Reference Base Notes for: Ecology - Food back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (4) 1 2 3 4  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 Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino The natural diet consists of leaves and shoots of a wide variety of trees and shrubs, many characteristic of fringing forest or secondary growth. Small trees are pushed over and broken up by trampling before the foliage is eaten. The captive female at Copenhagen Zoo is fed on lucerne hay, supple...   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino The first problem was to determine a proper reinforcer. Carrots, peppermint candy, sugar cubes, cabbage leaves, and white bread were tried; all were eaten readily and with apparent relish. White bread was found to be very suitable and one-half slice, per trial, was sufficient to sustain perform...   details Smith, L.J. 1968 A note on the birth of a white rhinoceros, Diceros simus, at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 8: 134, fig. 3 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Africa Ecology - Food White Rhino Pretoria Zoo. The rhinos are fed on grass, lucerne hay and a concentrate mash with 14 % protein content.   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino The first problem was to determine a proper reinforcer. Carrots, peppermint candy, sugar cubes, cabbage leaves, and white bread were tried; all were eaten readily and with apparent relish. White bread was found to be very suitable and one-half slice, per trial, was sufficient to sustain perform...   details Smith, L.J. 1968 A note on the birth of a white rhinoceros, Diceros simus, at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 8: 134, fig. 3 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Africa Ecology - Food White Rhino Pretoria Zoo. The rhinos are fed on grass, lucerne hay and a concentrate mash with 14 % protein content.   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino Kariba, Zimbabwe. Black rhino are generally accepted as browsers of a variety of trees, bushes and shrubs, although they seldom eat much grass. They experienced shortages of food as islands diminished in size, which may have led to the deaths of two very small calves and an adult, but Roth and ...   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino Kariba, Zimbabwe. Black rhino are generally accepted as browsers of a variety of trees, bushes and shrubs, although they seldom eat much grass. They experienced shortages of food as islands diminished in size, which may have led to the deaths of two very small calves and an adult, but Roth and ...   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 Ecology - Food White Rhino Much time would be necessary to assess accurately the food preferences of the rhino throughout a year. It can now be mentioned that the square-lipped rhino is a grazer (in contrast to the browsing black rhino), and that the following species of grasses are eaten in the Reserve: Chloris gayana Ku...   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 Ecology - Food White Rhino Much time would be necessary to assess accurately the food preferences of the rhino throughout a year. It can now be mentioned that the square-lipped rhino is a grazer (in contrast to the browsing black rhino), and that the following species of grasses are eaten in the Reserve: Chloris gayana Ku...   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ngorongoro, Tanzania - Diceros bicornis . Rhinos are known to browse and graze as well. Food specimens and dung were collected for subsequent analysis and determination, the results of which will be published elsewhere. In addition to the stated feeding habits, we found rhinos also to be coprop...   details Dixon, J.E.W. 1966 Notes on the mammals of the Ndumu Game Reserve. Lammergeyer 6: 24-40, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ndumu GR, South Africa. One of their favourite food items at ndumu is Euphorbia tirucalli.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino Almost exclusively a browser, but in some areas grazing seasonally.   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ngorongoro, Tanzania. Rhinos are known to browse and graze as well. Food specimens and dung were collected for subsequent analysis and determination, the results of which will be published elsewhere.   details Dixon, J.E.W. 1966 Notes on the mammals of the Ndumu Game Reserve. Lammergeyer 6: 24-40, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ndumu GR, South Africa. One of their favourite food items at ndumu is Euphorbia tirucalli.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino Almost exclusively a browser, but in some areas grazing seasonally.   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ngorongoro, Tanzania. Rhinos are known to browse and graze as well. Food specimens and dung were collected for subsequent analysis and determination, the results of which will be published elsewhere.   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino Ngorongoro, Tanzania - Diceros bicornis . Rhinos are known to browse and graze as well. Food specimens and dung were collected for subsequent analysis and determination, the results of which will be published elsewhere. In addition to the stated feeding habits, we found rhinos also to be coprop...   details Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. The stomach cointents were mainly finely chewed fruits of the sausage tree, Kigelia pinnata, some leaves of Diplorhynchus condylocarpon, and a little dry grass (unidentified).   details Wilson, V.J.; Edwards, P.W. 1965 Data from a female rhinoceros and foetus (Diceros bicornis Linn.) from the Fort Jameson District. Puku 3: 179-180, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Female shot in Zimbabwe - Diceros bicornis. The stomach cointents were mainly finely chewed fruits of the sausage tree, Kigelia pinnata, some leaves of Diplorhynchus condylocarpon, and a little dry grass (unidentified).   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 Ecology - Food Javan Rhino The food of both species is probably very similar, consisting principally of small twigs. These twigs are often obtained by felling small saplings, sometimes by a most peculiar technique of twisting the trunk. The Sumatran rhino is also known to eat fruits and, as it does not digest the seeds, ...   details Pienaar, U. de V. 1963 The large mammals of the Kruger National Park: their distribution and present-day status. Koedoe 6: 1-37 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food White Rhino Kruger NP, South Africa. Grazing although a few herbaceous species are browsed.   details Pienaar, U. de V. 1963 The large mammals of the Kruger National Park: their distribution and present-day status. Koedoe 6: 1-37 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food White Rhino Kruger NP, South Africa. Grazing although a few herbaceous species are browsed.   details Andersen, S. 1963 Sumatran rhinoceros (Didermocerus sumatraensis) at Copenhagen Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 3: 56-57, pl. 3 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Copenhagen Zoo. Until she arrived at Copenhagen, Subur had been fed daily with boiled rice balls. This was just about the worst thing we could have given her, but when the leaves of her native forests were no longer available, rice was the only thing she would accept. As the result she suffere...   details Andersen, S. 1963 Sumatran rhinoceros (Didermocerus sumatraensis) at Copenhagen Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 3: 56-57, pl. 3 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Copenhagen Zoo. Until she arrived at Copenhagen, Subur had been fed daily with boiled rice balls. This was just about the worst thing we could have given her, but when the leaves of her native forests were no longer available, rice was the only thing she would accept. As the result she suffere...   details Condy, J.B.; MacCulloch, J.I.M.; Rodger, J.O.K.; Thomson, J.W. 1963 The treatment of eight square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with an anthelmintic. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medicine Association 34 (1): 99-101, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Zimbabwe. From experience on Lake Kariba, black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) settle down to pen feeding after capture far more quickly than white rhinoceros. The black rhinoceros is very fond of ripe paw paws (Carica papaya) and will readily accept a half paw paw containing a dose of Neguvon P...   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 Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino The food of both species is probably very similar, consisting principally of small twigs. These twigs are often obtained by felling small saplings, sometimes by a most peculiar technique of twisting the trunk. The Sumatran rhino is also known to eat fruits and, as it does not digest the seeds, ...   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 Ecology - Food Javan Rhino The food of both species is probably very similar, consisting principally of small twigs. These twigs are often obtained by felling small saplings, sometimes by a most peculiar technique of twisting the trunk. The Sumatran rhino is also known to eat fruits and, as it does not digest the seeds, ...   details Condy, J.B.; MacCulloch, J.I.M.; Rodger, J.O.K.; Thomson, J.W. 1963 The treatment of eight square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with an anthelmintic. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medicine Association 34 (1): 99-101, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Zimbabwe. From experience on Lake Kariba, black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) settle down to pen feeding after capture far more quickly than white rhinoceros. The black rhinoceros is very fond of ripe paw paws (Carica papaya) and will readily accept a half paw paw containing a dose of Neguvon P...   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 Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino The food of both species is probably very similar, consisting principally of small twigs. These twigs are often obtained by felling small saplings, sometimes by a most peculiar technique of twisting the trunk. The Sumatran rhino is also known to eat fruits and, as it does not digest the seeds, ...   details Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Africa Ecology - Food White Rhino Pretoria Zoo. The three White Rhinoceroses together consume approximately the following quantities of food per day: Dry luceme 60 lb. Cut oat hay 75 lb. Bran mixture 20 lb. (This contains 3% of common salt and 1% brewers' yeast) Crushed maize 10 lb. Bread 6 lb. Carrots o...   details Corner, E.J.H. 1961 Royal Society expedition to North Borneo 1961: Reports. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 175 (1): 9-32, pls. 1-18, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino North Borneo. Camp 3 (8300 ft). It was here that ben Esoli first drew my attention to some tooth-marks on the bark of a tree, which he recognized as those of a rhinoceros, and he pointed out the rotten trunks which they had been eating, as is their wont.   details Corner, E.J.H. 1961 Royal Society expedition to North Borneo 1961: Reports. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 175 (1): 9-32, pls. 1-18, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino North Borneo. Camp 3 (8300 ft). It was here that ben Esoli first drew my attention to some tooth-marks on the bark of a tree, which he recognized as those of a rhinoceros, and he pointed out the rotten trunks which they had been eating, as is their wont.   details Bigalke, R. 1961 White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 2: 43-44 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Africa Ecology - Food White Rhino Pretoria Zoo. The three White Rhinoceroses together consume approximately the following quantities of food per day: Dry luceme 60 lb. Cut oat hay 75 lb. Bran mixture 20 lb. (This contains 3% of common salt and 1% brewers' yeast) Crushed maize 10 lb. Bread 6 lb. Carrots o...   details Aschaffenburg, R.; Gregory, M.E.; Rowland, S.J.; Thompson, S.Y.; Kon, V.M. 1961 The composition of the milk of the African black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis; Linn). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 137: 475-479, fig.1, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Bristol Zoo. Stephanie's [adult female] daily food intake was Cattle grazing nuts 4 lb Flaked maize 1 ? lb Kale (winter) or cabbage or other green stuffs (summer) 8 lb Clover or lucerne hay 76 lb Mangolds or carrots 56 lb Elm or evergreen oak branches ad libitum In addition...   details Aschaffenburg, R.; Gregory, M.E.; Rowland, S.J.; Thompson, S.Y.; Kon, V.M. 1961 The composition of the milk of the African black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis; Linn). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 137: 475-479, fig.1, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Bristol Zoo. Stephanie's [adult female] daily food intake was Cattle grazing nuts 4 lb Flaked maize 1 ? lb Kale (winter) or cabbage or other green stuffs (summer) 8 lb Clover or lucerne hay 76 lb Mangolds or carrots 56 lb Elm or evergreen oak branches ad libitum In addition...   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino Zambia. A browser mainly. Also grasses to some extent. Among other things will eat fruit of the 'sausage' tree Kigelia pinnata.   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 Ecology - Food Black Rhino Zambia. A browser mainly. Also grasses to some extent. Among other things will eat fruit of the 'sausage' tree Kigelia pinnata.   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Calamus sp. and Toddalia aculeata   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Myanmar, Shwe-U-Daung, 1959. Two sources of food particularly favoured by rhinoceros, namely Kyansa (Toddalia aculeata) and Kyein (Calamus sp.).   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Calamus sp. and Toddalia aculeata   details Haezaert, J. 1959 The black rhinoceros is brought back to Rwanda. Oryx 5 (3): 96-99, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Rwanda Ecology - Food Black Rhino Kagera NP, Rwanda. Their favourite food seems to consist of tender Acacia seyal and Acacia senegal. Sometimes they like to eat a branch of Euphorbia calicina or Asparagus africanus.   details Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Myanmar, Shwe-U-Daung, 1959. Two sources of food particularly favoured by rhinoceros, namely Kyansa (Toddalia aculeata) and Kyein (Calamus sp.).   details Haezaert, J. 1959 The black rhinoceros is brought back to Rwanda. Oryx 5 (3): 96-99, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Rwanda Ecology - Food Black Rhino Kagera NP, Rwanda. Their favourite food seems to consist of tender Acacia seyal and Acacia senegal. Sometimes they like to eat a branch of Euphorbia calicina or Asparagus africanus.   details Campbell, G. 1957 Rhino on two legs. Field 209 (5440), 1957 April 11: 570 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Ecology - Food Black Rhino Observation in Karamoja, Uganda, 1925. I came on 2 rhinos, and one was up on his hind legs with his forefeet on the low boughs of a tree, eating the leaves. He appeared to be almost at full stretch.   