| Title: |
A checklist and atlas of the mammals of Botswana |
| Author(s): |
Smithers, R.H.N. |
| Year published: |
1968 |
| Publisher: |
Salisbury, Trustees of the National Museum of Rhodesia |
| Volume: |
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| Pages: |
pp. i-iv, 1-169 |
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| File: |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| No information on exact number which occur naturally in Botswana, this is generally estimated to be less than 20. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Angola
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Angola? Or Kwaai River. In coll. Hunting safari company, Maun, Botswana |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| localities in north and north-east |
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Museums - Africa
Museums
Black Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Angola? Or Kwaai River. In coll. Hunting safari company, Maun, Botswana |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Wanderers from Zimbabwe. Further wanderers may be expected and in time, the species might well become feral. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The provenance of a Diceros bicornis skull in the possession of a hunting safari company in Maun, supposed to have been picked up from the Kwaai River, is doubtful, and may indeed have been brought in from Angola. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| With the introduction of the species to Wankie NP, individuals have wandered westwards over the Botswana border, two to west of Nata (1966). |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The visual records from the Nunga and Nata River areas are individuals released in Wankie NP, Rhodesia, which have wandered into Botswana. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Black rhino that occur naturally in Botswana may number about 20, found in the area north of Tsotsoroga Pan. This includes a report (by Bromfield) of 9 individuals NW of Selinda Spillway. Spoor has been recorded on Chobe River in vicinity of Kachikau and on NW border of Mabebe Depression, perha... |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The visual records from the Nunga and Nata River areas are individuals released in Wankie NP, Rhodesia, which have wandered into Botswana. |
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A checklist and atlas of the mammals of Botswana
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