![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Natal Parks Board 1961 13th Report of the Natal Parks, Game and Fish Preservation Board, for the period 1st April, 1960, to 31st March, 1961. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-35 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| A black rhino count in Hluhluwe showed that over the past three years there has been an increase in the population. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 50-50 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 100-1000 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 200-300, trend up |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 500-1000, trend unknown |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 250-300, trend unknown |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Rwanda
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 6, introduced Kagera |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Harrisson, T. 1961 The threat to rare animals in Borneo. Oryx 6 (2): 126-128 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Threats to wildlife in Borneo, 1. For food, 2. By land use, 3. Native exploitation: killing of animals for saleable products, 4. Planned external exploitation, 5. Sport |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 2560-2560 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Natal Parks Board 1961 13th Report of the Natal Parks, Game and Fish Preservation Board, for the period 1st April, 1960, to 31st March, 1961. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-35 |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Hluhluwe, white rhino increased in numbers in certain areas and decreased in areas adjoining the crown lands. A drivem the intention of which was to return these animals to the reserve, was not succesful. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Natal Parks Board 1961 13th Report of the Natal Parks, Game and Fish Preservation Board, for the period 1st April, 1960, to 31st March, 1961. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-35 |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. An aerial count of white rhino recorded 600. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 525-525, trend stationary |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 3000-4000, trend up |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 10933-13553 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 312-312, trend up |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 0-20, threatened |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 280-280, trend up |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Angola
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 150-200, trend up |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 500-500, trend unknown |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 1500-1500, trend stationary |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Anonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 1000-1000 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Bateman, J.A. 1961 The mammals occuring in the Bredasdorp and Swellendam districts, CP, since European settlement. Koedoe 4: 78-100 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis bicornis extinct in Cradock, Uitenhage, Bredasdorp and Swellendam dts. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Funaioli, U.; Simonetta, A.M. 1961 Statut actuel des ongules en Somalie. Mammalia 25: 97-111, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| The rhinoceros is still present with certainty in the swampy area of the lower Uebi Scebeli and in the total reserve of Bubashi. |
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![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/cat_arrow.gif) | Taman, I.M. 1961 The protection of the two species of rhinoceros in Indonesia: p. 242
![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/add_subref.gif) | In: Anonymous Tenth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, Abstracts of Symposium Paper. Honolulu: pp. i-iii, 1-480 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| 50-60 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Bateman, J.A. 1961 The mammals occuring in the Bredasdorp and Swellendam districts, CP, since European settlement. Koedoe 4: 78-100 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis bicornis extinct in Cradock, Uitenhage, Bredasdorp and Swellendam dts. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Ansell, W.F.H. 1960 The breeding of some larger mammals in Northern Rhodesia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 134: 251-274, figs. 1-11 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Total in the Territory is not likely to exceed 1000, of which perhaps 500 in the Luangwa Valley. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Backhaus, D. 1960 Auf Besuch im Garamba-Nationalpark: Naturschutz in Belgisch Kongo. Orion 15: 307-314, figs. 1-11 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 150-300 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Grzimek, B.; Grzimek, M. 1960 Serengeti mag niet sterven: 367000 dieren zoeken een land. Amsterdam, Scheltens and Giltay, pp. 1-240 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Census in 1958 showed: Diceros bicornis 55 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Grzimek, B. 1960 Die Zusammensetzung der Nashornmilch. Zoologische Garten 25 (4): 202-204 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Aerial census in January 1958 showed 55 D.bicornis bicornis. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Brynard, A.M.; Pienaar, U. de V. 1960 Annual report of the biologists, 1958/1959. Koedoe 3: 1-205 |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum disappeared from the lowveld regions towards the latter part of the last century and the few which still wandered in the Pretoriuskop area were soon killed by hunters. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Backhaus, D. 1960 Auf Besuch im Garamba-Nationalpark: Naturschutz in Belgisch Kongo. Orion 15: 307-314, figs. 1-11 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 800-1000 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Ansell, W.F.H. 1960 The breeding of some larger mammals in Northern Rhodesia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 134: 251-274, figs. 1-11 |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 1960, perhaps 500 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Natal Parks Board 1960 12th Annual Report, 1 April 1959 - 31 March 1960. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-39 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| White rhino were seen regularly in most parts of the reserve but appeared to concentrate in large numbers in the western areas. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Daubercies, A. 1960 Black rhino survey 1959 to 1960. Proceedings of the IUCN 7th General Assembly Warsaw: 127-131 |
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Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L.; Bonnotte, M. 1959 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa. African Wildlife 13 (4): 293-300, figs. 1-6 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 400 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L.; Bonnotte, M. 1959 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa. African Wildlife 13 (4): 293-300, figs. 1-6 |
