Reference Base Notes for: Behaviour back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (9)  ... 3 4 5 6 7 ...   Spillett, J.J. 1966 Laokhowa and other rhino areas in Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 529-534 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino Three cases of rhino dying as a result of injuries sustained in fighting have been reported from Laokhowa since 1964: an ad. Female in July 1964, a male in Feb. 1965, a male in Nov. 1965.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino When on the move the head is carried low, the front horn nearly scraping on the ground, the young preceding the mother who follows closely behind, as opposed to the Black Rhino whose young follows the mother.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man White Rhino mild tempered, sluggish, timid and inquisitive.   details Bere, R.M. 1966 Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino Both kinds of rhino enjoy wallowing in muddy pools, which helps them to get rid of ticks and biting flies; but they hardly ever cross large rivers.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino Dependent on water, drinking at night and very fond of wallowing in mud.   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 White Rhino The white rhino under normal conditions is very docile and will lumber away at the clapping of one's hands. The exception to this is when they get confused as they then charge in the direction they are facing. Virtually nothing stops them. A white rhino cow with a calf can also be dangerous.   details Young, E. 1965 Lesions in the vicinity of the eye of the white rhinoceros, Diceros simus. International Zoo Yearbook 5: 194-195 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Senses White Rhino A White rhino in the Umfolozi Nature Reserve became completely blind as the result of extensive cauliflower-like growths which covered the entire surface of both eyes.   details Milwaukee Sentinel staff 1965 Rudra and Mohinija engage in olfactory communication. Milwaukee Sentinel Scribble-In calendar Season's Greetings from the Milwaukee County Zoo: one extracted image Location: Subject: Species: America - North America Behaviour - Senses Indian Rhino No details available yet   details Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino It usually travels by night to find water. In the late afternoon it looks for food.   details Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino the rhino lives in a restricted area which it only leaves when the watering places dry up.   details Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino When the rhino senses something unusual, you can hear a loud sneezing.   details Gaerdes, F. 1964 Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika. Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. 1-270 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino When the animal senses something unusual, it sneezes and runs off, instead of fleeing, in the direction where the sound came from. In that way he got to know as a very dangerous animal.   details Rapsch, H. 1964 Bruellen Spitzmaulnashorner?. Mitteilungen der Sud-West Afrika Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 5 (9): 5-6 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino When the animal was about 100 m away from us, it stood still and made a loud howling noise through the valley, turned around backwards and walked on. A short time later this was repeated. The reason probably was the presence of another rhino. The observer got the impression that this howling w...   details Natal Parks Board 1964 16th Annual Report, 1 April 1963 - 31 March 1964. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-35 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino two black rhino were seen by the warden in a state of exhaustion after what must have been a prolonged fight, since they both had extensive head injuries and were bleeding profusely. One appeared to have part of its lips torn away and had a piece of flesh protruding from the back of its mouth. ...   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Javan Rhino Like all rhinos, both the Javan and Sumatran species are principally nocturnal animals. They move about only when it is cool, spending the hot part of the day resting in the shade or in mud wallows.   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino Both Sumatran and javan rhinos appear to move over fairly large areas during their daily travels. They move in search of food and between their favorite wallowing places and salt-licks. In some cases these rhinos are known to make rather long seasonal migrations, living in naturally dry areas du...   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Sumatran Rhino Neither species seems to use its horns as the principal instrument of defense, relying more on the pointed lower tusks, which are said to be capable of inflicting very severe gashes.   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Javan Rhino Neither species seems to use its horns as the principal instrument of defense, relying more on the pointed lower tusks, which are said to be capable of inflicting very severe gashes.   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino Rhinos are basically nocturnal animals avoiding exercise during the heat of the day. While it is hot they usually remain in the shade or in mud wallows. Like all rhinos, both the Javan and Sumatran species are principally nocturnal animals. They move about only when it is cool, spending the h...   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Behaviour - Senses Asian Rhino Species Like all rhinos, the Southeast Asian species have acute senses of smell and hearing but very poor vision.   