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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 - South Africa
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| South Africa. In both Hluhluwe and Umfolozi Acacia spp or their close relatives comprised at least half of the 10 most preferred species, and as they grew in size they became less and less preferred (Emslie & Adcock, 1990b). The most preferred species were A. gerrardii, A. senegal and A. borlea... |
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Behaviour - Senses
White Rhino
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| White rhinoceros have poor sight but acute senses of smell and hearing. The ears which can be rotated independently, orientate quickly to face any strange sound and move continually, even when the individual is apparently asleep. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| Having defecated, he scatters his dung by kicking with the back feet. 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. |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| They normally give way to elephants, but aggressive encounters during drought conditions at waterholes with these and with buffaloes have been recorded. |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| Oxpeckers, Buphagus spp, which frequent the backs of rhinoceros in search of ticks, flies and the blood issuing from these lesions, tend to keep the lesions open by their activities. The association of the rhinoceros with these birds has mutual benefits, for, by their loud chattering and calling... |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| Both lions and spotted hyaenas have been reported as attacking adults, with the outcome usually in favour of the rhinoceros.
In parts of their distributional range predation on calves is a rare occurrence, but has been reported in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve in Natal (Deane, 1962), where Hitchins ... |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| Black rhinoceros vocalise in a number of ways, the most commonly heard being the repeated loud snort given when the individual gets a fright or is angry. They grunt and growl when fighting and may squeal or scream loudly.
The cow calls the calf by emitting a highpitched mew, while the calf, if ... |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| At birth calves are lighter in colour than adults and are sparsely haired. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| The thick skin is prominently folded on the front of the shoulders, on the upper part of the hind limbs and at the junction of the forelimbs and the body. |
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Morphology
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| The thick skin is prominently folded on the front of the shoulders, on the upper part of the hind limbs and at the junction of the forelimbs and the body. |
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