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Reference Base  The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition |
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| Title: |
The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition |
| Author(s): |
Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. |
| Year published: |
1990 |
| Publisher: |
Pretoria, University of Pretoria |
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| Pages: |
pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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| While they have a reputation for being irascible and bad-tempered, this depends on circumstances and the individual. Normally human scent will make them move off, but their reactions depend on whether they have been hunted or harried, or left in peace, and they do sometimes charge from 50 to 70 ... |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| Black rhinoceros are not strictly territorial in the sense of defending delimited areas against others of their species, |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| Urination may take place in a fine stream or the urine may be ejected by the bulls in a spray in short bursts, backwards on to a bush or other object. Cows likewise, when moving, may squirt small quantities of urine. Spraying of urine may have the effect of advertising the individual's presence... |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| During the heat of day they retire to the shade of thickets or woodland to sleep, either standing motionless or lying with their legs curled under them. They tend to rest on the tops of ridges but they will also lie in dusty hollows, sometimes in the full sun, or by water holes or mud wallows. ... |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| Black rhinoceros tend to be solitary, the only stable bond being between the female and her calf, but even this is only of a temporary nature, persisting into the female's next pregnancy and ceasing altogether with the birth of her next calf. Other associations, such as that of an adult male wit... |
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Taxonomy
White Rhino
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| Two subspecies are recognised, C. s. simum from the southern part of their distributional range and C. s. cottoni (Lydekker, 1908) from central Africa which are somewhat higher in the legs and less long in the body (Cave, 1962). |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| The skin on the body appears naked, but at close quarters is seen to have a sparse coating of bristly hairs. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| The colour of the skin is grey, but like that of the elephant. is often obscured by a coating of soil or mud. At birth the wrinkled skin is pale grey with a pink tinge. |
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Reproduction
Black Rhino
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| In Natal, Anderson (1983) found that pro-oestrus lasts six to seven days and is characterised by frequent tail-erecting by the female. During this time the male was in attendance and oestrus lasted only one day. During pro-oestrus complex encounters between a bull and a cow occur, the cow squir... |
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Behaviour - Locomotion
Black Rhino
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| They appear heavy-footed when walking, but are extraordinarily agile when provoked. At a gallop they can cover the ground at speed and can spin around within their own length. |
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