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Sumatran Rhino One of the most controversial subjects concerning the rhino is in relation to their temperament. Some species, particularly those in Africa, are said to be very dangerous, charging unpredictably and with little provocation. They are known to have attacked automobiles and in some cases to have o...   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Javan Rhino Both species are very timid and solitary creatures, being found together only when mating and in cases of a mother and calf. (A case javan rhinos traveling in a small group has, however, been reported from Vietnam.)   details Schomber, H.W. 1963 Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoceros and giant eland. African Wildlife 17 (1): 29-35, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino In so far as habits and habitats are concerned they do not differ from their South African cousins. They live in savannah bush, where they are encountered singly, in pairs or in small troops of five or six head.   details Natal Parks Board 1963 15th Annual Report, 1 April 1962 - 31 March 1963. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-37 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino Only one white rhino death was recorded. A young bull received injuries that proved fatal in a fight with an older bull.   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Javan Rhino Both Sumatran and Javan rhinos appear to move over fairly large areas during their daily travels. They move in search of food and between their favorite wallowing places and salt-licks. In some cases these rhinos are known to make rather long seasonal migrations, living in naturally dry areas du...   details Natal Parks Board 1963 15th Annual Report, 1 April 1962 - 31 March 1963. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-37 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino A female died from wounds received in a fight with another rhino.   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Sumatran Rhino Both species are very timid and solitary creatures. The renowned bad temper and ferocity of the African species seems to be totally lacking in both the Javan and Sumatran rhinos. There are stories of Sumatran rhinos charging humans, but this has been attributed by most experienced observ- ers t...   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino Rhinos usually travel alone except in cases of a mating couple or a cow and calf. The calf is slow in maturing and travels with its mother for many years, even longer than may obviously seem necessary. Both species are very timid and solitary creatures, being found together only when mating and...   details Andersen, S. 1963 Sumatran rhinoceros (Didermocerus sumatraensis) at Copenhagen Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 3: 56-57, pl. 3 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino A warm den and a pool of heated water had been prepared for Subur and the first thing she did on arrival was to go straight into the pool where she immediately defecated (throughout the flight from Singapore she had hardly defecated at all)   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino The Southeast Asian species of rhino possess some quite peculiar characteristics which need special study. Among these is the periodically reported habit of always returning to one or two places to defecate so that large piles of dung are built up.   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino Wallowing seems to be absolutely necessary to both species and is probably the reason for their always living in wet areas. Wallowing seems to serve the functions of cooling the animal, keeping the skin wet, and protecting the skin against the many parasites that attack the animal.   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino The Southeast Asian species of rhino possess some quite peculiar characteristics which need special study. Among these is the reported ability of the Sumatran rhino to swim over long distances to off-shore islands.   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Locomotion Sumatran Rhino The large bulky appearance of the rhinos would give one the impression that rhinos are clumsy animals but this is most certainly not true. Rhinos can run with speed and agility though they lack the endurance of their relatives the horses. They can move over rocky and steep terrain with an ease ...   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Memory Sumatran Rhino Rhinos are usually credited with only very low intelligence, most articles on the subject using the word 'stupid'. There are again probably differences between the species. Persons who have spoored rhinos in Southeast Asia have testified that these animals are extremely clever and wily and ofte...   details Bruton, R. 1963 The rhinos of South-East Asia. Conservation News 1963 August: 5-10, figs. 1-6, maps 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino The Southeast Asian species of rhino possess some quite peculiar characteristics which need special study. Among these is the peculiar anatomy of the penis of the Sumatran rhino and its habit of spraying the foliage with urine as it moves.   details Andersen, S. 1963 Sumatran rhinoceros (Didermocerus sumatraensis) at Copenhagen Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 3: 56-57, pl. 3 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino she does not have any special place for urination. When she comes on heat, she urinates in short squirts instead of in the usual steady stream.   