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Reference Base  On the present status of ungulate mammals in South West A... |
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| Title: |
On the present status of ungulate mammals in South West Africa |
| Author(s): |
Bigalke, R. |
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1958 |
| Journal: |
Mammalia |
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22 |
| Pages: |
478-497, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The species has been recorded from the Eastern Caprivi. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The species ranges throughout the Kaokoveld and, occasionally, into the Etosha Pan region where a single animal has recently been observed. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The species does not appear to range along the Okavango River. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The questionnaires record the black rhino only from the Outjo District, where it occurs on a number of farms in the northern section. The species ranges throughout the Kaokoveld and, occasionally, into the Etosha Pan region where a single animal has recently been observed. Shortridge believed t... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Although the white rhinoceros appears on the list of protected game, I believe that this was a mistake or a safeguard in case the animal should be found in the Kaokoveld. I have heard reports of two types of rhinoceros in that territory and in Angola, but a belief in the existence of two forms o... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
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Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Shortridge believed that there were between 40 and 80 black rhino in the Kaokoveld, but in view of the number recorded on farming land I believe the higher figure to be more accurate. |
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