Reference Base Notes for: Behaviour back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (9)  ... 2 3 4 5 6 ...   Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Indian Rhino The animal is solitary as a rule, though several may occupy the same patch of jungle.   details Vos, V. de; Braack, H.H. 1980 Castration of a black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis minor. Koedoe 23: 185-187, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino After castration. Subsequently this rhino, however, underwent a change of temperament, which was subtle at first, but at this later stage must be considered quite drastic. He has become quite timid and predictable in his habits and reactions. Safaris of tourist can be taken out to view the ani...   details Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino A pair will frequent a given area for a time and then move off, their movements being affected by the water supply.   details Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino The night and early morning are spent in wandering about and feeding, the hot hours of the day in rest in some cool and shaded spot.   details Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino Along the numerous rivers which flow through the jungles of the Nepal Terai the rhino has particular places for dropping its excreta; so mounds accumulate in places. In approaching these spots a rhinoceros walks backwards and falls an easy victim to poachers.   details Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino Collections of dung found in particular places reveal a habit similar to that noticed with the Great Indian One horned Rhinoceros.   details Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino They enter streams by night and also during the hot hours of the day. In suitable spots there are regular wallows or mud-baths in which the huge creatures roll much as buffaloes and pigs do. As a result of this habit their bodies are always well coated with mud. They visit the wallows singly, ...   details Hickman, G.C. 1979 An inverted tooth in a white rhinoceros. Lammergeyer 27: 46-47, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Locomotion White Rhino A gallop of 40 kph, the speed of the white rhino.   details Hickman, G.C. 1979 An inverted tooth in a white rhinoceros. Lammergeyer 27: 46-47, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino Male collected in Umfolozi in 1961. Death ensued from a fight with an adult male, a broken left rib being one of the injuries sustained. The right ramus of the mandible had previously been broken. The blow responsible for the injury could have been delivered at a gallop of 40 kph. In this ins...   details Veevers-Carter, W. 1979 Land mammals of Indonesia. Jakarta, PT Intermasa Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Javan Rhino They wallow frequently so that their thick almost hairless skins are usually covered with mud. This keeps them cool and protects them from insects, just as it does the water buffalo.   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino Coming back from the top of Mulu, I found a Rhino had crossed our upward track it had made a prodigious leap and disappeared down a very awkward gully. The general opinion was it would not stop running all day. Rhinos may look clumsy and awkward but they are very strong and agile. The steepest...   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Senses Sumatran Rhino The sight is said to be poor, the hearing fair.   details Bigalke, R.C. 1978 Mammals: pp. 981-1048 In: Werger, M.J.A. Biogeography and ecology of Southern Africa. Amsterdam, Junk (Monographia Biologicae, vol. 31): vol. 2, pp. 663-1439 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino There appears to be some uncertainty over social organization. Authors such as Schenkel & Schenkel-Hulliger and Joubert & Eloff found no evidence of territoriality. However Owen-Smith (1975) regards the species as being territorial and, contrary to conventional beliefs, finds little difference ...   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Senses Sumatran Rhino The large, odd shaped head is mostly full of nasal bones which give the Rhino a particularly well developed sense of smell.   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Senses Sumatran Rhino The sight is said to be poor, the hearing fair.   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino The Rhino when feeding squeals to itself with pleasure and can be heard some way off. When wallowing it snorts and blows and also makes a plaintive sound rather like the swishing noise made by the wings of a Hornbill in flight. When suspicious it gives a loud snort, breathes heavily through the...   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino Places to wallow in the mud were always necessary. I saw a good one in the Ular Bulu mountains on the water-shed between the Rejang river and the Mukah river. Afterwards it had rubbed against a smooth rock, probably used on many previous occasions.   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino There seemed to be no feeding and sleeping times, it was on the go all day.   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino Defecation takes place in water as well as on land, the droppings round like tennis balls but I have never seen or heard of the pyramids of cannon balls piled in one place.   