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Wild animals in an African national park |
Author(s): |
Bere, R.M. |
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1966 |
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London, Andre Deutsch |
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pp. 1-96 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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Neither rhinoceroses nor giraffes are found in the Queen Elizabeth Park, where the country is not very suitable for them. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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The white rhino is one of the rarest animals in the world; so it was decided to try and move a few to the Murchison Falls Park before they were all exterminated.
Catching and transport were not the only problems. Would the rhinos eat the grass which was growing in the Park? How would the white... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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The black rhino lives to the north of the Nile in the Murchison Park, but is not found to the south of the river. The white rhino lives only on the west bank of the Nile north of Lake Albert. The reason for this is not clear. There is vegetation suitable for both kinds of rhino on both sides o... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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But there are about two hundred black rhinoceroses, and the same number of giraffes living north of the Nile in the Murchison Falls Park, in which there are sizable acacia woods. |
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World
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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The white rhino is the larger of the two animals and, after the elephants, is the largest land animal in the world. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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The only white rhinos in Uganda live in a small area in the north-west of the country where, a few years ago, there were three or four hundred. But these peaceful, inoffensive creatures are an easy prey for poachers. They kill them for the horn, which people in India and China believe produces ... |
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World
Morphology
Black Rhino
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Both rhinos have three toes on each of their feet. This makes their tracks quite distinct from those of the hippopotamus, which has four toes. |
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World
Morphology
White Rhino
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The white rhino gets its name from the Dutch word wyd, meaning wide or broad. This refers to the animal's great square muzzle and has nothing to do with its colour - it is sometimes called the square-lipped rhinoceros. Its muzzle is like that of the hippopotamus and is perfectly designed for cr... |
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World
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
White Rhino
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When a female white rhino is accompanied by a calf, she always walks behind it, prodding and steering it with her horn. |
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Africa
Behaviour - Senses
African Rhino Species
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Both rhinos have poor eye-sight, but fairly good senses of smell and hearing - their ears, particularly the trumpet-shaped, hairfringed ears of the white rhino, are constantly switching and twisting. |
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