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Location:
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| The rehabilitation and increase in numbers of black rhino has been entirely due to the strict and permanent control to which it was subjected. At present its numbers are increasing. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L.; Bonnotte, M. 1959 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa. African Wildlife 13 (4): 293-300, figs. 1-6 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
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| very scarce |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Gee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3 |
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Location:
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| Considering the extent of the rhinoceros area and the thick cover of the riverain tracts into which the rhinoceros can and do retreat, these estimates are not beyond the bounds of probability. Unfortunately, however, no serious attempt ever seems to have beeti made to estimate the numbers scient... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Gee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3 |
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Location:
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 600, based on Forest Dept. estimate. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Gee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1000 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L.; Bonnotte, M. 1959 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa. African Wildlife 13 (4): 293-300, figs. 1-6 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 100 |
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![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/cat_arrow.gif) | Behr, M.; Meissner, H.O. 1959 Keine Angst um wilde Tiere: Funf Kontinente geben ihnen Heimat. Muenchen, Bonn, Wien, BLV Verlag, pp. 1-309 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 600 |
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![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/cat_arrow.gif) | Behr, M.; Meissner, H.O. 1959 Keine Angst um wilde Tiere: Funf Kontinente geben ihnen Heimat. Muenchen, Bonn, Wien, BLV Verlag, pp. 1-309 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 600 in North West Sudan |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L.; Bonnotte, M. 1959 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa. African Wildlife 13 (4): 293-300, figs. 1-6 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Ivory Coast
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis was still present in the north of the Ivory Coast and in the Niger province until just after the arrival of the European. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Gee, E.P. 1959 The Great Indian rhinoceros (R. unicornis) in Nepal: Report of a fact-finding survey, April-May 1959. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 484-510, pls. 1-3, maps 1-3 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| maps of Chitwan and surrounding areas showing rhino occurrence. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Gee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| maps of Chitwan and surrounding areas showing rhino occurrence. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Gee, E.P. 1959 The Great Indian rhinoceros (R. unicornis) in Nepal: Report of a fact-finding survey, April-May 1959. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 484-510, pls. 1-3, maps 1-3 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| Map |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625 |
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Location:
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| Based on a draft report by Oliver Milton & R.D. Estes about a survey in the reserve in July and August [1959 ?] `when the monsoon was at its worst making it difficult to find, follow, and identify rhino tracks. More than half the Reserve, i.e. over 60 sq. miles, was sampled including some 25 sq.... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1959 Present status of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer) in the Shwe-U-Daung Reserve, Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 625 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| Considerable depletion of wild life took place in the Rserve during and since the last war until about 1956, anti-government elements have made protective control by the Forest Department impossible. From local evidence it seems that since about 1940 at least 17 rhinos have been killed. This fi... |
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![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/cat_arrow.gif) | Behr, M.; Meissner, H.O. 1959 Keine Angst um wilde Tiere: Funf Kontinente geben ihnen Heimat. Muenchen, Bonn, Wien, BLV Verlag, pp. 1-309 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 500 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L.; Bonnotte, M. 1959 Destruction and protection of the fauna of French Equatorial and of French West Africa. African Wildlife 13 (4): 293-300, figs. 1-6 |
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Location:
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Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 500 in Southern Chad |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Ansell, W.F.H. 1959 Further data on Northern Rhodesian ungulates. Mammalia 23 (3): 332-349, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| In Barotse the species, though apparently rather localized, was once widespread east of the Zambesi river, definite records existing for all districts except Mongu. West of the Zambessi the only indication I have been able to find is from the District Co |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Gee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| In Kathmandu, before my tour, I noted down the estimates of rhinoceros population made by various people:
General Kiran, S.J.B.R. 250-300
Chief Forest Officer 300-400 Captain Tej Jung Thapa 320
On arrival at the rhinoceros area, I was given the following estimates
... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Arnold, G. 1959 Longhouse and jungle: an expedition to Sarawak. London, Chatto and Windus, pp. 1-206 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| I had repeatedly told everyone that under no circumstance were they to kill a rhinoceros, but I hoped we shouldn't meet one, because the delight of the chase and magnificent excitement of so great a kill would certainly have ouweighed any Government prohibition. Madang and Lian asked me what was... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Haezaert, J. 1959 The black rhinoceros is brought back to Rwanda. Oryx 5 (3): 96-99, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Thanks to the protection afforded it by the Belgian Government, the northern race of the white, or square-lipped rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum cottoni, is increasing in the Garamba National Park of the Belgian Congo. This park was specially created in 1938 to preserve the species, whose number... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Gee, E.P. 1959 Report on a survey of the rhinoceros areas of Nepal, March and April 1959. Oryx 5 (2): 53-85, pls. 1-13, maps 1-3 |