details King, R.W. 1962 In pursuit of the white rhinoceros. African Wildlife 16 (2): 123 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Towards Man White Rhino On one occasion a large number of rhino reminiscent of a herd of cows steadily munched their way to the car. Although the herd was accompanied by a calf they showed hardly any interest in us. On the other hand there were times when rhino showed considerable curiosity and looked quite formidable...   details Deane, N.N. 1962 Rhino scratch. Natal Wildlife 3: 9 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino Black rhino scratch on large rubbing stones, for utter pleasure.   details Deane, N.N. 1962 Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis. Lammergeyer 2 (2): 48 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino An injured rhino was being kept under observation because it was thought likely that it would have to be destroyed. Later, however, signs of recovery were sufficient for a decision that it should be left alone. The animal has been subsequently seen on many occasions and although it walks with o...   details Feely, J.M. 1962 Air count, August 1960. Lammergeyer 2 (2): 48-49 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Social Behaviour White Rhino About 45 % of all parties seen are of 2 animals, about 15 % are 2 animals (mainly males) and 9 % are groups of 3, 9 % of 4, 9 % of 5, 9 % of 6 and 4 % of 7 to 12. These ratios have not changed much, or at all in the last five years.   details Milton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino After this brief encounter I continued to see fresh tracks in various parts of the jungle and in particular at a wallow. I had cleared an overgrown path to reach this mud puddle and having visited it in vain for eight consecutive days I approached from another direction, rather casually, on the ...   details Steele, N.A. 1962 Rescue of a bogged square-lipped rhino: p. 22 In: Natal Parks Board 14th Annual Report, 1 April 1961 - 31 March 1962. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB: pp. 1-35 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino In November 1959 a report was received that a white rhino was bogged down at the confluence of the Tjevu and Black Umfolozi Rivers. Three rangers and a gang of Game Guards set off for the area to attempt a rescue. The animal was well and truly bogged and it appeared to be exhausted. The Land R...   details Skafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino They seem to feed and travel allnight and in the very early hours of the morning. We never saw any rhinos during the day. [female caught] To our amazement we discovered that she ate all day and night, merely interrupted by an occasional bath and a little nap.   details Skafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Sumatran Rhino It is an ill-tempered animal   details Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Africa Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino In nature the White Rhinoceros has the habit of defecating in definite spots. Large heaps of manure are met within the Umfolozi Reserve, and the rangers in Zululand state that the animals scatter these heaps with their horns.   details Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Africa Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino The enclosure is provided with a shallow bath and in the summer the animals like to lie in this bath. In the Umfolozi Game Reserve White Rhinoceroses are fond of wallowing in pans and they do so mostly at night time. When the animals have finished, they rub themselves against trees or tree-stum...   details Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Africa Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino In nature the White Rhinoceros has the habit of defecating in definite spots. Large heaps of manure are met within the Umfolozi Reserve, and the rangers in Zululand state that the animals scatter these heaps with their horns. In Pretoria I have never seen them make any attempt to do this after ...   details Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Africa Behaviour - Daily Routine White Rhino The enclosure is provided with a shallow bath and in the summer the animals like to lie in this bath. In the Umfolozi Game Reserve White Rhinoceroses are fond of wallowing in pans and they do so mostly at night time. When the animals have finished, they rub themselves against trees or tree-stum...   details Schlawe, L. 1961 Ein weibliches Sumatranashorn in Kopenhagen (Didermocerus sumatraensis). Freunde des Kolner Zoo 4 (4): 94-95, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino As most rhinos in captivity, Subur comes to the bars around the enclosure and made whistling noises.   details Skafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino As far as we could ascertain from the network of rhino trails, they are great travellers. At certain times we found plenty of fresh rhino trails in our hunting district, at other times the animals seemed to have vanished completely. The local hunters believed that rhinos move periodically, alth...   details Natal Parks Board 1961 13th Report of the Natal Parks, Game and Fish Preservation Board, for the period 1st April, 1960, to 31st March, 1961. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-35 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino Three natives were tossed this year. One, a poacher, died from his injuries. The other two recovered. * In July two rangers and a game guard on a horse patrol had just negotiated a steep and stony path to the head of a cliff, when they were charged by a black rhino. The two rangers being caug...   details Skafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino It is an unsociable animal. Two adults are never seen together except for the rare moments of mating or when a cow is accompanied by a calf. Most of the time it is a lone wanderer.   details Skafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino We found that several rhino-trails led down to the swamp which evidently was their favourite bathing place. With hot and dry weather, the horse flies also seemed more bothersome to the rhino and the necessity of coming to the wallows to get a protecting cover of mud increased.   details Skafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Behaviour - Locomotion Sumatran Rhino It is quick as lighting. I have seen it move in and out between trees, roots and other obstacles in the tangled undergrowth with surprising grace and agility. And I have seen it stop, turn around in the fraction of a second, and charge ahead with the speed of an express train.   details Schlawe, L. 1961 Ein weibliches Sumatranashorn in Kopenhagen (Didermocerus sumatraensis). Freunde des Kolner Zoo 4 (4): 94-95, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino In the outside enclosure, Subur had two places where she sprayed urine in a strong flow. She sprayed up to 6 metres far and to a height of 2 metres. She usually walked around when spraying, but I have seen her urinate also while standing in the wallow.   details Ansell, W.F.H. 1960 Mammals of Northern Rhodesia: a revised checklist with keys, notes on distribution, range maps, and summaries of breeding and ecological data. Lusaka, Government Printer, pp. i-xxxi, 1-155, 1-24 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino Solitary, sometimes pairs or two males together.   details Natal Parks Board 1960 12th Annual Report, 1 April 1959 - 31 March 1960. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-39 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Towards Man White Rhino White rhino became more aggressive than usual, probably as a result of increased poaching activities and constant disturbance. Cows with calves were very unpredictable and one party of Wilderness Trailers were ?treed' by a white rhino with a young calf at heel.   details Natal Parks Board 1960 12th Annual Report, 1 April 1959 - 31 March 1960. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-39 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino Two native Nagana workers, charged by a black rhino and a buffalo respectively, sustained injuries and required hospital attention.   details Natal Parks Board 1960 12th Annual Report, 1 April 1959 - 31 March 1960. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-39 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino Two Ceratotherium simum died as result of injuries inflicted upon one another during a fight.   details Moore, S.J. 1960 The speed of animals. Field, the country gentleman's newspaper 195 (5076), 1960 April 22: 600 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa Behaviour Black Rhino No details available yet   details Taberer, W.H.M. 1959 Amboseli - unique and wonderful game reserve full of animal personalities. Wild Life, Nairobi 1 (4): 16-19, 26, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino With all this attention Gertie became so tame that she would lie in a dust bath with her offspring and allow several cars at a time to approach within 30 feet and not bother to get up and often just continue to sleep. There have been incidents: when she refuses to move some unkind visitor, wanti...   details Lang, E.M. 1959 Ein Sumatra-Nashorn im Basler Zoo. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 7 (4): 177, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino The animal now and then uttered a fine high whistling (feines, hohes Fiepen)   details Lang, E.M. 1959 Ein Sumatra-Nashorn im Basler Zoo. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 7 (4): 177, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino The dung was thrown backwards with the hindfeet. Urine is first released in single spouts, then in a continuous current.   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures) Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Behaviour - Social Behaviour Indian Rhino Basel Zoo, 1957. Photo of calf, two weeks old, following its mother in the paddock.   details Appelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino When the animals ran away, they would do so with the head held high and stretched tail, like in a warthog. However, he lowers the tail rather quickly.   details Blancou, L. 1958 Note sur le statut actuel des grands ongules en Afrique Equatoriale Francaise. Mammalia 22: 399-405 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic Behaviour - Daily Routine Black Rhino They easily get stuck in the mud, as seen in the movie 'Lions d'Afrique'.   details Nostrand, R. van 1958 Romping rhinos. Zoonooz (San Diego) 31 (5) May: 13, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - North America Behaviour - Social Behaviour Black Rhino Two young rhino were playfully battering themselves head-on. It was a case of an irresistible force meeting an equally irresistible force, amid flying soupy mud.   details Osman Hill, W.C. 1958 Abnormal site of horn-growth in Rhinoceros unicornis Linn. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (3): 553-554, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino In June 1958, I received two samples of material removed from the head of a captive Indian Rhino living in the Bombay Zoo. The first sample was from the normal horn, which, as is commonly the case in captive specimens, had been rubbed down by the animal almost to the general level of the muzzle....   details Appelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Behaviour - Towards Man Javan Rhino seen near human habitations   details Appelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino The only indication that we were gaining on the animal were the strong smell of urine in the tunnels and the dung-heaps of the animal in the form of a pyramid. The dung balls were the size of tennis balls.   details Appelman, F.J. 1958 Ein Wort uber Ceratotherium simum cottoni. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 284, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino This proved difficult, because the area where the rhinoceros prefers to live is densely grown with either shrubs with many kinds of areuj-species (creepers) or with salaria, the bamboo doeri (Lantana camara). We had to bend over for hours on end following the tunnels made by the rhino and had to...   details Burnett, J.H. 1958 The Manas - Assam's unknown wild life sanctuary. Oryx 4 (5): 322-325 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino The rhino and its wallow are inseparable.   details Field, P.A.G. 1958 The rogue rhino of Loyoro. Uganda Wildlife and Sport 1 (4): 26-28, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino The country around Loyoro consists of a number of low rocky hills piled into varied and rather grotesque shapes. The soil is badly eroded and as a result has been invaded by dense thickets of acacia thorn interspersed with sansevieria and other succulents. The human population is concentrated so...   details Glover, R. 1956 Weapons of the Great Indian rhinoceros. Oryx 3 (4): 197 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino The following note on the Great Indian rhinoceros appeared in the United Services Journal, November, 1849. Though it bears out Mr. Shebbeare's opinion, given in the last Oryx, that in general this rhinoceros uses his 'tushes' not his horn in attack, it does also suggest that the horn may sometim...   details Poles, W.E. 1956 Animal ways. Oryx 3 (5) August: 246-254, 4 plates Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino No details available yet   details Akeley, C.; Akeley, M.J.; Roosevelt, T. 1956 Adventures in the African jungle - Rhinoceros. Dodd, Mead & Co. New York: 214-234, 2 plates, 1 figure Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino No details available yet   details Shebbeare, E.O. 1955 Weapons of the Great Indian rhinoceros. Oryx 3 (3): 125-126 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino I have always thought that, apart from trampling on its victim, which may be accidental, the Indian rhino's only weapons were these tushes, perhaps better described as the outer pair of lower incisors, since rhinos have no canines. Unlike the middle pair of incisors, these are pointed and usuall...   details Swanepoel, P.D. 1955 My first encounter with a black rhino. African Wildlife 9 (3): 209-210, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino Being a regular visitor to the Kruger National Park, it was with great excitement and anticipation that we set out on our first trip to the Hluhluwe Game Reserve to 'shoot' that prehistoric pachyderm, the rhino, particularly the so-called black variety. But that same afternoon might easily have ...   details Shebbeare, E.O. 1955 Weapons of the Great Indian rhinoceros. Oryx 3 (3): 125-126 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino What do Asian rhinos use their horn for, if not as weapon? I have been told that they are for grubbing roots and knocking over ant0hills. One certainly often sees areas, several square yards in extent, grubbed up, especially in old, burnt savannah, and mahouts have assured me that this is the w...   details Meinertzhagen, R. 1955 The speed and altitude of bird flight (with notes on other animals). Ibis 97 (1): 81-117 Location: Subject: Species: Africa Behaviour - Locomotion African Rhino Species Velocity of African rhinoceros, Africa ground speed in miles per hour 28, 35 speedometer, 2 counts 32-35 speedometer, galloping. Charging a motorcar 27.2 stop-watch. Trotting (chasing a masai)   details Shebbeare, E.O. 1955 Weapons of the Great Indian rhinoceros. Oryx 3 (3): 125-126 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Towards Man Indian Rhino I remember how Bena, a Bengali tracker, who had once been hoisted by a rhino onto the crupper-ropes of a retreating pad-elephant, used to demonstrate, with his own lower incisors, how the lift had been effected, and the healed scars on his loins fully bore him out.   details Allan, N. 1955 A black rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's newspaper 206 (5361), 1955 October 6: 600 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour Black Rhino No details available yet   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Towards Man Asian Rhino Species Some appear to have a distaste for jungle fire, which they charge and trample.   details Morden, W.; Morden, I. 1954 Our African adventure. London, Seeley, Service and Co, pp. 1-256 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino Rhinos are always ready to charge at anything of which they have caught the scent. ... a touchy disposition.   details Uganda Game Department 1954 Uganda: extracts from the Annual Report of the Game Department for the year ended 31st December, 1952. Oryx 2 (5): 302-307 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino A game ranger moving down a track towards the Aswa River in Acholi in his Landrover, came upon a black rhino which appeared unexpectedly out of the long grass. He reversed slowly and the rhinoceros disappeared. Thinking it had gone he drove on until he came to a culvert that was obviously too w...