Reference Base Notes for: Ecology - Habitat back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (3) 1 2 3  International Rhino Foundation 2023 Notes from the field (Way Kambas). Animal Keepers Forum 50 (11) Nov: 306-307, 3 images Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino No details available yet   details Boschian, G. 2022 Rinoceronti a Visogliano - L'ambiente e le grotte di Homo heidelbergensis [Rhinoceroses at Visogliano - The environment and the caves of Homo heidelbergensis] [in Italian] Gruppo Speleologico Flondar (first edition): 103 pp., with illustrations Location: Subject: Species: Europe - Southern Europe - Italy Ecology - Habitat Fossil Details - This book (103 pp. w/ illustrations) published by the Gruppo Speleologico Flondar speaks about the fossil rhinoceroses found some decades ago at famous site of Visogliano (Trieste). The rhinoceros remains are dated about 500 thousand years BP. The book, essentially popular, will officia...   details Kirillova, I.V.; Vershinina, A.O.; Zazovskaya, E.P.; Zanina, O.G.; Katler, S.; Kosintsev, P.A.; Lapteva, E.G.; Chernova, O.F. ; Shapiro, B. 2021 K voprosu o vremini i srede obitanya Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger, 1839) (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) na Altae i Severo-Vostoke Rossii [On the question of time and environment of Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) on Altai and northeastern Russia] [in Russian, English abstract]. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 100 (5): 558-572, 5 figs, 6 tabs [doi:10.31857/S0044513421050068] Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Fossil No details available yet   details Shchelchkova, M.; Davydov, S.; Fyodorov-Davydov, D.; Davydova, A.; Boeskorov, G. 2020 The characteristics of a relic steppe of Northeast Asia: refuges of the Pleistocene Mammoth steppe (an example from the Lower Kolyma area). The 5th International Conference “Ecosystem dynamics in the Holocene”, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 438: 1-16, 6 figs, 1 tab [doi:10.1088/1755-1315/438/1/012025] Location: Subject: Species: Asia - Palearctic Asia Ecology - Habitat Fossil Details: Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blum.) is cited in the text.   details Boeskorov, G.G. 2020 Survival of indicator species of the mammoth fauna large mammals in the Holocene of Yakutia (East Siberia, Russia). The 5th Intern. Conf. “Ecosystem Dynamics in the Holocene”, Series: Earth and Environmental Science 438: 7 pp., 1 fig, 2 tabs [doi:10.1088/1755-1315/438/1/012004] Location: Subject: Species: Asia - East Asia Ecology - Habitat Fossil Details: C. antiquitatis (Blum.) is listed on p. 4.   details Widiyanto, W.; Hsaio, S-C. 2020 Potential tsumani hazard in Ujung Kulon National Park. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 982 (012034): 1-6, 6 figures, doi:10.1088/1757-899X/982/1/012034 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Robiansyah, I; Hamidi, A. 2019 Current status of the invasive Langkap palm (Arenga obtusifolia) in Indonesia: distribution, impact on biodiversity and control management. Proceedings 3rd SATREPS Conference, Bogor Nov 22 2018: 111-118, 2 figures, 1 table Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Febriana, I.; Kusmana, C.; Rahmat, U.M. 2019 Composition of plants and spread analysis of Langkap (Arenga obtusifolia Mart.) in Ujung Kulon National Park. Jurnal Penglolaan Sumber Daya Alam dan Lingkungan (JPSL) 10 (1) 2019 Dec 18: 52-65, 3 figures, 12 tables, http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jpsl.10.52-65 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Pant, G.; Allen, B.L.; Maraseni, T.; Apan, A.; Giri, S.; University of Southern Queensland 2019 Climate change vulnerability assessment to Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Nepal. Australasian Wildlife Management Society 32nd Annual Conference, Darwin Dec 3-5 Slide presentation: 1-34 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - Nepal Ecology - Habitat Indian Rhino No details available yet   details Ram, A.; Baral, H.S.; Awasthi, K.D. 2019 Impact of Mikania micrantha on Rhinoceros unicornis habitat in Nepal. Lambert Academic Publishing, International Book Market Service Ltd., Beau Bassin, Mauritius: 1-79 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - Nepal Ecology - Habitat Indian Rhino No details available yet   details Yakovlev, A.; Danukalova, G.; Osipova, E. 2013 Biostratigraphy of the Upper Pleistocene (Upper Neopleistocene) of the Southern Urals. Quaternary International 292: 150-167, 3 figs, 7 tabs. Location: Subject: Species: Europe - Estern Europe - Russia Ecology - Habitat Fossil No details available yet   details Huntley, B.; Allen, J.R.M.; Collingham, Y.C.; Hickler, Th.; Lister, A.M.; Singarayer, J.; Stuart, A.J.; Sykes, M.T.; Valdes, P.J. 2013 Millennial climatic fluctuations are key to the structure of Last Glacial ecosystems. PLoS ONE 8(4): e61963: 7 pp, 6 figs. [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061963] Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Fossil No details available yet   details Kaiser, Th.M.; Müller, D.W.H.; Fortelius, M.; Schulz, E.; Codron, D.; Clauss, M. 2013 Hypsodonty and tooth facet development in relation to diet and habitat in herbivorous ungulates: implications for understanding tooth wear. Mammal Review 43: 34-46, 7 figs, 1 tab [doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00203.x] Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat All Rhino Species The study includes - among several other species - Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.   