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| Title: |
Earlessness in the black rhinoceros - a warning |
| Author(s): |
Hitchins, P.M. |
| Year published: |
1986 |
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Pachyderm |
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7 |
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8-10, figs. 1-5, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| The impact of hyaena predation on the black rhinoceros population is unknown but is considered to be fairly high in Hiuhluwe, low in the Corridor and very low in Umfolozi. Kruuk (1972) observed hyaenas grabbing black rhinoceros calves preferentially by the ears and tail at Serengeti which suppor... |
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World
Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Absence of ear pinna in Diceros bicornis, South Africa. Unilateral or bilateral earlessness (i.e. lack of pinnae) in the black rhinoceros has been recorded from a number of populations in eastern and southern Africa (Goddard, 1969; Hitchins and Anderson, 1 983). These authors have attributed th... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| against castrating earless male. In 1977 a black rhinoceros male lacking one pinna was introduced to the Addo Elephant National Park from Hluhluwe Game Reserve. It was later successfully castrated to prevent the possibility of an eariess inducing-gene being introduced into the Addo population (d... |
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World
Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Absence of ear pinna in Diceros bicornis, South Africa. Unilateral or bilateral earlessness (i.e. lack of pinnae) in the black rhinoceros has been recorded from a number of populations in eastern and southern Africa (Goddard, 1969; Hitchins and Anderson, 1 983). These authors have attributed th... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Reproduction - Management methods
Black Rhino
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| About castrated male in Addo NP. In 1977 a black rhinoceros male lacking one pinna was introduced to the Addo Elephant National Park from Hluhluwe Game Reserve. It was later successfully castrated to prevent the possibility of an eariess inducing-gene being introduced into the Addo population (d... |
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Earlessness in the black rhinoceros - a warning
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