details Avari, E.D. 1957 The Jaldapara Game Sanctuary, West Bengal. Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 29 (3): 65-68, pls. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India Ecology - Food Indian Rhino Jaldapara, Bengal. Possessing ideal cover for the Rhinoceros, being overgrown with tall grass and reeds, with several low lying isolated swamps, this type of country grows the favourite food of the Rhino, wild ginger and the tender shoots of marsh reeds.   details Anonymous 1957 Neushoorn Suze ging zich te buiten. Artis Nieuws, Amsterdam 128 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Amsterdam Zoo - Diceros bicornis. The female rhino has changed the rules that a herbivore does not eat meat, by suddenly eating a pigeon whole with feathers and all. The pigeon had been wounded, a healthy one would fly away when a rhino approaches.   details Campbell, G. 1957 Rhino on two legs. Field 209 (5440), 1957 April 11: 570 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Ecology - Food Black Rhino Observation in Karamoja, Uganda, 1925. I came on 2 rhinos, and one was up on his hind legs with his forefeet on the low boughs of a tree, eating the leaves. He appeared to be almost at full stretch.   details Anonymous 1957 Neushoorn Suze ging zich te buiten. Artis Nieuws, Amsterdam 128 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - Europe Ecology - Food Black Rhino Amsterdam Zoo - Diceros bicornis. The female rhino has changed the rules that a herbivore does not eat meat, by suddenly eating a pigeon whole with feathers and all. The pigeon had been wounded, a healthy one would fly away when a rhino approaches.   details Avari, E.D. 1957 The Jaldapara Game Sanctuary, West Bengal. Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 29 (3): 65-68, pls. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India Ecology - Food Indian Rhino Jaldapara, Bengal. Possessing ideal cover for the Rhinoceros, being overgrown with tall grass and reeds, with several low lying isolated swamps, this type of country grows the favourite food of the Rhino, wild ginger and the tender shoots of marsh reeds.   details Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Javan Rhino The Kahilu Sanctuary in Thaton Division, 62 square miles in extent, was originally instituted for the protection of Rhinoceros sondaicus (one horned variety). They are fond of eating chilli crops and do some damage to taungyas, when they roam out of range.   details Natal Parks Board 1952 Extracts from Third Report of the Natal Parks Game and Fish Preservation Board. African Wildlife 6 (2): 185-186 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food Black Rhino South Africa. Intense dislike would seem evident on the part of both species of rhino for any non-indigenous plant, shrub or article. A Black Rhino which entered he Chief Conservator's garden on numerous occasions persistently destroyed oleanders, tree dahlias and other exotic shrubs. In one n...   details Natal Parks Board 1952 4th Annual Report, 1 April 1951 - 31 March 1952. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino For purposes of record it may be noted that during September a black rhino was seen to eat a quantity of Euclea lanceolata.   details Natal Parks Board 1952 4th Annual Report, 1 April 1951 - 31 March 1952. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino For purposes of record it may be noted that during September a black rhino was seen to eat a quantity of Euclea lanceolata.   details Natal Parks Board 1952 Extracts from Third Report of the Natal Parks Game and Fish Preservation Board. African Wildlife 6 (2): 185-186 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food White Rhino In Umfolozi, where at one time processed timber poles were being used, the square-lipped rhino made a regaular habit of dispersing the stacks of treated timber, som epoles being found up to 50 yards from the pile with horn marks clearly evident.   details Natal Parks Board 1952 Extracts from Third Report of the Natal Parks Game and Fish Preservation Board. African Wildlife 6 (2): 185-186 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food Black Rhino South Africa. Intense dislike would seem evident on the part of both species of rhino for any non-indigenous plant, shrub or article. A Black Rhino which entered he Chief Conservator's garden on numerous occasions persistently destroyed oleanders, tree dahlias and other exotic shrubs. In one n...   details Natal Parks Board 1952 Extracts from Third Report of the Natal Parks Game and Fish Preservation Board. African Wildlife 6 (2): 185-186 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food White Rhino In Umfolozi, where at one time processed timber poles were being used, the square-lipped rhino made a regaular habit of dispersing the stacks of treated timber, som epoles being found up to 50 yards from the pile with horn marks clearly evident.   details Natal Parks Board 1952 4th Annual Report, 1 April 1951 - 31 March 1952. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino Two rhino ate a little haulm of both groundnuts and sweet potatoes, unusual food for the species.   