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Title: African rhinos numbering 13,000 for first time since the mid-1980s
Author(s): Emslie, R.H.
Year published: 2000
Journal: Pachyderm
Volume: 29
Pages: 53-56, tables 1-2
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Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
2, Two white rhinos were seen alive in Mozambique, but whether they are escapees from Kruger Park in South Africa is unknown.
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
Part of the big increase from 1997 to 1999 is because of the revised Kruger National Park figures that were based on a 15% aerial distance sampling estimate. To err on the side of caution, it was decided to take the lower 95% level as the Kruger population estimate.
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Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
6784
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Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
7532
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Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
8441
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Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
10377, trend up
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Numbers by country. Table 1 shows total numbers of African rhino, with the numbers broken down by country and subspecies. It should be noted that estimates based on speculation or old data are not included in the population totals given.
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
2400
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Continent-wide, black rhino numbers stabilized at about 2400 between 1992 and 1995, increasing up to 2600 by 1997. Encouragingly, the latest 1999 black rhino estimate of -2700 indicates numbers continue to creep upwards. The major range states are still South Africa (1 074), Namibia (695), Zimb...
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
10, trend down
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