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| Title: |
Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana |
| Author(s): |
Richter, W. von |
| Year published: |
1973 |
| Journal: |
Biological Conservation |
| Volume: |
5 (1) |
| Pages: |
59-60, fig. 1 |
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| File: |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Today, the Black Rhinoceros is confined in small numbers to the Okavango Delta, the vicinity of the Kwando River (near the Caprivi). |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| So far no detailed survey has been carried out to assess the total Black Rhino population in Botswana and its present distribution. Smithers (1971) gives a figure of approximately 20 animals, based on visual sightings and spoors. However, it seems quite probable that an intensive survey would r... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| The Square-lipped or White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) became extinct in Botswana probably somewhere around 1890 (Bryden, 1893). The reasons for the extermination of the White Rhino can be seen in the same causes as were mentioned for the reduction of the Black Rhino. However, individ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| Both rhinoceros species are fully protected in Botswana |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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| Both rhinoceros species are fully protected in Botswana, the last Black Rhinos to be killed being shot by a poacher in 1936 in northwestern Botswana. Recently, a Black Rhinoceros was shot to the west of the Kwando River in the Caprivi, north of the Botswana frontier, and, as the species is absen... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Today, the Black Rhinoceros is confined in small numbers to the Okavango Delta, the vicinity of the Kwando River (near the Caprivi), and in the northwestern parts of the Chobe National Park. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The distribution of the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) has shrunk drastically within historical times in Botswana. As indicated by the records of early travellers, hunters, and missionaries, the species was once widespread and probably only absent from the very dry central and southwestern ... |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The distribution of the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) has shrunk drastically within historical times in Botswana. As indicated by the records of early travellers, hunters, and missionaries, the species was once widespread and probably only absent from the very dry central and southwestern ... |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| In July 1967, four White Rhinos (2 males and 2 females) arrived at the Chobe National Park. They were donated by the Republic of South Africa and originated from the Zululand reserves in South Africa. They were kept in a paddock of approximately 18 acres (7.3 ha) in the Chobe National Park and o... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Individual animals have been reported from north-eastern Botswana, adjacent to the Wankie National Park, and it is thought that they wandered across the border into Botswana. |
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Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana
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