details Natal Parks Board 1952 Extracts from Third Report of the Natal Parks Game and Fish Preservation Board. African Wildlife 6 (2): 185-186 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food White Rhino In Umfolozi, where processed timber poles were being used, a Ceratotherium simum made a regular habit of dispersing the stacks of treated timber, some poles being found up to 50 yards from the pile with horn marks clearly evident.   details Natal Parks Board 1952 4th Annual Report, 1 April 1951 - 31 March 1952. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino Two rhino ate a little haulm of both groundnuts and sweet potatoes, unusual food for the species.   details Natal Parks Board 1952 Extracts from Third Report of the Natal Parks Game and Fish Preservation Board. African Wildlife 6 (2): 185-186 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Food Black Rhino A Black Rhino entered the Chief Conservator's garden on numerous occasions persistently destroying oleanders, tree dahlias and other exotic shrubs. In one night the animal flattened 6 out of 7 Chinese Guava trees, but indigenous trees and shrubs were left undisturbed.   details Burgess, P.F. 1951 A possible record of the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros in Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (3): 163 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Malaysia. Licuala sp. (Palm)   details Burgess, P.F. 1951 A possible record of the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros in Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (3): 163 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Malaysia. Licuala sp. (Palm)   details Burgess, P.F. 1951 A possible record of the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros in Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (3): 163 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Malaysia, Sungei Seduli, 1949. Burgess (1951) saw rhino tracks, and three piles of palas leaves, each pile about 2 ft. by 5 ft. and 1 ? ft. high. The palas (a small palm of the genus Licuala) had been chewed off about 2 feet above the ground.   details Burgess, P.F. 1951 A possible record of the Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros in Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 5 (3): 163 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Ecology - Food Javan Rhino Malaysia, Sungei Seduli, 1949. Burgess (1951) saw rhino tracks, and three piles of palas leaves, each pile about 2 ft. by 5 ft. and 1 ? ft. high. The palas (a small palm of the genus Licuala) had been chewed off about 2 feet above the ground.   details Babault, G. 1949 Notes ethologiques sur quelques mammiferes africains. Mammalia 13: 1-16 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino His square superior lip facilitates him to hold the herbs which it cuts off easily. He browses more than the black rhinoceros and eats less foliage. It is a fact which one can see in the dung that he deposits in heaps in one place that he frequents and doesn't go too far away from.   details Babault, G. 1949 Notes ethologiques sur quelques mammiferes africains. Mammalia 13: 1-16 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino Their favorite food is the foliage of the acacias, but they know how to break down the cactiform euphorbias to eat them, when the latex doesn't flow anymore.   details Babault, G. 1949 Notes ethologiques sur quelques mammiferes africains. Mammalia 13: 1-16 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino His square superior lip facilitates him to hold the herbs which it cuts off easily. He browses more than the black rhinoceros and eats less foliage. It is a fact which one can see in the dung that he deposits in heaps in one place that he frequents and doesn't go too far away from.   details Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Borneo. The rhino has a habit of breaking down small trees for the leaves.   details Harrisson, T. 1949 Explorations in Central Borneo. Geographical Journal, London 114: 129-149, pls. 1-3, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Borneo. The rhino has a habit of breaking down small trees for the leaves.   details Babault, G. 1949 Notes ethologiques sur quelques mammiferes africains. Mammalia 13: 1-16 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino Their favorite food is the foliage of the acacias, but they know how to break down the cactiform euphorbias to eat them, when the latex doesn't flow anymore.   details Shebbeare, E.O.; Roy, A.N. 1948 The great one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L). Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 22: 88-91, pls. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Indian Rhino Food consists of tall grasses, water hyacinth, and other aquatic plants and their roots. It is also very fond of maize and rice and can do considerable amount of damage to these crops just before they ripen.   details Shebbeare, E.O.; Roy, A.N. 1948 The great one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L). Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 22: 88-91, pls. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Indian Rhino Food consists of tall grasses, water hyacinth, and other aquatic plants and their roots. It is also very fond of maize and rice and can do considerable amount of damage to these crops just before they ripen.   details Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Myanmar, Kahilu Sanctuary, 1933. Reported to be fond of eating chillie crops and doing a little damage in the fields (Ansell 1947, cf. Annual Report 1934).   details Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Myanmar, Kahilu Sanctuary, 1933. Reported to be fond of eating chillie crops and doing a little damage in the fields (Ansell 1947, cf. Annual Report 1934).   details Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is a prehensile browser, feeding off leaves, twigs and other suitable plants inclkuding small bamboo.   details Ansell, W.F.H. 1947 A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is a prehensile browser, feeding off leaves, twigs and other suitable plants inclkuding small bamboo.   details Hoogerwerf, A. 1938 Among rhino and Javanese wild ox (banteng) in the Oedjoeng Koelon Game Reserve. Nature Protection in the Netherlands Indies Dept. of Economic Affairs, Batavia: 9-14, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Javan Rhino One of the animals had pushed down a tree of about six inches in diameter, which was now lying with its roots exposed, apparently to reach the foliage and the thin topmost twigs that had been consumed leaves and all. The animal had not eaten much, however, a fact which I noticed later in other i...   details Hoogerwerf, A. 1938 Among rhino and Javanese wild ox (banteng) in the Oedjoeng Koelon Game Reserve. Nature Protection in the Netherlands Indies Dept. of Economic Affairs, Batavia: 9-14, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Javan Rhino One of the animals had pushed down a tree of about six inches in diameter, which was now lying with its roots exposed, apparently to reach the foliage and the thin topmost twigs that had been consumed leaves and all. The animal had not eaten much, however, a fact which I noticed later in other i...   details Banks, E. 1937 Rum and rhinos. Sarawak Gazette 1937 August 2: 163-164 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Borneo. By all accounts, the rhino was, and still is, a sportsman, and runs for days when he finds a man coming after him, being, however, completely impervious to Government orders, dining well on the local tuba, and proceeding early next morning to the nearest stream for the purpose of stupefy...   details Banks, E. 1937 Rum and rhinos. Sarawak Gazette 1937 August 2: 163-164 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Borneo. By all accounts, the rhino was, and still is, a sportsman, and runs for days when he finds a man coming after him, being, however, completely impervious to Government orders, dining well on the local tuba, and proceeding early next morning to the nearest stream for the purpose of stupefy...   details Prater, S.H. 1934 The wild animals of the Indian Empire and the problem of their preservation, part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37 (1) Supplement: 57-96, pls. 15-36 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Indian Rhino The food consists chiefly of grass. In Nepal during the rains Rhinoceros frequently enter cultivation.   details Prater, S.H. 1934 The wild animals of the Indian Empire and the problem of their preservation, part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37 (1) Supplement: 57-96, pls. 15-36 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino In the cold weather find rains they visit the low country coming down in search of particular foods. They are not grazers but browse on twigs, shoots and are very partial to fallen fruit: wild mangoes, citrous fruits and figs.   details Prater, S.H. 1934 The wild animals of the Indian Empire and the problem of their preservation, part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37 (1) Supplement: 57-96, pls. 15-36 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino In the cold weather find rains they visit the low country coming down in search of particular foods. They are not grazers but browse on twigs, shoots and are very partial to fallen fruit: wild mangoes, citrous fruits and figs.   details Prater, S.H. 1934 The wild animals of the Indian Empire and the problem of their preservation, part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37 (1) Supplement: 57-96, pls. 15-36 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Indian Rhino The food consists chiefly of grass. In Nepal during the rains Rhinoceros frequently enter cultivation.   details Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Burma. Both species of rhinoceros are addicted to breaking down and twisting saplings from 1 to 3 inches in diameter. This habit is common to all, but more marked apparently in some individuals than others. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis: The food of the Sumatran rhinoceros consists mainly of variou...   details Hubback, T. 1933 Note on the Ashoka tree. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 36 (4): 1023 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Malaysia. Ashoka tree, local name Tengelan or Tenglan, scientific Saraca sp. The flowers of the Tengland, which often grow on the bole of the tree, are eaten by the two-horned rhinoceros, which seem to appreciate them whenever they come across a tree in flower and the flowers are within their re...   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Food Black Rhino Namibia. Its food consists of thorny twigs, twigs of Grewia and berries, milkbush and leaves of appletree, young camelthorn trees and fruit of 'Greesappel'.   details Wilhelm, J.H. 1933 Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 6: 51-74, figs. 1-15 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Food Black Rhino Namibia. Its food consists of thorny twigs, twigs of Grewia and berries, milkbush and leaves of appletree, young camelthorn trees and fruit of 'Greesappel'.   details Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Burma. Both species of rhinoceros are addicted to breaking down and twisting saplings from 1 to 3 inches in diameter. This habit is common to all, but more marked apparently in some individuals than others. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis: The food of the Sumatran rhinoceros consists mainly of variou...   details Hubback, T. 1933 Note on the Ashoka tree. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 36 (4): 1023 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Malaysia. Ashoka tree, local name Tengelan or Tenglan, scientific Saraca sp. The flowers of the Tengland, which often grow on the bole of the tree, are eaten by the two-horned rhinoceros, which seem to appreciate them whenever they come across a tree in flower and the flowers are within their re...   details Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115 In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino The Black Rhino feeds mostly on thorns, and like all game, especially in the hot dry season, he drinks nightly, so it is not difficult to pick up his spoor and follow him to his resting place which, in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia, is usually in the hills. As he makes for his daytime haunts he...   details Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Javan Rhino They appear to be browsers, and also to like fruit, such as wild mangoes and figs; also leaves of trees, and bamboo.   details Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115 In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino The Black Rhino feeds mostly on thorns, and like all game, especially in the hot dry season, he drinks nightly, so it is not difficult to pick up his spoor and follow him to his resting place which, in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia, is usually in the hills. As he makes for his daytime haunts he...   details Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Javan Rhino They appear to be browsers, and also to like fruit, such as wild mangoes and figs; also leaves of trees, and bamboo.   details Peacock, E.H. 1931 The Schwe-u-Daung Game Sanctuary, upper Burma, with a note on the Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (R sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 35 (2): 446-448, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Burma. They break down and twist small saplings along the routes favoured by them. On one occasion I saw a small sapling that had, in some amazing manner, been twisted into a simple knot.   details Peacock, E.H. 1931 The Schwe-u-Daung Game Sanctuary, upper Burma, with a note on the Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (R sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 35 (2): 446-448, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Ecology - Food Sumatran Rhino Burma. They break down and twist small saplings along the routes favoured by them. On one occasion I saw a small sapling that had, in some amazing manner, been twisted into a simple knot.   details Burtt, B.D. 1929 A record of fruits and seeds dispersed by mammals and birds from the Singida District of Tanganyika territory. Journal of Ecology 17 (2): 351-355 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Food Black Rhino A translation of this item by Martha Ruszkowski is freely available at http://blog.1800flowers.com/international/rhinoresource-center-uk/ [accessed December 2011].   details Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino The black rhino eats leaves and twigs and parts of trees, not even excepting the Acacia, however many thorns they may have.   details Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food Black Rhino The black rhino eats leaves and twigs and parts of trees, not even excepting the Acacia, however many thorns they may have.   details Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Food White Rhino The white rhino eats exclusively grass, even rejecting (according to Lang) other grassy plants which he might cut off while grazing. This diet has very little moisture, for which rreason he needs to drink water frequently.   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (4) 1 2 3 4