details Rahmat, U.M.; Santosa, Y.; Prasetyo, L.B.; Kartono, A.P. 2012 Habitat suitability modeling of Javan Rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest 1822) Ujung Kulon National Park. Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika 18 (2): 129-137 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino No details available yet   details Dutta, D.K.; Sharma, A.; Swargowari, A.; Bhobora, C.R.; Bonal, B.S.; Ghose, D.; Williams, A.C. 2012 How many locations do we need per day to reliably describe the habitat use of translocated rhinos in Manas NP?. Journal of Natural Sciences Research 2 (3): 47-53 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India Ecology - Habitat Indian Rhino No details available yet   details Sanisidro, O.; Cantalapiedra, J.L.; García Yelo, B. 2012 Cambios faunísticos y diversificación en la familia Rhinocerotidae (in: Volumen de Actas “X Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología”). Paleodiversidad y Paleoecología de los Ecosistemas Ibéricos: pp. 161-163, 1 fig. Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat All Rhino Species No details available yet   details Damuth, J.; Janis, Ch.M. 2011 On the relationship between hypsodonty and feeding ecology in ungulate mammals, and its utility in palaeoecology. Biological Reviews 86: 733-758, 3 figs, 2 tabs [doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00176.x] Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat All Rhino Species No details available yet   details Morgan, S. 2010 Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) habitat selection and movement analysis. Thesis submitted to the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, pp. 1-242 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino No details available yet   details Linklater, W.L.; Plotz, R.D.; Kerley, G.H.I.; Brashares, J.S.; Lent, P.C.; Cameron, E.Z.; Law, P.R.; Hitchins, P.M. 2010 Dissimilar home range estimates for black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis cannot be used to infer habitat change. Oryx 44 (1): 16-18 Location: Subject: Species: Africa Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino No details available yet   details Pedersen G. 2009 Habitat use and diet selection of reintroduced white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in Pafuri, Kruger National Park. Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree Master of Science at Stellenbosch University, pp. 1-120 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Habitat White Rhino No details available yet   details Ravazzi, C.; Pini, R.; Breda, M. 2009 Reconstructing the palaeoenvironments of the Early Pleistocene mammal faunas from the pollen preserved on fossil bones. Quaternary Science Reviews: 1–15, figs. 1-6. Location: Subject: Species: Europe Ecology - Habitat Fossil No details available yet   details Ravazzi, C.; Pini, R.; Breda, M. 2009 Reconstructing the palaeoenvironments of the Early Pleistocene mammal faunas from the pollen preserved on fossil bones. Quaternary Science Reviews: 1–15, figs. 1-6. Location: Subject: Species: Europe Ecology - Habitat Fossil On Leffe deposits vide autem Taramelli (1898), Stehlin (1930), Venzo (1953-56), Vialli (1956), Lona (1963a, 1963b), Breda & Marchetti (2003, 2007).   details Kuc, T.; Rozanski, K.; Goslar, T.; Stachowicz-Rybka, R. 2009 Radiocarbon Dating of Plant Remnants in Quaternary Sediments at Starunia Paleontological site and vicinity (Carpathian region, Ukraine). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 79: 289-296 Location: Subject: Species: Europe Ecology - Habitat Fossil No details available yet   details Shivute, B.A. 2008 Multi-scale assessment of habitat use by black rhinos (Diceros bicornis bicornis Linnaeus 1758) in Northwest Namibia. Thesis submitted to University of Namibia and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: pp. 1-104 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino No details available yet   details Reid, C.; Slotow, R.; Howison, O.; Balfour, D. 2007 Habitat changes reduce the carrying capacity of Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, South Africa, for critically endangered black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis. Oryx 41 (2): 247-254, figs. 1-7, tabs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino No details available yet   details Shrader, A.M.; Perrin, M.R. 2006 Influence of density on the seasonal utilization of broad grassland types by white rhinoceroses. African Zoology 41 (2): 312-315, fig.1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa Ecology - Habitat White Rhino No details available yet   details Thapa, V. 2005 Analysis of the one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) habitat in the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Thesis submitted to the University of North Texas for the degree of Master of Science, pp. i-viii, 1-60 