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 | Acharya, D. 2008 Rhino hurt women in CNP. Conservation Watch - Nepal 1 (12): 3 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
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Indian Rhino
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| Dyer, A. 1999 Tricks behind the scenes. Hatari Times International 5: 16-19, figs. 1-10 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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African Rhino Species
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| Charles Cottar (of Kenya) was later killed by a rhino. |
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| Dyer, A. 1999 Tricks behind the scenes. Hatari Times International 5: 16-19, figs. 1-10 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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| Photo of ca. 1950, Kenya. Two rhinos charged the car. The horn of once pierced the side just above Dyer's leg and bent the steering wheel. Both were killed by a gunbearer in the back. |
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| Lessee, J. 1998 [Various notes]. Really Rhinos 12 (2) |
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Captive - South America
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| A rhinoceros in the zoo gored a man to death when he invaded its habitat for unknown reasons. The unidentified victim, aged 55-60, apparently climbed over a wooden barrier and entered the rhino's enclosed area, after closing hours late on Monday. The female white rhino was not normally aggressive. |
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| Berger, J.; Cunningham, C. 1998 Behavioural ecology in managed reserves: gender-based asymmetries in interspecific dominance in African elephants and rhinos. Animal Conservation 1 (1): 33-38, figs. 1-4 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
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| Among rhinos, clear gender-related differences existed. Compared to females, males charged elephants more (11 events to one), interacted at closer distances, and were involved in more interactions where outcomes were uncertain (50 to 12). These results suggest that female rhinos are more timid ... |
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| Buissink, F. 1998 Een wankelende zwaargewicht. Panda 1998 Winter: 6-8 |
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Black Rhino
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| Rhinos don't see well, which handicap makes them suspicious and sometimes aggressive. Rhinos have been seen attacking termite hills thinking that it is an elephant. |
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| Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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| Around Matmora, in Lakhimpur district. The last rhino of the area fell to poachers in 1985. This animal was bom near Matmora and was reportedly habituated and very tame. |
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| Choudhury, A. 1996 The greater one-horned rhino outside protected areas in Assam, India. Pachyderm 22: 7-9, map 1 |
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| In March 1992, two people were killed by a rhino in Kamrup District. |
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| Edwards, J. 1996 London Zoo from old photographs 1852-1914. London, Edwards, pp. 1-244 |
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Captive - Europe
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Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros unicornis male Jim, arr. 1864. He was of a ferocious temper and on one occasion succeeded in severely injuring a keeper, whose life was probably only saved by Matthew Scott, who drove Jim off by hitting him in the eye with a whip. |
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| Morkel, P. 1994 Chemical immobilization of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis): pp. 128-135
 | In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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| They are usually solitary and generally hostile when disturbed. |
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