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Reference Base Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von S... |
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Title: |
Tierleben in Sudwest Afrika: Leitfaden der Zoologie von Sudwestafrika |
Author(s): |
Gaerdes, F. |
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1964 |
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Windhoek, SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft |
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- |
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pp. 1-270 |
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View PDF: 222,7 kb |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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in small numbers |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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Black rhino now confined to the bush and rock landscape of Kaokoveld. |
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Europe
Names in vernacular
Black Rhino
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Schwarze Nashorn oder Rhinozeros |
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World
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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It usually travels by night to find water. In the late afternoon it looks for food. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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the rhino lives in a restricted area which it only leaves when the watering places dry up. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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When the rhino senses something unusual, you can hear a loud sneezing. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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When the animal senses something unusual, it sneezes and runs off, instead of fleeing, in the direction where the sound came from. In that way he got to know as a very dangerous animal. |
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Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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Weight 2000 kg |
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World
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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Height at shoulders 1.6 m |
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Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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Length of body 4 m |
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