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - Nepal Ecology - Habitat Indian Rhino No details available yet   details Buk, K.G. 2004 A habitat suitability model for black rhino in Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa - how to humour a species on the edge: pp. 91-122 In: Buk, K.G. Diet selection and habitat suitability for black rhino for Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa. University of Copenhagen, M.Sc.Thesis: pp. 1-128 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino No details available yet   details Lister, A. 2001 The history of large herbivores in northwest Europe - Models for today?. Report from the conference "The role of large herbivores in north-west European vegetation" Copenhagen, 5 – 6 May 2001: pp. 6-8, 1 tab. Location: Subject: Species: Europe - Northern Europe Ecology - Habitat Fossil No details available yet   details Roche, C. 2000 Seasonal landscape preference of the white rhinoceros in the southern Timbavati. CCA Ecological Journal 2: 134-136 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Habitat White Rhino Timbavati, South Africa. The wet and dry season landscape preference of the White Rhinoceros in the 14 780ha Ngala concession in the southern Timbarati Private Nature Reserve is described and densities measured. This data is analysed using a preference index and is compared with landscape prefe...   details Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Formerly black rhinos lived in northern Garoua province in vegetations dominated by Acacia (mostly A. hockii and A. senegal). This is the kind of terrain seen to be most suitable to rhinos by anglophone researchers. Today the rhino live in an area of wooded savannah, in the sudanese or soudanes...   details Neuschulz, N.; Meister, J. 1998 Nashoernern auf der Spur: Leben und uberleben einer stark bedrohten Tierfamilie. Erfurt, Verein der Zooparkfreunde in Erfurt e.V., pp. 1-52 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino They live in savannah of thornbushes, wooded edges of deserts, and light gallery forests.   details Neuschulz, N.; Meister, J. 1998 Nashoernern auf der Spur: Leben und uberleben einer stark bedrohten Tierfamilie. Erfurt, Verein der Zooparkfreunde in Erfurt e.V., pp. 1-52 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino A typical forest animal   details Basel Zoo; Wirz-Hlavacek, G.; Zschokke, S.; Studer, P. 1997 International studbook for the greater one-horned rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis (Linne, 1758), 9th edition. Basel, Zoologischer Garten, pp. 1-44 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Indian Rhino Floodplains, riverine grasslands, marshlands, not far from water.   details Bhima, R.; Dudley, C.O. 1996 Observations on two introduced black rhinos in Liwonde National Park, Malawi. Pachyderm 21: 46-54, figs. 1-3, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Malawi Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Reintroduced Diceros bicornis in Malawi. The formula for preference index (PI), to determine habitat preferences. was adapted from Pienaar et al (1992) for this data set. The calculations in the formula are based on the proportional occurrence of each vegetation/ habitat type. A value of zero (...   details Bosi, E.J. 1996 Mating Sumatran rhinoceros at Sepilok Rhino Breeding Centre, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Pachyderm 21: 24-27, fig. 1, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Although much original forest habitat is being lost, the Sumatran Rhino survives even better in secondary forest and land where logging has occurred.   details Amato, G.D.; Wharton, D.; Zainuddin, Z.Z.; Powell, J.R. 1995 Assessment of conservation units for the Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). Zoo Biology 14: 395-402, tables 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino confined to lowland forests.   details Loutit, B.D. 1995 Rhino protection in communal areas, Namibia. Pachyderm 20: 31-32, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Namibia, Damaraland. The habitats in which rhinos have survived are the arid to extremely arid areas east of the dune desert of the Namib and west of the escarpment. Rainfall is minimal and seldom goes above 100 mm per year. There are virtually no people living in the main rhino-inhahited area ...   details Amato, G.D.; Wharton, D.; Zainuddin, Z.Z.; Powell, J.R. 1995 Assessment of conservation units for the Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). Zoo Biology 14: 395-402, tables 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Tracks found up to 2000 m in elevation   details Amato, G.D.; Wharton, D.; Zainuddin, Z.Z.; Powell, J.R. 1995 Assessment of conservation units for the Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). Zoo Biology 14: 395-402, tables 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Historically Sumatran rhinos used habitats that included lowland forests and natural clearings. Their presence in upland forest and mountainous regions.   details Pienaar, D.J. 1994 Habitat preference of the white rhino in the Kruger National Park: pp. 59-64, figs. 