 | 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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| 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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