 | Jarvis, C. 1967 Tabulated data on the breeding biology of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis compiled from reports in the Yearbook. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 166 |
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| Duration of copulation (in minutes): 2-20, 5-15, 55, 30, ca.40, 20, 60+, 15-40 |
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| Yamamoto, S. 1967 Notes on the breeding of black rhinoceroses Diceros bicornis at Kobe Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 163 |
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| Kobe Zoo. Before the rhinos mate they spar together for about 30-40 minutes. Copulation lasts for as long as 40 minutes. |
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| Hallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165 |
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| Sydney Zoo. Copulation lasts 15 to 40 minutes or more. Occasionally it is shorter than 15 minutes. After copulation the marks of the bull's front feet on the female's back can be clearly seen. They are much quieter after copulation. |
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| Hallstrom, E. 1967 Notes on breeding the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis at Sydney Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 165 |
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| Sydney Zoo. Preliminary play is very rough and very often they cut each other with their horns. However, despite this fighting they are in fact less aggressive than when the female is not in oestrous. This may go on for hours before mating. |
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| Yamamoto, S. 1967 Notes on the breeding of black rhinoceroses Diceros bicornis at Kobe Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 163 |
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| Kobe Zoo. The female has an oestrous cycle of about 28-30 days according to the rhino's keeper. Signs of oestrous are decreased appetite, and enlargement and opening of the vulva.
The first oestrous observed after the birth of first male Bobby occurred 7 months later and lasted from 27 June to... |
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| Dittrich, L. 1967 Breeding the black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, at Hanover Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 161-162, fig. 44 |
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| Doorn, C. van 1967 De witte of breedsnuit neushoorn en de 'pil'. Blijdorp Geluiden, Rotterdam 15 (10): 6-7, figs. 1-3 |
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| Greed, G.R. 1967 Notes on the breeding of the black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, at Bristol Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 7: 158-161 |
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| McDade, M.; Arundel, J. 1967 It's a boy! (National Zoo's first rhino birth). Spots & Stripes (Friends of the National Zoo) 4 (3) Autumn: 1-3, 1 plate |
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| Spillett, J.J. 1966 The Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 494-528 |
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| Kaziranga. Females have heat periods at intervals of 40-50 days. |
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