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 Ecology - Habitat White Rhino Kruger NP. A study was begun in 1988 to ascertain the landscape and habitat preferences and dispersal of the white rhinoceros in the KNP. The objective of this study was to ascertain which landscapes in the KNP white rhino select for and why they selected them. Methods Details of the meth...   details Rabinowitz, A. 1994 On the horns of a dilemma. Wildlife Conservation 97 (5): 32-39, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino When rhinos use an area, they create wide and obvious 'highways' along ridges and waterways, often with distinctive scrape marks and dung deposits. They follow these well established paths repeatedly and over long distances. As rhinos travel, they spend time feeding on leaves, stems and twigs, ...   details Rabinowitz, A. 1994 On the horns of a dilemma. Wildlife Conservation 97 (5): 32-39, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Rhinos also use salt licks and mineral springs, which are often located close to waterways where the soft ground allows easy identification.   details Young, T.P.; Evans, M.R. 1993 Alpine vertebrates of Mount Kenya, with particular notes on the rock hyrax. Journal of the East African Natural History Society 82 (202): 55-79, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Mount Kenya. Rhinos have been sighted on several occasions above the treeline. Lew Awodey found a recently dead individual (horn intact) near the Sirimon River at 3700m in 1978.   details Vangengeym, E.A. ; Vislobokova, I.A.; Godina, A.YA. ; Dmitrieva, E.L.; Zhegallo, V.I.; Sotnikova, M.V.; Tleuberdina, P.A. 1993 On the age of mammalian fauna from the Karabulak Formation of the Kalmakpai River (Zaysan Depression, Eastern Kazakhstan). Stratigrafya i Geologicheskaya Korrelyazya [Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation], Moskva 1 (2): 165-171, 1 fig, 1 tab [English version] – ibidem, pp. 38-45 [Russian version] Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Fossil No details available yet   details Billia, E.M.E. 1993 Resti rinocerontini (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) del Pleistocene Superiore di Ingarano (Apricena, Foggia, Italia meridionale) [Rhinoceros (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) remains from the Late Pleistocene of Ingarano (Apricena, Foggia, Apulia, Southern Italy). A part of a paragraph of the dissertation presented to the University of Rome. Location: Subject: Species: Europe Ecology - Habitat Fossil The find regards two rhinoceros species: S hemitoechus (Falconer, 1859) juvenilis and Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blum., 1799). This C. antiquitatis find represents one of the southernmost records of the species in Eurasia. More recent data on the Ingarano stratigraphy may be found in Petronio &a...   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: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Habitat White Rhino South Africa. Player & Feely (1960) listed four basic habitat requirements: - areas of short grass, for which they have a marked preference; - stands of medium tall Panicum maximum which they find under trees (Emslie, pers. comm.); - the availability of water for drinking and in which to w...   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: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino The black rhinoceros requires a habitat providing adequate shrubs and young trees up to about 4 m high, including well developed woodland or thickets in which to shelter during the heat of the day or in inclement weather. A water supply, not only for drinking but also in which to bathe and mud-w...   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 Ecology - Habitat White Rhino They tend to use established routes to water or to preferred grazing areas.   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 Ecology - Habitat White Rhino Within the territory the dominant bull usually has a number of favourite resting places in which he lies up in the shade during the heat of the day, either standing or reclining on his belly or side. In cool cloudy weather with high winds they tend to shelter in thickets. Cows and subadults do ...   details Khan, M. 1989 Asian Rhinos: an action plan for their conservation. Gland, IUCN, pp. i-iv, 1-23 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino Species of coastal plains and river valleys.   details Khan, M. 1989 Asian Rhinos: an action plan for their conservation. Gland, IUCN, pp. i-iv, 1-23 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Inhabits the mountains and forests of higher elevations.   details Gavor, I.K.N. 1988 Status report: Rhinos in Botswana. Report, pp. 1-10 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana Ecology - Habitat White Rhino Botswana, Chobe NP. In Chobe NP, the white rhino are very selective in the habitat types they occupy. Generally, they prefer areas with pans, specifically showing a tendency to stay around pans that are fairly big and which retain water for most of, or throughout the year. Additionally, these ...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Damaraland, Namibia. The terrain is vast and rugged mountain ranges intercepted by wide gravel plains running into sandy gravel plains running into sandy, vegetated river beds and hot, dry valleys. Although harsh in appearance, these rivers are in fact the arteries of life for most of the deser...   