Richter, W. von, 1973. Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana. Biological Conservation 5 (1): 59-60, fig. 1
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White Rhino |
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The Square-lipped or White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) became extinct in Botswana probably somewhere around 1890 (Bryden, 1893). The reasons for the extermination of the White Rhino can be seen in the same causes as were mentioned for the reduction of the Black Rhino. However, individual White Rhinos have been contacted in northeastern Botswana; they were probably stragglers from the Wankie National Park, Rhodesia.
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Black and square-lipped rhinoceroses in Botswana
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