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino The male organ points backwards between the hind legs, urine is said to be sprayed along the back track for as much as half an hours walk, sometimes six feet off the ground and twenty feet away.   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino Places to wallow in the mud were always necessary. I saw a good one in the Ular Bulu mountains on the water-shed between the Rejang river and the Mukah river. The crest of the ridge went up and down and in one of the downs a Rhino had made a muddy pond about ten feet by five feet and three feet...   details Bigalke, R.C. 1978 Mammals: pp. 981-1048 In: Werger, M.J.A. Biogeography and ecology of Southern Africa. Amsterdam, Junk (Monographia Biologicae, vol. 31): vol. 2, pp. 663-1439 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino There appears to be some uncertainty over social organization. Authors such as Schenkel & Schenkel-Hulliger and Joubert & Eloff found no evidence of territoriality. However Owen-Smith (1975) regards the species as being territorial and, contrary to conventional beliefs, finds little difference ...   details Preez, J.S.du; Grobler, I.D. 1977 Drinking times and behaviour at waterholes of some game species in the Etosha National Park. Madoqua 10 (1): 61-69, figs. 1-12 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino The small sample of black rhinoceros (n=36) indicates that these animals prefer drinking from late afternoon to late evening, with a peak between 20h00 and 21h00. The rhinoceros is classed as an 'evening drinker.'   details Nairobi National Park 1976 Animal orphanage. Nairobi, Ophanage, pp. 1-16 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Locomotion Black Rhino If it scents danger it will charge recklessly at a speed of over 20 miles an hour.   details Nairobi National Park 1976 Animal orphanage. Nairobi, Ophanage, pp. 1-16 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Black rhinos do not migrate far.   details Nairobi National Park 1976 Animal orphanage. Nairobi, Ophanage, pp. 1-16 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino Black rhinos live solitary or in couples.   details Neese, H.C. 1976 Kouprey clues & rhino news. Wildlife 1976: 410-411, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - East Asia - Laos Behaviour - Daily Routine Javan Rhino Rhinos are apparently seen only at the end of the dry season (April and May) and at the beginning of the rainy season (May and June). In this period they seem to spend their time in or near ponds, creeks, or rivers. Rhinos and elephants live in the same kind of habitat, which might explain why m...   details Laurie, W.A. 1976 The Greater One-Horned rhinoceros in Royal Chitawan National Park, Nepal. Animal Kingdom 78 (4) Aug-Sept: front cover, 1 image Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - Nepal Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino No details available yet   details Hofmeyr, J.M. 1975 The adaptation of wild animals translocated to new areas in South West Africa: pp. 126-131, fig. 1 In: Reid, R.L. Proceedings of the Third World Confence on animal production. Sydney, Sydney University Press Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino After translocation Several individuals were involved in mortal combat, which took place two to ten weeks after being set free. Four animals (three bulls and one cow) were known to have succumbed from fatal wounds. A heifer died of an unknown cause. In one instance it was necessary to recaptu...   details Wilson, V.J. 1975 Mammals of the Wankie National Park, Rhodesia. Salisbury, National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Museum memoir no.5, pp. i-iii, 1-147 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino In June 1970, 12 were seen together, and over a distance of 4 miles a total of 17 were seen in the same day. On being disturbed the group of 12 split into 3 separate parties of 3, 5 and 4 animals.   details Wilson, V.J. 1975 Mammals of the Wankie National Park, Rhodesia. Salisbury, National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Museum memoir no.5, pp. i-iii, 1-147 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino A male and female were seen wallowing in the mud.   details Haigh, J.C. 1975 Case of a constipated rhino. Veterinary Record 97: 282 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino The warden of the Meru National Park, Kenya, sent a radio-call asking me to visit a nine-year-old white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) cow which had been attacked by a male and severely horned around its rear about three days before. The animal was one of the five remaining white rhino o...   details Cowan, I. M. 1974 Management implications of behavior in the large herbivorous mammals. In: Geist, V. The behavior of ungulates and its relation to management Morges, IUCN (Publications New Series no. 24) vol. 1, pp 1-511; vol. 2, pp: 921-934 Location: Subject: Species: Africa Behaviour African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Hofmeyr, J.M.; Bruine, J.R. de 1973 The problems associated with the capture, translocation and keeping of wild ungulates in South West Africa. Lammergeyer 18: 21-29, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino After translocation Several rhino were involved in mortal combat 2 to 10 weeks after they were released. It was necessary to recapture one bull and move it to another area.   details Sheldrick, D. 1973 Armageddon for elephants (and rhinoceros - the droughts of 1960-61, 1970-71). In: Animal Kingdom; the story of Tsavo, the great African Game Park Indianapolis/New York, USA, Bobbs-Merrill Co: pp. 261-286, 5 maps, 2 images Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Behaviour Black Rhino No details available yet   details Jarman, P.J. 1972 The use of drinking sites, wallows and salt licks by herbivores in the flooded Middle Zambezi Valley. East African Wildlife Journal 10: 193-209, tables 1-11 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Wallows used by buffalo and rhinoceros may consist simply of an area of churned up, damp mud, insufficiently deep to act as a pool. Both these species apply mud to themselves by rolling and wallowing, and have no effective means of scooping it up unto themselves. Rhinoceros will horn the soil a...   details Richards, D. 1972 Square-lipped rhinoceros: behaviour. Lammergeyer 15: 77-78 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino Watched a fight between 2 adult males. The combatant males were in a clearing, at the edge of which stood an adult female and a small calf. Male 1 stood nearest to the female. Whenever M2 approached, M1 and F swung round to face M2. M1 was roaring and squealing with ears flattened and pointin...   details Kakati, B.N.; Rajkonwar, C.J. 1972 Some observations on the reproductive behaviour of Rhinoceros unicornis. Indian Forester 98: 357-358, pl. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Indian Rhino Lives alone   details Henderson, D. 1972 Obongi, the white rhino who fell in love with mankind. Animals 14 (7): 302-303, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Behaviour - Towards Man White Rhino Tame white rhino in Uganda, and succesful return to nature. Obongi's first contacts with man were stormy, her hitherto young and peaceful life being destroyed by a succession of nerve-shattering events. One minute she was resting in the shade of a thorn bush, the next she was being chased by th...   details Richards, D. 1972 Square-lipped rhinoceros: behaviour. Lammergeyer 15: 77-78 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino One male and 2 females in the area. On one occasion the male was seen attempting to prevent the females from leaving the area. Each time the females started to move away, the male rounded them up, making a panting sound. The male was also observed spray-urinating. One female appeared to becom...   details Herbert, H.J.; Austen, B. 1972 The past and present distribution of the black and square lipped rhinoceros in the Wankie National Park. Arnoldia 5 (26): 1-6, map 1, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino Of the 4 released in 1963, 1 female died as a result of a fight with another rhino. In May 1963 a male was found dead, possibly from injuries received at the same fight.   details Herbert, H.J.; Austen, B. 1972 The past and present distribution of the black and square lipped rhinoceros in the Wankie National Park. Arnoldia 5 (26): 1-6, map 1, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino Introduced Ceratotherium simum: 6 animals moved to Botswana, 2 died at Odiakwe, Botswana, 140 miles west of the release site.   details Banerjee, R. 1972 Where flying vultures reveal secrets - Kaziranga. Cheetal 15 (1): 48-50, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Indian Rhino Most of the wild animals of India, usually run away from danger and conceal themselves in thick cover but the rhino does the opposite. It continues grazing till danger is rather close, and then, instead of retreating and taking over it exposes itself still more, by charging. This peculiar habit...   details Banerjee, R. 1972 Where flying vultures reveal secrets - Kaziranga. Cheetal 15 (1): 48-50, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino They have also fixed dung places and each beast has its own wallow. This unfortunate habit helps the poachers to kill them by the pit method.   details Kakati, B.N.; Rajkonwar, C.J. 1972 Some observations on the reproductive behaviour of Rhinoceros unicornis. Indian Forester 98: 357-358, pl. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino Defecates in a particular spot where one can see heaps of dung.   details Banerjee, R. 1972 Where flying vultures reveal secrets - Kaziranga. Cheetal 15 (1): 48-50, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino They have also fixed dung places and each beast has its own wallow. This unfortunate habit helps the poachers to kill them by the pit method.   details Banerjee, R. 1972 Where flying vultures reveal secrets - Kaziranga. Cheetal 15 (1): 48-50, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Indian Rhino Rhinoceroses are territorial and remain on the same range throughout their lives.   details Kakati, B.N.; Rajkonwar, C.J. 1972 Some observations on the reproductive behaviour of Rhinoceros unicornis. Indian Forester 98: 357-358, pl. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino is a wallower   details Richards, D. 1972 Square-lipped rhinoceros: behaviour. Lammergeyer 15: 77-78 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino Watched a fight between 2 adult males. The combatant males were in a clearing, at the edge of which stood an adult female and a small calf. Male 1 stood nearest to the female. Whenever M2 approached, M1 and F swung round to face M2. M1 was roaring and squealing with ears flattened and pointin...   