 | Anonymous 1992 Rhino orphan makes history. REF News no. 8: 3, fig. 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis born at Lapalala weighed 21 kg. Thought to be about a week premature. After 5 weeks weighed 37 kg. |
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| Spinage, C.A. 1991 Vesey's horn. Pachyderm 15: 57, fig. 1 |
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| Few people are aware that Kenya's Game Department appointed a wildlife biologist as early as 1948. This was the late Desmond Vesey-Fitzgerald, universally known as 'Vesey', whose first assignment was to have been a vegetation survey of the Tsavo National Park. What a calamity that it never took... |
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| Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. 1990 Increasing threats to Assam's rhinos. International Zoo News 37 (7): 28-30, figs. 1-3 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga, large horn, weighs 875 gr. - illustrated |
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| 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 |
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| A mass of up to about 1000 kg. The mean mass of live individuals from the Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Natal is males 852 kg (n=8), females 884 kg (n=6) (Hitchins, 1968b). |
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| 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 |
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| The maximum front horn length recorded by Best & Best (1977) for a specimen from northern Natal is 1,05 m, with a rear horn of 0,52 m, which is surpassed by several from East Africa where the maximum is 1,20 m and 0,445 m respectively. |
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| 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 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| In Zululand the front horn in black rhinoceros is invariably longer than the back. In Hluhluwe-Umfolozi in 1973 only 2,5% of males had anterior horns = posterior, and none shorter (n=120). For females the figures are 14,2% and 5,7% (n=106). For 1985 the figures are for males 0% and 0% (n=58) a... |
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| Rueedi, D. 1990 T wie Tanaya. Zolli, Basel 64: 5, figs. 1-2 |
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Captive - Europe
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Indian Rhino
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| Basel Zoo. Tanaya, adult female, weighs 1500 kg |
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| 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 |
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White Rhino
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| Weight some 2 000-2 300 kg for males and females 1 600 kg |
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| 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 |
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| Adult black rhinoceros stand about 1,6 m at the shoulder |
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| 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 |
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White Rhino
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| With a shoulder height of up to 1,8 m for males and 1,77 m for females (Kirby, 1920) |
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