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| Title: |
White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo |
| Author(s): |
Bigalke, R. |
| Year published: |
1961 |
| Journal: |
International Zoo Yearbook |
| Volume: |
2 |
| Pages: |
43-44 |
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| File: |
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Captive - Africa
Ecology - Food
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo. The three White Rhinoceroses together consume approximately the following quantities of food per day:
Dry luceme 60 lb.
Cut oat hay 75 lb.
Bran mixture 20 lb. (This contains 3% of common salt and 1% brewers' yeast)
Crushed maize 10 lb.
Bread 6 lb.
Carrots o... |
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Captive - Africa
Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| In nature the White Rhinoceros has the habit of defecating in definite spots. Large heaps of manure are met within the Umfolozi Reserve, and the rangers in Zululand state that the animals scatter these heaps with their horns. |
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Captive - Africa
Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| The enclosure is provided with a shallow bath and in the summer the animals like to lie in this bath. In the Umfolozi Game Reserve White Rhinoceroses are fond of wallowing in pans and they do so mostly at night time. When the animals have finished, they rub themselves against trees or tree-stum... |
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Captive - Africa
Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| In nature the White Rhinoceros has the habit of defecating in definite spots. Large heaps of manure are met within the Umfolozi Reserve, and the rangers in Zululand state that the animals scatter these heaps with their horns. In Pretoria I have never seen them make any attempt to do this after ... |
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Captive - Africa
Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| The enclosure is provided with a shallow bath and in the summer the animals like to lie in this bath. In the Umfolozi Game Reserve White Rhinoceroses are fond of wallowing in pans and they do so mostly at night time. When the animals have finished, they rub themselves against trees or tree-stum... |
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Captive - Africa
Ecology - Food
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo. The three White Rhinoceroses together consume approximately the following quantities of food per day:
Dry luceme 60 lb.
Cut oat hay 75 lb.
Bran mixture 20 lb. (This contains 3% of common salt and 1% brewers' yeast)
Crushed maize 10 lb.
Bread 6 lb.
Carrots o... |
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Captive - Africa
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
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| Although William Burchell described the Square-lipped or White Rhinoceros in the year 1817 from specimens found in Bechuanaland, almost one hundred and thirty years elapsed before a specimen of Ceratotherium simum found its way into a zoological garden. The date of birth of this female, 'Zuluana... |
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Captive - Africa
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo. The date of birth of this female, 'Zuluana', is known to be the 23rd July 1946, to within a day.
At the age of fifteen days Zuluana weighed 105.25 lb. She was weighed at regular intervals until she was eighteen months old, when weighing had to be discontinued because the animal a... |
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White rhinos at Pretoria Zoo
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