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Reference Base  African rhinos numbering 13,000 for first time since the ... |
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African rhinos numbering 13,000 for first time since the mid-1980s |
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Emslie, R.H. |
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2000 |
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Pachyderm |
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29 |
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53-56, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 2, Two white rhinos were seen alive in Mozambique, but whether they are escapees from Kruger Park in South Africa is unknown. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Part of the big increase from 1997 to 1999 is because of the revised Kruger National Park figures that were based on a 15% aerial distance sampling estimate. To err on the side of caution, it was decided to take the lower 95% level as the Kruger population estimate. |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 6784 |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 7532 |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 8441 |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 10377, trend up |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Numbers by country. Table 1 shows total numbers of African rhino, with the numbers broken down by country and subspecies. It should be noted that estimates based on speculation or old data are not included in the population totals given. |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 2400 |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Continent-wide, black rhino numbers stabilized at about 2400 between 1992 and 1995, increasing up to 2600 by 1997. Encouragingly, the latest 1999 black rhino estimate of -2700 indicates numbers continue to creep upwards. The major range states are still South Africa (1 074), Namibia (695), Zimb... |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 10, trend down |
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