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros and thamin (Panolia eldi thamin) in the Union of Burma, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 301-303 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Social Behaviour Sumatran Rhino There is a local belief that the best time to come across rhino is during the full moon of Waso (July) when they usually congregate together.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino They love frequent mud baths, rolling themselves for hours with lazy contentment in mud wallows as would a common village buffalo. These mud wallows are found on banks of streams in low terrain, and even on mountains heights above 5000 feet.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino They are curiously fastidious about their latrine arrangements; and usually dump their droppings in one place. It is by these 'dumps' and by a string of their favourite wallows that would-be poachers track them.   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino A rhino was shot in early 1946. The rhino was first seen in the Kauk-Kwa valley, crossed the Irawaddy river, Wilatha Hills, the Taping River and was eventually shot in the Maubin Tract by the Shans. Other accounts disclosed two facts: (1) the rhino was not a wanderer from Shwe U Daung; (2) A rh...   details Tun Yin, U 1954 A supplementary note on the status of rhinoceros and thamin (Panolia eldi thamin) in the Union of Burma, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 301-303 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Daily Routine Sumatran Rhino A queer report comes in from time to time that rhinoceros visit Rodger's Island. This report is hardly credible but as it recurs, there may be some truth in it. In 1889, Anderson stated that rhino found their way to Kisseraing islands, and that then they existed on Sir Robert Campbell and Sir C...   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Towards Man Sumatran Rhino Rhinoceros are known to be aggressive and charge on provocation to the extent of 'treeing' the huntsman and patiently awaiting his descent. They are, however, like other wild animals, very afraid of man, and will, on the slightest danger, retreat into impenetrable haunts.   details Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Social Behaviour Indian Rhino I myself was present at the capture in 1949 of a young female rhino, caught in a pit for the Cairo Zoo. It uttered deafening cries, to be answered by its mother in the distance. During the last cold weather in Kaziranga some interesting obser- vations go to show that a whistling noise is made b...   details Anonymous 1953 Coquette. Zoonooz (San Diego) 26 (3) Mar: 8, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - North America Behaviour - Towards Man Black Rhino Natural history texts as well as hunters often characterize the rhino as being vicious, antagonistic and perpetually ill-tempered, but not one of these epithets could be applied to Sally. She has the disposition of a pet feline and sometimes behaves disgustingly like one. In her relations with ...   details Anonymous 1953 Stones for Sally. Zoonooz (San Diego) 26 (6) Jun: 7, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - North America Behaviour - Memory Black Rhino Female Sally Any day in the week, you may visit Sally's cage to find that here and there, spaced in casual fashion on top of the wall, are small roundish stones, perhaps half a dozen of them. There is generally only one stone for any one space between two pipes, and the interval between the sel...   details Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Social Behaviour Indian Rhino From personal observations made in Kaziranga since 1939 I have found that, although the rhino is not actually a gregarious animal, there are certain conditions other than sexual which bring them frequently together. At the time when the areas of burnt-off grass produce tender green shoots in the...   details Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Towards Man Indian Rhino The two rhino named Romeo and Juliet were twice involved in an attack against humans. Firstly on 7-2-1953 E. R. Dungan was taking cine shots of these two rhino as they were playing, courting and. chasing one another. With him were two companions, one of was the Assistant Conservator of Forests ...   details Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Social Behaviour Indian Rhino No details available yet   details Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino In the area of Kohora Grazing and Vasalimari Bheel in Kaziraiiga it has been possible during the cold weather of 1952-53 to observe some ten or twelve rhino, four of which were recognizable and known by name Boorra Goonda, Kan Katta, Romeo and Juliet. These four and others passed and repassed ea...   details Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino As for dung heaps belonging to individual rhino and denoting territory, my own observations do not confirm this. It is my personal belief that, although rhino generally remain in one particular part of the sanctuary, they move about freely within that locality according to availability of grazin...   details Gee, E.P. 1953 Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Daily Routine Indian Rhino When monsoon floods invade the sanctuary, the muddy wallows so much sought after by rhino for warding of flies are very few and far between. The few that exist are in great demand, and several rhino sometimes have to share a wallow. For example, on 23-7-53 A. Jairamdas, while visiting Kaziranga ...   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (9)  ... 3 4 5 6 7 ...