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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 |
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Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. |
| Year published: |
1990 |
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Pretoria, University of Pretoria |
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| Pages: |
pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| In Mozambique one was shot at Marcorsa (SE 1733 D4) by the late Sir Hugh Beadle in 1935. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| Happily, the proclamation and protection of these Natal reserves, coupled with the development of rhino capture techniques, led to both species being saved from extinction in South Africa. To date a staggering 3 440 white and 185 black rhinoceros have been translocated from Natal reserves to for... |
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World
Behaviour - Locomotion
White Rhino
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| When in a hurry they move with a graceful trot, timed from a vehicle as up to 28 km/h, and under stress canter and gallop at up to 40 km/h |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| 1912, proclaimed |
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World
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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Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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| Some characteristic features which serve to distinguish them from their near relative, the white rhinoceros, Ceratotheriurn simum, include their possession of a prehensile upper lip (Fig. 296.1), which is used in grasping the twigs of the woody plants on which they feed, the shorter head, longer ... |
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World
Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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| One of the most obvious characters that differentiates them is the square lips of C. simum (Fig. 295.1) and the hooked, prehensile upper lip of D. bicornis, which are adaptations to and in their feeding habits, and they may also be referred to in this way. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Translocation - Records
White Rhino
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| up to October 1989 a total of 1240 have been relocated out of South Africa and 2199 within South Africa (total 3439) (Strauss, pers. comm.).
White rhinoceros have been moved to the following countries (figures correct to 31/12/1983-Meiklejohn, pers. comm., 1990): Subregion -Cape 80, Natal 487, ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology - Habitat
White Rhino
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| South Africa. Player & Feely (1960) listed four basic habitat requirements:
- areas of short grass, for which they have a marked preference;
- stands of medium tall Panicum maximum which they find under trees (Emslie, pers. comm.);
- the availability of water for drinking and in which to w... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Two small populations of D. b. bicornis have been reintroduced recently from Namibia to the Vaalbos and Augrabies National Parks in the Cape. |
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