details Largen, M.J.; Yalden, D.W. 1987 The decline of elephant and black rhinoceros in Ethiopia. Oryx 21 (2): 103-106, figs. 1-2, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino This species occupied semi-desert and savanna habitats at elevations of approximately 400-2300 m being confined to the foothills of the central plateaux.   details Mwalyosi, R.B.B. 1987 Decline of Acacia tortilis in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 25: 51-53 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Lake Manyara, Tanzania. The woodland consisting for 10% of Acacia tortilis is a habitat for browsing animals including the black rhinoceros.   details Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Inhabitants of dry wooded savannas which have good cover and many shrubs. In Cameroun, they prefer rocky hilly savanna country with Terminalia laxiflora and Combretum trees, and Anogeissus riverine forrest (Bosch 1976; Stark and Witt 1977).   details Khan, M. 1987 Country report - Malaysia: Distribution and population of the Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis in Peninsular Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 75-82, fig. 4, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Lives in forests both in the lowlands as well as the mountains. Surface water, wallows, salt licks and cover are important requisites of the animal.   details Atmawidjaja, R. 1987 Country report - Indonesia: Rhino management in Indonesia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 70-74 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Sumatra. In Gunung leuser restricted to primary forests 1000-1900 m above sea level.   details Atmawidjaja, R. 1987 Country report - Indonesia: Rhino management in Indonesia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 70-74 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino In U.K. occupies restricted areas, especially lowlands and swamps upto 1000 m above sea level. It prefers shade and bush and avoids open areas. It seems that there have been very significant changes in the composition of forest trees, especially in its preferred foodplants.   details Sadjudin, H.R. 1987 The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus Desm.) census in Ujung Kulon National Park. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 16-26, figs. 1-2, tables 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino Ujung Kulon, Javan rhino prefers to live in dense vegetation in the forest.   details Nardelli, F. 1985 The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 7: 4-8, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Although primary tropical rain forest is the rhino's favourite habitat, it has been recorded in other settings, from swamps at sea level to regions as high as 2,500 metres, always preferring the dense undergrowth, which was formerly widespread. Low-lying land has been cleared more easily, so tha...   details Nardelli, F. 1985 The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 7: 4-8, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino The travels of the rhino often follow well-marked trails established by other members of his own or different species.   details Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino The Twohorned Rhinoceros, like the Smaller Onehomed has a preference for forested hill tracts where it wanders up to considerable elevations. A sufficiency of shade and a good supply of water are essential to its habitat.   details Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Indian Rhino Though it prefers swamp and grass the Great Indian Onehorned Rhinoceros is also found in wood jungle up ravines and low hills.   details Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino The Smaller Onehorned Rhinoceros is more an inhabitant of tree forest than of grass land. Its usual habitat is forested hill country where it has been found at elevations as high as 7000 ft (2135 cm.) above sea-level. The feeding habits of this rhinoceros and of the twohorned rhinoceros descri...   details Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Tracks lead off in all directions from these wallows. They present the appearance of large tunnels hollowed through the dense undergrowth. Unlike the elephant, a rhinoceros does not break through the jungle but burrows its way through the dense tangle.   details Veevers-Carter, W. 1979 Land mammals of Indonesia. Jakarta, PT Intermasa Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino Unlike the African rhinos, the Javan rhino is a forest dweller, eating bushes, leaves, young shoots and also several thorny, stinging or burning plants which are harmful to man.   details Ansell, W.F.H. 1978 The mammals of Zambia. Chilanga, The National Parks and Wildlife Service, pp. i-v, i-ii, 1-120 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino No record from montane areas. Rhinos were wide-spread especially in the low-lying valleys.   