| Brooks, M. 2000 African Rhino Specialist Group report. Pachyderm 29: 7-11 |
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World
Organisations
All Rhino Species
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| Meeting in Tanzania, May 2000. I am pleased to report that the 2000 AfRSG meeting was successfully held at Lake Manyara, Tanzania, 27 May to 1 June, with 41 delegates attending or all of the sessions.
As the AFRSG Chair, I introduced and welcomed the members to the year 2000 AfRSG meeting. Mr ... |
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| Brooks, M. 1993 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 16: 3-6, tables 1-2 |
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World
Organisations
All Rhino Species
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| The first meeting of the newly reconstituted African Rhino Specialist Group which was convened at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, from 17-22 November 1992, was attended by 33 members and observers. It provided a forum for the frank exchange of information and ideas on a wide range of issues ranging fr... |
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| Brooks, M. 1993 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 17: 3 |
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World
Organisations
All Rhino Species
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| Chairman report. The African Rhino Specialist Group (ARSG) meeting, - held in Zimbabwe late in 1992, identified the important rhino populations remaining in Africa, and evaluated a number of projects considered critical to the survival of Africa's rhinos (see Pachyderm no. 16). As such it provi... |
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| Brooks, M. 1994 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 18: 16-18, table 1 |
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World
Organisations
All Rhino Species
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| Chairman's report. 'l'he second meeting of the African Rhino Specialist Group (ARSG), held in Mombasa, Kenya, from 23-27 May 1994, brought together 31 members and observers from 13 different countries. The main aims of the meeting were to review the status and trends of the rhino populations th... |
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| Brooks, M. 2000 African Rhino Specialist Group. Species 34: 30 |
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World
Organisations
All Rhino Species
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| Members of the African Rhino Specialist Group (AFRSG) have contributed to the development of a number of national plans and strategies, and the Continental Action Plan has been completed and is due for publication in early 2000. Members attended the CITES COP 10 in Zimbabwe in 1997 and have been... |
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| Brooks, M. 2000 African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG). Pachyderm 28: 4-6 |
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World
Organisations
All Rhino Species
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| Chairman's report. SADC Rhino Programme
The inception phase of the Italian-funded SADC Rhino programme established the administrative and consultative framework for operations, and identified specific rhino con- servation projects to be funded over the next six months. A Range State Plann... |
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| Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 2000 Price for rhino horn increases in Yemen. Pachyderm 28: 91-100, photos 1-6, table 1 |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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| Until 1970 only the privileged elite could afford jambiyas with rhino horn handles. Then, beginning in the early 1970s, many Yemenis worked in Saudi Arabia during the oil boom years, earning much money which permitted them to buy new daggers with the revered rhino horn handles. Prices for rhino... |
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| Potter, D. 1994 Update on the current situation of rhinos in Natal: pp. 25-30
| In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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Africa
Management
African Rhino Species
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| At the African Rhino Specialist Group meeting during 1992 the 'key' black rhino populations were classed as follows:
Al Cameroon, Damaraland, Etosha, Hluhluwe-Umfolozi, Kruger
A2 ltala, Midlands (P), Mkuzi, Nairobi, Selous, Solio (P)
A3 Hwange
The 'key' white rhino populations in 1992 w... |
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| Brooks, M. 1993 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 16: 3-6, tables 1-2 |
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Africa
Management
African Rhino Species
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| ARSG meeting, definitions. In an effort to focus international attention on those populations considered to be the most important for the survival of the six recognised subspecies of white and black rhinos in Africa, a rating exercise was undertaken.
It was agreed that the most relevant paramet... |
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| Emslie, R.H. 2000 African rhinos numbering 13,000 for first time since the mid-1980s. Pachyderm 29: 53-56, tables 1-2 |
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Africa
Management
African Rhino Species
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| AfRSG data. 'Key' and' important' populations
Table 2 shows that by 1999, continentally there were 76 AfRSG-rated 'key' or important rhino populations. In 1999, the 76 populations rated key and important conserved 84.2% and 83.3% of Africa's black and white rhinos respectively. Corresponding ... |
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| Van Lavieren, L.P.; Esser, J.D 1979 Numbers, distribution and habitat preference of large mammals in Bouba Ndjida National Park, Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology 17: 141-153, figs. 1-4, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Ecology - Population
Black Rhino
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| Population density calculated at 0.02 per km? in one area, and 0.08 per km? in another area of the park |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Cameroon. The rhino's attraction for humid habitat allows them to find a varied diet, even in the dry season. Despite few observations in the foeld, 30 different plants are identified. Among the plants there are numerous leguminous plants, the fruit of Kigelia africana, also Vernonia, Hoslundi... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Cameroon. The rhino's attraction for humid habitat allows them to find a varied diet, even in the dry season. Despite few observations in the foeld, 30 different plants are identified. Among the plants there are numerous leguminous plants, the fruit of Kigelia africana, also Vernonia, Hoslundi... |
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| Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 2000 Price for rhino horn increases in Yemen. Pachyderm 28: 91-100, photos 1-6, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Value - Related to Horn
African Rhino Species
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| Almost all the horn in Cameroon is exported because there is little demand for it within the country. Planton was told that occasionally it is used by traditional doctors when they pray. |
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| Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 |
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World
Taxonomy
Black Rhino
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| Subpecies recognized:
D.b.bicornis: South Africa (Cape Province), Namibia
D.b.chobiensis: Upper Zambesi valley
D.b.minor: Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zaire, Tanzania
D.b.michaeli: N.Tanzania, E. Kenya
D.b.ladoensis: W.Kenya, Uganda, S.Sudan
D.b.brucii: Somalia, Ethiopia, s... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Taxonomy
Black Rhino
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| Cameroon. A second tissue sample was sent in July 1996 under the best circumstances to a laboratory in South Africa for DNA sequencing for systematic purposes. Although the analysis only had one individual to work with, the results clearly indicated a marked difference between longipes and the ... |
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| Zukowsky, L. 1929 Nashorn. Hagenbecks Illustrirte Tier und Menschenwelt 4 (6): 141 |
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World
Taxonomy
Black Rhino
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| The rhinoceros of N. Cameroon is exceptionally high on its legs, but until now there is no evidence available that it is a special subspecies. |
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| Ashley, M.V.; Melnick, D.J.; Western, D. 1990 Conservation genetics of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), I: Evidence from the Mitochondrial DNA of three populations. Conservation Biology 4 (1): 71-77, fig. 1, tables 1-4 |
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World
Taxonomy
Black Rhino
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| The most widely accepted classification (Groves 1967) recognizes seven subspecies of Diceros bicornis, one of which D. b. Iadoensis, is probably extinct. Three other subspecies - D. b. brucii, found in Ethiopia and Somalia; D. b. longipes, which remains only in Cameroon and perhaps Chad; and D. ... |
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| AfRSG; French IUCN-SSC; WWF 2000 Conservation strategy for Cameroon's western black rhino, Diceros bicornis longipes. Pachyderm 29: 52-53 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution
African Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Pfeffer, P. 1981 Conservation of rhino, Cameroon. WWF Yearbook 1980-1981: 314-317, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution
African Rhino Species
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| Zecchini, A. 2005 Rhino noir: l'espoir - ultime chance au Cameroon. Connaissance de la Chasse Hors Series No.25: 58-62, figs. 1-8 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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African Rhino Species
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| Kock, M.D. 2001 WWF Cameroon black rhino location and identification project: final report. Report to WWF Cameroon Office, pp. 1-35 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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