Hall-Martin, A., 1984. Kenya's black rhino in Addo, S Africa. Newsletter of the African Elephant and Rhino Group 3: 11, fig. 1
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White Rhino |
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A 'pool' of known-aged animals in the Pretoriuskop area has been watched by T. Mostert, and these observations have provided very useful data. For example, of 27 births the sex ratio was skewed to two males to one female. Over the years, the juveniles have comprised 5,5% - 13,9% of the population, with 8% in 1983 in the southern district of the Kruger National Park.
Pienaar 1994b
The size of the founder population is also an important factor when establishing new populations, with larger founder populations being more successful. If one introduced 10 white rhino on a 20 km? game farm with suitable habitat, this would generate a density of 0,5 rhino per km?. A suitable sex and age structure for such an introduced population would be: 2 adult males, 3 adult females and their 3 calves, one subadult male and one subadult female.
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