details Bigalke, R.C. 1978 Mammals: pp. 981-1048 In: Werger, M.J.A. Biogeography and ecology of Southern Africa. Amsterdam, Junk (Monographia Biologicae, vol. 31): vol. 2, pp. 663-1439 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Both African species of the family Rhinocerotidae have suffered great reductions in numbers and range. Diceros bicornis is the more widespread of the two and originally occupied the widest range of open and closed savanna vegetation types, occurring in many parts of the South West Arid, Southern...   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino There they traveled about at their leisure, wandering this way and that, following no particular route, bulldozing through obstructions by lifting them up with the front horn.   details Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino In my time the few that were left lived far away in the hills and mountains, as high up as 7000 feet in the moss and rotan forest.   details Medway, Lord 1977 Mammals of Borneo, field keys and an annotated checklist. Kuala Lumpur, MBRAS (Monograph no. 7), pp. i-xii, 1-172 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino The original range of this rhinoceros undoubtedly covered all mainland Borneo, but by the time of the first scientific investigations of the mammal fauna, human depredations had already begun to take their toll and the species was rare in settled areas. That its natural habitat was not restricte...   details Smithers, R.H.N.; Tello, J.L.P.L. 1976 Check list and atlas of the mammals of Mozambique. Salisbury, Trustees of the National Museum of Rhodesia, pp. i-viii, 1-184 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Savannas, forest fringes and the scrub ecotone of savanna and grassland.   details Eisenberg, J.F.; Seidensticker, J. 1976 Ungulates in southern Asia: a consideration of biomass estimates for selected habitats. Biological Conservation 10 (4): 293-308, 1-2 figures, 1-4 tables, appendix A Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia Ecology - Habitat Asian Rhino Species No details available yet   details Smithers, R.H.N.; Tello, J.L.P.L. 1976 Check list and atlas of the mammals of Mozambique. Salisbury, Trustees of the National Museum of Rhodesia, pp. i-viii, 1-184 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique Ecology - Habitat White Rhino Mozambique. The reintroduced individuals show a preference for grassland with short to medium length grasses and are often found on the ecotone with savannas.   details Clarke, G.K. 1976 The spectrum of death. Animal Keeper's Forum 3 (1): 5-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino No details available yet   details Bere, R.M. 1975 Mammals of East and Central Africa. Hong Kong, Longman, pp. i-iii, 1-76 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Uganda. The Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis - shoulder-height 150 cm; 1000- 1500 kg) prefers dry bush and thorn-scrub but occurs in most savanna habitats and in certain forests.   details Harrison, J. 1973 An introduction to the mammals of Sabah. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Society, pp. i-viii, 1-244 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino the species will ascend mountains, moving up slopes which are steep to a man; and I have seen tracks at 10,000 feet.   details Banerjee, R. 1972 Where flying vultures reveal secrets - Kaziranga. Cheetal 15 (1): 48-50, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Indian Rhino They have fixed trackways through the vegetation, which they use when going to graze, or to watering places.   details Pienaar, U. de V. 1970 The recolonisation history of the square-lipped (white) rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum simum (Burchell) in the Kruger National Park (October 1961 - November 1969). Koedoe 13: 157-169, pls. 1-4, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa Ecology - Habitat White Rhino Kruger NP, reintroduced population - Ceratotherium simum. It soon became apparent, however, that the new immigrants did not take to the mopani areas of the north and wandered great distances in search of more suitable habitat. To date, this is the most recent area of colonisation, and also the ...   details Coetzee, C.G. 1969 The distribution of mammals in the Namib Desert and adjoining inland escarpment. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 40: 23-36, pls. 1-2, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Namib Desert, Namibia. The Namib desert forms a narrow coastal strip along a high inland plateau. The western edge is marked by either mountain chains which form distinct escarpments or by a less clearly marked escarpment. The desert consists mainly of gravel plains, unbroken sand dunes and du...   details Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Formerly abundant in lowland forests, e.g. the Dindings. Recent records are from all types of forest, including high mountains.   details Medway, Lord 1969 The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands, including Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, pp. i-xix, 1-127 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Frequent regular wallows, and visit salt licks and mineral springs.   details Child, G. 1968 Behaviour of large mammals during the formation of Lake Kariba. Salisbury and Bulawayo, Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, pp. i-vi, 1-123 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Kariba, Zimbabwe. Rhino populations withstood considerable compression into the small areas on islands, without the various smaller groups losing their identity (Roth and Child, op. cit.) and without inter-specific competition for food resulting in a heavy mortality. Obviously there is a level ...   