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The black rhinoceros in Zambia |
| Author(s): |
Ansell, W.F.H. |
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1969 |
| Journal: |
Oryx |
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10 (3) |
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176-192, 1 map, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| A few may have survived in the Sumbu Game Reserve as late as 1959, but it is doubtful if any remain there today. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Estimates by game officers, largely subjective but not unreasonable:
Kafue NP 130 JMC Uys, 1967
Sichifula 10 JMC Uys, 1967
Mumbwa West 10 JMC Uys, 1967
E.Kasempe and SW Ndola 12 N.J.Carr, |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Recent estimates of Luangwa Populations:
CHA = Controlled Hunting Area; GR = Game Reserve
Area Extent Uys Allen&Berry Patton Dean
(Sq.miles)
Senga CHA 6700 120 - 20 2
Luangwa |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Sporadic occurrence. Recent reports from the North-western Province (outside the Kafue NP and the area east of the East Lunga river) are:
in 1962 a rhinoceros was hit by a slow-moving vehicle about 23 miles from Kasempa on the Mumbwa road, 1326-C-1, bu |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Letcher on his map (1911) noted rhinoceros just north of the present Lavushi Manda Game Reserve, 1130-D-4, and above the escarpment in the vicinity of Mpika.
Hughes (1933) recorded them from the headwaters of the Lupembazi, I230-B-1, the Lumbatwa, 1231-A |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| 1969, Rhinoceros are completely protected in Zambia except for some 5-6 allowed annually on licence to safari clients in the Luangwa Valley. Permits to capture two alive for zoological gardens were also issued in 1968. Uys considers that the high cost o |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The Zambezian form was believed to be Diceros bicornis bicornis though Katanga specimens had been referred to D.b. holmwoodi by Ansell 1960:52, until a recent revision by Groves (1967) placed Zambian animals as Diceros bicornis minor Drummond, with holmwo |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
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| Uys considers that about 50 rhinoceros are poached annually. L.D.C. Allen estimates 30-40 for the Luangwa Valley alone; in 1968 he had 163 horns in his store largely from the 1965 amnesty, and he considers that the proximity of the Malawi and Mozambique |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Only sporadic in the NW corner of the park from the Lushimba stream northwards, along the northern boundary of the East Lunga River; and in the extreme souith-east from the old cattle cordon road east to the Nanzhila flats, where only odd individuals hav |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Preserving the rhinoceros was a main objective in creating this reserve, following Pitman's report (1934) which showed that they survived west of the Lavushi hills, 1230-B-3.
In 1948 W.E. Poles, who considered that only a remnant survived there, recorded |
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The black rhinoceros in Zambia
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