| Graham, R.M. 1929 Notes on the mangrove swamps of Kenya. Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 36: 157-164, pls. 1-3 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
|
| Rhino .. Come down to these flats at the coastal mangrove swamps at night. |
|
| Hose, C. 1929 The field-book of a jungle-wallah, being a description of shore, river & forest life in Sarawak. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. i-viii, 1-216 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
|
| Borneo. He frequents the foothills below the mountains. |
|
| Tate, H.R. 1929 Animals in African stories. Journal of the Royal African Society 28 (111): 323-324 |
|
Location:
Subject:
Species:
|
Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
|
| The late Mr. Arthur Neumann informed me once that he had shot a rhino with a bad ulcerated wound just above the first joint of one foreleg. He had come to the conclusion that this had been caused by the teeth of a crocodile. Some readers may remember the description and photos of the drowning o... |
|
| 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]. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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 - Habitat
Black Rhino
|
| Both African species prefer land with shrubs or savannah. The black species is sometimes found in small forest areas in West Africa. This species does not mind much about the vicinity of water, as its food contains enough moisture. |
|
| 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 - Interspecific Relations
White Rhino
|
| The white rhino is often accompanied by oxpeckers (Buphaga) which alarm when something is approaching. |
|
|