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat White Rhino Grassland or open tree and bush savanna.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Woodland and thickets, especially areas of dense thornbush in broken country, wandering to feed.   details Bourliere, F. 1964 Reconnaissance ecologique au Tsavo. Science et Nature, par la photographie et par l'image no. 65, Sept-Oct: 16-24, 7 images, 2 figures Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino No details available yet   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: Asia Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino Both species of Southeast Asian rhino can probably live in almost any kind of topography. They probably once inhabited much of the swampy lowlands and wet highlands of our area, but have been forced exclusively to the most inaccessible mountain forests by the pressure of human agriculture and hu...   details Anonymous 1963 Animals in danger: the Great Indian rhinoceros. Animals 1 (22): 2, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Indian Rhino It lives beside rivers and feeds on the long grass that grows there.   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: Asia Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino Both the Javan one-horned rhino and the Sumatran two-horned rhino are generally forest dwelling animals. The Javan rhino seems rather less adapted to steep terrain and lives mostly in low swampy areas or in more gradually sloped wet mountain forests. It is probable that both species were once c...   details Schomber, H.W. 1963 Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoceros and giant eland. African Wildlife 17 (1): 29-35, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat White Rhino In so far as habits and habitats are concerned they do not differ from their South African cousins. They live in savannah bush, where they are encountered singly, in pairs or in small troops of five or six head.   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: Asia Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Both species of Southeast Asian rhino can probably live in almost any kind of topography. They probably once inhabited much of the swampy lowlands and wet highlands of our area, but have been forced exclusively to the most inaccessible mountain forests by the pressure of human agriculture and hu...   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: Asia Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Both the Javan one-horned rhino and the Sumatran two-horned rhino are generally forest dwelling animals. The sumatran rhino seems to be well adapted to any wet habitat. It can thrive and is usually found in the steepest and most impenetrable mountain forests. It is probable that both species w...   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 Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino They can move over rocky and steep terrain with an ease that astounds many observers. In dense vegetation they move with relative ease by burrowing underneath the vegetation rather than charging over it like elephants. Using such a burrowing technique they make many well-worn tunnels through th...   details Milton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Javan Rhino Summarizing the information available, we know that in 1937 a sondaicus was shot in this vicinity, which is a typical habitat, i.e. low swampy ground. The species is also known to travel to higher levels periodically. The sumatrensis is more apt to be found in the hills near the sources of stre...   details Milton, O. 1962 Rubber, tin - and rhinos. Animal Kingdom 65 (2): 56-59, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino Summarizing the information available, we know that in 1937 a sondaicus was shot in this vicinity, which is a typical habitat, i.e. low swampy ground. The species is also known to travel to higher levels periodically. The sumatrensis is more apt to be found in the hills near the sources of stre...   details Skafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino It is a swamp and hill animal, lives in inaceessible tropical jungles.   details Corner, E.J.H. 1961 Royal Society expedition to North Borneo 1961: Reports. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 175 (1): 9-32, pls. 1-18, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Borneo Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino North Borneo - Mt Kinabalu. Camp 4, ridge at 10,000 ft - Rhinoceros ... frequented the high ridge. There can be no dount that on this 10,000 ft ridge, a few rhinoceros find a mountain refuge which connects with the undisturbed Pinosuk Plateau to the south and the precipitous Nalamud valley to t...   details Skafte, H. 1961 A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra Ecology - Habitat Sumatran Rhino In part of us a trail, partly covered by withered leaves, made by rhinos and belonged to a system of similar trails.   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (3) 1 2 3