details Richards, D. 1972 Square-lipped rhinoceros: behaviour. Lammergeyer 15: 77-78 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino A confrontation between 2 adult males (presumed to be territorial) was witnessed. The animals approached each other, horn to horn. At first one male retreated a few metres, then the other did, then they advanced again. The animals continued to retreat and advance for ca 30 min, when they becam...   details Gramowsky, R. 1971 More on rubbing stones. African Wildlife 25 (4): 155, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Rubbing stone in Kaokoveld. One is frequented by elephant and warthog, another is used by rhino only. We have seen and found that the rhino will not use the elephant stone and vice versa. The elephant will pass the rhino stone, although sniffing at the stone without rubbing. So also does the ...   details Skead, C.J. 1971 Puzzle of rubbing-stones. African Wildlife 25 (1): 36-37, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Two rubbing stones figured which used to stand beside the Port Elizabeth Museum in Bird Street. About 1.5 m and 90 cm high. Probably collected and donated to the museum by Mr. Katzenellenbogen in about 1910, found on a small hill between Mafeking and Vryburg. An examination of the two stones r...   details Kerr, M.A.; Fothergill, R. 1971 Black rhinoceros in Rhodesia. Oryx 11 (2/3): 129-134, fig. 1, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Fothergill, who was in charge of rescue operations, found that rhinoceros were very poor swimmers and once out of their depth would return to land.   details Uys, J.M.C. 1971 More on rubbing stones. African Wildlife 25 (4): 155, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino I have come across numerous rubbing places in my travels, but can only think of 5 such places where the rocks were other than sandstone. In the Kafue NP in Zambia I know of three such rocks (still being used) but in each case there is the possibility that water had something to do with it somewh...   details Gramowsky, R. 1971 More on rubbing stones. African Wildlife 25 (4): 155, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Nelson, L. 1971 Medical problems in San Diego Wild Animal Park. American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Proceedings: 85-91 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - North America Behaviour All Rhino Species No details available yet   details Frame, G.W.; Goddard, J. 1970 Black rhinoceros vocalisations. East African Wildlife Journal 8: 207 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino Numerous black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis (L.)) Vocalizations have been mentioned in the literature in recent years. As described by various authors, these Vocalizations vary considerably from 'mews' and 'squeaks' to 'grunts', 'squeals', 'roars' and 'puffing snorts'. One additional vocalizati...   details Pienaar, U. de V. 1970 The recolonisation history of the square-lipped (white) rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum simum (Burchell) in the Kruger National Park (October 1961 - November 1969). Koedoe 13: 157-169, pls. 1-4, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino As could be expected, the first few rhinos released directly in the strange surroundings at Doispane and Skurukwane, during the latter half of 1963, took a considerable time to settle down in their new home. Some of the animals wandered great distances during this period, but it was significant ...   details Rosten, I; Goddard, J. 1970 Kifaru the Black Rhinoceros. MGM production filmed in Ngorongoro Crater and Tsavo National Park, narrated by E.G. Marshall with E. Daarstad directing photography. https://archive.org/details/kifarutheblackrhinoceros, 2 reels [50.9 minutes], documents J. Goddard's efforts to study demographics, behavior and ecology of Diceros bicornis Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino No details available yet   details Martens, R. 1970 The White rhinos of Milwaukee. American Association of Zoo Keepers Bulletin 3 (7-8) July-Aug: 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - North America Behaviour White Rhino No details available yet   details Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino Reported to range from shrill whistles and peculiar humming sounds emitted when at peace and enjoying a wallow, to whistling screams and harsh grunts when wounded.   details Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino Solitary, or single adults with young.   details Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino The dung is similar to that of the tapir, but the nodules are larger, about 9 cm in greatest diameter.   details MacCain, G.; Stepter, G. 1968 Discrimination learning and extinction in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Psychonomic Science 13 (3): 189-190, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Captive Behaviour - Memory Black Rhino Experiments of discrimination learning in captive rhino There are numerous animals which have not been subjected to any systematic or even to any sketchy experimental behavioral research. Such is the case with rhinoceroses. Information available is based on scattered field observations, descri...   details Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino The only reference found in the literature to their swimming is the description by Harthoorn and Lock (1960) of one which had to swim at Kariba. Here, there were several additional records of rhino swimming up to 20 or 25 yards, which was approaching the limit of their endurance, as black rhino ...   details Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino This evidence indicates rhino are generally fairly localised although the availability of open water probably determines the size of the home range as Dean has suggested. Ritchie (1963) indicates they wander five to 15 miles from water to feed in parts of Kenya, as well defined rhino paths lead ...   details Hallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Australia Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino When the female shows interest in the male she is put with him until mating activity has ceased. When the female is in oestrous, the male calls to her, making sounds like a deep sigh.   details Foster, J.B. 1967 The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker)) in Uganda. East African Wildlife Journal 5: 167-171, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino This differing tolerance toward man extends to intraspecific aggregations. The black rhino frequently occurs singly; the square lipped rhino only rarely. Of 16 groups of the latter seen near Inde, single animals were seen only twice - an adult male and a pregnant female with a snare on its leg....   details Achard, P.L.; MacCulloch, B. 1967 Creation of a zoo in Tanzania - Saanane Island Game Reserve. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 235-240 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino Saanane Island, Tanzania. A male of 2 years captured in Tarime District developed symptoms of trypanosomiasis. By the time he was cured of the illness (it is frquently fatal), he was completely tame. This is by no means extraordinary since even mature rhinos become tame in captivity in a surpr...   details Foster, J.B. 1967 The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker)) in Uganda. East African Wildlife Journal 5: 167-171, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Behaviour - Towards Man White Rhino While the black rhino is often aggressive toward man, the square-lipped species is very rarely so and then only when a calf is present.   details Foster, J.B. 1967 The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker)) in Uganda. East African Wildlife Journal 5: 167-171, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino While the square-lipped rhino tends to live in larger herds than the black, fighting, especially between males, does occasionally occur with mortality sometimes resulting (Player and Feely, 1960). Such an outcome may well depend on the high population of rhino in Natal; fatalities from combat ha...   details Foster, J.B. 1967 The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker)) in Uganda. East African Wildlife Journal 5: 167-171, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino The movements of the rhino within the Reserve are clearly correlated with the occurrence of rain. Water is probably necessary for regular watering and mud wallows may also be an essential part of the habitat. During the dry season the rhino descend into the Ala and Obei swamps bordering on the ...   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Bulls and also cows were observed using the same defecation places over and over again, and spreading the dung with their hind legs in the well known manner. Obviously this behaviour serves to mark the home range of an individual, which, however, often overlaps with that of a neighbour. We have...   details Klingel, H.; Klingel, U. 1966 The rhinoceroses of Ngorongoro Crater. Oryx 8 (5): 302-306, figs. 1-5, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino Most of the rhinos were solitary and in roughly the same area. The maximum number seen together and identified was five: three adult cows, a calf and one adult bull on one occasion, two adult cows, a calf and two adult bulls on another. Both groups broke up after a few days. Groups of four rhi...   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino Tends to deposit its excrement in the same place, large piles eventually accumulating.   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino When a female white rhino is accompanied by a calf, she always walks behind it, prodding and steering it with her horn.   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: Africa Behaviour - Senses African Rhino Species Both rhinos have poor eye-sight, but fairly good senses of smell and hearing - their ears, particularly the trumpet-shaped, hairfringed ears of the white rhino, are constantly switching and twisting.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino Usually solitary, in pairs or a female with a calf.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino Grunts, snorts and squeals loudly.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Predominantly diurnal, but will water and move at night. Dependent on a plentiful water supply.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Very fond of mud wallows.   details Dales, D.H. 1966 Black and white rhinos in the Umfolosi Game Reserve. Redwing, Journal of the S. Andrew's College Natural History Society 1966: 32 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino The white rhino bull is very territorial in his habitat. He claims an area of bush for himself and then makes heaps of dung, known as middens, to mark the boundary.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino Feeding in the late afternoon and early morning, they normally take to the shade of thick bush during the heat of the day, where they sleep standing up or lying down with their feet doubled up under them, or on their sides. Dependent on water, drinking at night and very fond of wallowing in mud....   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino The white rhino is much more sociable, so that small family groups of five or six animals are not at all uncommon.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Locomotion White Rhino Can gallop faster than a man running.   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino The rhino calf was released immediately afterwards. First it circled the lorry rather suspiciously. Then it called to its mother in a husky voice, rather like the greeting whinny of a horse. The cow heard the call and replied.   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino A black rhino calf almost invariably follows its mother. A possible reason for this strange difference is that the white rhino inhabits more open country than the black; the calf is, therefore, more liable to be attacked by lions. As this attack comes from behind, the mother rhino can best prot...   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man White Rhino The white rhino is placid by nature.   details Dales, D.H. 1966 Black and white rhinos in the Umfolosi Game Reserve. Redwing, Journal of the S. Andrew's College Natural History Society 1966: 32 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino The white rhino bull is very territorial in his habitat. He claims an area of bush for himself and then makes heaps of dung, known as middens, to mark the boundary. The black rhino on the other hand, prefers to roam.   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino The black rhino is one of the most unpredictable animals in Africa. It is a mixture of truculence and timidity, and can be extremely stupid. The black rhino is always liable to charge, or at least rush towards, any unfamiliar object, whatever it may be. It charges with its head held up, loweri...   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino Solitary or in pairs or small family parties.   details Spillett, J.J. 1966 The Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 494-528 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Social Behaviour Indian Rhino Almost invariably when a female was accompanied by a calf, other females with calves could be located nearby. On March 14, we observed 5 females within a radius of 200 yards, all accompanied by a young. On other occasions, up to 20 adult rhino would be tallied at a stretch, then within a relati...   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino It is abundantly curious, singularly nervous and highly irascible, and, in paroxysms of fury, will tear up the ground or any handy object such as a bush or ant heap when wounded or seriously annoyed.   details Dales, D.H. 1966 Black and white rhinos in the Umfolosi Game Reserve. Redwing, Journal of the S. Andrew's College Natural History Society 1966: 32 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino The black rhino on the other hand, prefers to roam.   details Dales, D.H. 1966 Black and white rhinos in the Umfolosi Game Reserve. Redwing, Journal of the S. Andrew's College Natural History Society 1966: 32 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino The black rhino however is extremely unpredictable and has a really black temper.   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Memory Black Rhino Like many other animals, black rhinos can be inquisitive. If one stays quite still beside a tree, or on top of an ant-hill, they will sometimes come to within a few yards before realizing what they are approaching. In some circumstances, they will respond to a whistle, and trot up to see what h...   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino Walking about in black rhino country can be exciting, for one may come upon the animals quite suddenly and it is impossible to anticipate their actions. Once I nearly trod on a rhino, which was lying on the ground. I thought that it was an ant-hill, but was saved in time by noticing a twitching...   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino Although black rhinos are sometimes seen in small parties, (and calves naturally stay with their mothers), they are usually solitary in habit.   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino A black rhino calf almost invariably follows its mother. A possible reason for this strange difference is that the white rhino inhabits more open country than the black; the calf is, therefore, more liable to be attacked by lions. As this attack comes from behind, the mother rhino can best prot...   details Bovill, E.W. 1966 Missions to the Niger, volume 3: The Bornu Mission 1822-25, part 2. Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, Works Second Series, vol. 129, pp. i-xii, 309-595 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino Mission of Denham and Clapperton, 1822-1825, expedition to Mandara, situated 150 miles south of Lake Chad, between Logone River and headwaters of the Yedseram. The sheikh sent elephant tusks and the horns of three other animals [including that of the] kirkadan, a two horned animal, with one long...   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (9)  ... 2 3 4 5 6 ...