Reference Base Notes for: Behaviour - Fighting back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    Whelan, G. 2001 Tau. CCA Ecological Journal 3: 129-131 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino Two white rhino died in what appeared to be incidents of territorial fighting.   details Mkenda, E.; Butchart, D. 2000 Notes on the status of black rhino in the Ngorongoro Crater. CCA Ecological Journal 2: 68-69 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino Of the four male Black Rhino resident in the Crater, two are dominant bulls and occupy home ranges; these two individuals were observed fighting in the months of March, May and August (they are easily told apart as one has the tip of its tail missing, and the other has distinctive tufts of hair o...   details Gradwell, J. 2000 White rhino calf is bullied by male, but defended by its mother. CCA Ecological Journal 2: 149 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino On 24 November, we came upon three White Rhino - an adult male, and an adult female with a juvenile - standing together on a sand road. The male was seemingly intent on mating with the female and proceeded to chase the youngster away, but after running off for about 50m it quickly returned to it...   details Yadav, V.K. 2000 Male-male aggression in Rhinoceros unicornis - case study from North Bengal, India. Indian Forester 126 (10): 1030-1034 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino The present study analyses the aggressive behaviour in male Rhinos of Jaldapara WLS and Gorumara National Park. Ghosh (1991) described in brief about male dominance relationship in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary and Laurie (1978) studied this aspect in Royal Chitwan National Park in Nepal. About...   details Yadav, V.K. 2000 Male-male aggression in Rhinoceros unicornis - case study from North Bengal, India. Indian Forester 126 (10): 1030-1034 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India - Assam Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino Dominant adult male tries to establish its supremacy by show of strength with other adult males for mating with females in oestrus.   details Adcock, K. 1994 The relevance of 'territorial' behaviour in black rhino to their population management: pp. 82-86, fig. 1, table 1 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 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino Males. When a young bull does try to establish himself in a territory, he either has to do so in an unoccupied area, or fight another bull to win some turf. In Pilanesberg, such 'upstarts' have little hope of winning a territory off a prime-aged bull (ca 1 7-30 years old), but can drive out or ...   details Pienaar, D.J. 1994 Social organization and behaviour of the white rhinoceros: pp. 87-92, tables 1-2 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 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino At the end of the dry season when water is scarce some mates have to cross other territories on their way to water. This leads to a increase in conflict and more fighting ensues. In the Kruger National Park this contributes to an increase of adult male mortalities at end of dry season. On a ga...   details Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. 1990 The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition. Pretoria, University of Pretoria, pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino Territorial bulls trespassing into the territory of an adjacent bull normally take avoidance action and serious fights are usually averted. Encounters may take the form of short charges with much dust raising or, at closer quarters, horn clashing. Where a territorial bull is accompanied by a fe...   details Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. 1990 The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition. Pretoria, University of Pretoria, pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino Although adult bulls are inclined to be aggressive towards other bulls, they deliberately tend to avoid contact. Serious fighting, however, does take place, especially between bulls over a female in oestrus, between bulls and cows, but rarely between cows. There is a higher mortality in males (...   details Lever, C. 1990 Lake Nakuru black rhinoceros sanctuary. Oryx 24 (2): 90-94, figs. 1-4, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino Black rhinos are not gregarious creatures and problems can arise if populations become too great for a given area. Even when the population is not large, difficulties can arise. Shortly after the rhinos were transferred from Solio to Nakuru, an immature female was attacked and injured by an adu...   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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 - 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Natal Parks Board 1952 4th Annual Report, 1 April 1951 - 31 March 1952. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino Three Ceratotherium simum died 1951-1952 from natural causes and a bull approx. 3 years of age had sustained a broken leg and shoulder whilst fighting in January had to be destroyed.   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 Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino The horn is never used for rootling and it is difficult to estimate its purpose as Shebbeare says that the only man he has ever known to be attacked by a rhino showed marks clearly made by the incisors of the lower jaw on his posterior.   details Uganda Game Department 1940 Uganda: Annual report of the Game Department 1939. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 41: 17-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Behaviour - Fighting White Rhino In West Madi in October 1939 a white rhino was found dead as a result of a fight with one of its own kind. There were sixteen horn wounds on the body.   details Barbour, T.; Allen, G.M. 1932 The lesser one-horned rhinoceros. Journal of Mammalogy 13: 144-149, pl. 11 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Javan Rhino In fighting bite with the large incisor teeth, use their horn, and finish by trampling an adversary.   details Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - Nepal Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino I saw the rhino still in the water and managed to get up near him just as he was leaving the pool. This proved to be a fine male with a horn measuring 12 ? inches. He had evidently been fighting and had festering incised wounds on flank and in stomach.   details Ditmars, R.L. 1915 An active rhino. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 18 (4): 1256 Location: Subject: Species: Captive - North America Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino The strength of our adult rhinoceros was an unknown quantity until demonstrated by a recent performance of Victoria in one of the yards of the Elephant House. To keep this animal from rubbing her horn against the iron of the outside fence an inner pipe fence was constructed. The latter consists...   details Dracopoli, I.N. 1914 Through Jubaland to the Lorian swamp: an adventurous journey of exploration & sport in the unknown African forests & deserts of Jubaland to the unexplored Lorian swamp. London, Seeley, Service and Co, pp. 1-318 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino Suddenly they dashed off, emitting loud snorts.   details Anonymous 1909 Rhinoceros attacks elephant from rear. Los Angeles Herald April 11th, 1909: 11 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino No details available yet   details Lydekker, R. 1907 The game animals of India, Burma, and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet'. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xv, 1-409 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Javan Rhino The Indian rhinoceros usually has one pair of upper and two of lower incisors; the outermost pair of' the latter being large, tusk-like, and projecting from the angles of the lower jaw, so as to make formidable weapons of offence.   details Evans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) Behaviour - Fighting Sumatran Rhino When charging the wounded animal kept her jaws open as though with every intention of biting. The people about the hills state that rhinos do bite.   details Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino when disturbed it makes off in any direction, usually down wind, but after a short way gradually wheels round up wind, its pace being fairly good, better than that of the square-mouthed species.   details Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - Nepal Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino The male uses his horn much more than the female in fighting, rubbing against trees &c. and generally manages to break or wear the end off so as to shorten it.   details Baldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380 Location: Subject: Species: World Behaviour - Fighting Indian Rhino Rhinoceri are in the habit of depositing their ordure in one particular spot. I have several times come across these places: apparently, from the heap of soil and the rankness of the grass around, they had been used for very many years, and on examination I invariably found fresh traces of the b...   details Arbousset, T.; Daumas, F. 1842 Relation d'un voyage d'exploration au Nord-est de la Colonie du Cap de Bonne-Esperance, entrepris dans les mois de mars, avril et mai 1836. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, pp. i-xii, 1-620 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Behaviour - Fighting Black Rhino No details available yet   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal