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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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Behaviour - Locomotion
White Rhino
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| White rhinoceros walk slowly, their heads held close to the ground, their nostrils in close contact with it to the extent that, in sandy soil, the broad mouth may mark clearly in the spoor. When in a hurry they move with a graceful trot, timed from a.vehicle as up to 28 km/h, and under stress ca... |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| The territorial bull alone sprays urine which is directed backwards between the hind legs.
Sometimes the urine emerges as a stream and the dung is deposited without scattering. These actions are common near territorial boundaries, but may take place anywhere within the territory. However, when... |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
White Rhino
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| They are generally temperamentally quieter and less prone to provocation than black rhinoceros. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| A few survive in the area north of the Mkuzi Game Reserve and east of the Pongola River. |
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Reproduction
Black Rhino
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| Spermatogenesis commences in males after eight years of age, but no male was observed holding a territory or mating which was under nine years of age (Hitchins & Anderson, 1983). |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. At first confined to the Umfolozi-Corridor-Hluhluwe Game Reserve Complex, subsequently they have been reintroduced to the Mkuzi, Itala and Ndumu Game Reserves in Natal and many other reserves including the Kruger National Park and Pilanesberg National Park. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| By the end of the 19th century the southern white rhinoceros was reduced to only one population of about 50 to 100 in the southern part of the area which now forms the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve in Natal. It appears the population estimate of 20 for this time was a deliberate under-estimate ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| 1900, simum, Renshaw (1904) recorded that at the turn of century there were only about 10 alive in Zululand |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| 1916, simum, Vaughan Kirby, the first Game Conservator in Zululand, estimated that only 20 individuals survived in the reserves |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| 1930, simum, the first official estimate in 1930 revealed that there were 120 in the Umfolozi Reserve and 30 on adjacent ground |
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