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Location:
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 300-400, cf. Smythies 1942 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Grimwood, I.R.; Benson, C.W.; Ansell, W.F.H. 1958 The present-day status of ungulates in Northern Rhodesia. Mammalia 22: 451-468, map 1 |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 1958, 500, of which 350 in Luangwa GR |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Grimwood, I.R.; Benson, C.W.; Ansell, W.F.H. 1958 The present-day status of ungulates in Northern Rhodesia. Mammalia 22: 451-468, map 1 |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 1958, 15 in north-west corner |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L. 1958 Distribution geographique des ongules d'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise en relation avec leur ecologie. Mammalia 22: 294-316 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| excessively rare, almost disappeared |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Bourgoin, P. 1958 Les ongules dans les territoires de l'union francaise. Mammalia 22: 371-381 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| excessively rare, almost disappeared |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Bourgoin, P. 1958 Les ongules dans les territoires de l'union francaise. Mammalia 22: 371-381 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| now over 1000 head |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Grimwood, I.R.; Benson, C.W.; Ansell, W.F.H. 1958 The present-day status of ungulates in Northern Rhodesia. Mammalia 22: 451-468, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 1958, < 100 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Burnett, J.H. 1958 The Manas - Assam's unknown wild life sanctuary. Oryx 4 (5): 322-325 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1957, 20 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Burnett, J.H. 1958 The Manas - Assam's unknown wild life sanctuary. Oryx 4 (5): 322-325 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 45, District Forest Officer and Range Officer |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L. 1958 Note sur le statut actuel des grands ongules en Afrique Equatoriale Francaise. Mammalia 22: 399-405 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum, no signs found for 20 years. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Knobel, R. 1958 Present day status of certain ungulates in the Union of South Africa. Mammalia 22: 498-503 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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| In Natal only, not more than 300 still in existence |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Grimwood, I.R.; Benson, C.W.; Ansell, W.F.H. 1958 The present-day status of ungulates in Northern Rhodesia. Mammalia 22: 451-468, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Total population unlikely to exceed 1000 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Skead, C.J. 1958 Mammals of the Uitenhage and Cradock Districts CP in recent times. Koedoe 1: 19-38 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis bicornis extinct in Cradock and Uitenhage districts of Cape Province |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L. 1958 Note sur le statut actuel des grands ongules en Afrique Equatoriale Francaise. Mammalia 22: 399-405 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 100 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Skead, C.J. 1958 Mammals of the Uitenhage and Cradock Districts CP in recent times. Koedoe 1: 19-38 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis bicornis extinct in Cradock and Uitenhage districts of Cape Province |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Grimwood, I.R.; Benson, C.W.; Ansell, W.F.H. 1958 The present-day status of ungulates in Northern Rhodesia. Mammalia 22: 451-468, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| They may also survive in very small numbers in the Kasempa District, east of the East Lunga River towards the Ndola border. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L. 1958 Note sur le statut actuel des grands ongules en Afrique Equatoriale Francaise. Mammalia 22: 399-405 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 400 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Blancou, L. 1958 Distribution geographique des ongules d'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise en relation avec leur ecologie. Mammalia 22: 294-316 |
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Location:
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum, no signs found for 20 years. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Verschuren, J. 1958 Le status actuel des grands ongules du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, principalement dans les parcs nationaux du Congo Belge. Mammalia 22: 406-417 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| The present staus of the black rhino in Belgian Congo is very hard to assess. It was still common in the south-east of the colony in 1910, according to Jobaert, but since it has been much hunted and it is practically impossible to know the current numbers. They should be quite rare. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures) |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Shwe-U-Daung, 2, some say 3 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Ali, S.A.; Santapau, H. 1958 Birth of a Great Indian rhinoceros in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 157-158, 1 plate (2 figures) |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
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| in small and diminishing numbers |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310
![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/add_subref.gif) | In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
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| unknown if any present |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310
![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/add_subref.gif) | In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
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| 50 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Stracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 300 in Chitwan, 100 in Nawalpur, own estimate |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Stracey, P.D. 1957 On the status of the Great Indian rhinoceros (R unicornis) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54 (3): 763-766, map 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1000, based on Forest Dept. estimate |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310
![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/add_subref.gif) | In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Black rhino used to be numerous in the North-East of Nigeria. The area between the upper Benue and Lake Chad was taken as the western boundary of its distribution. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Harrisson, T. 1957 The great cave of Niah: a preliminary report on Bornean prehistory. Man 57: 161-166, pls. M-P, figs. 1-2 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Only about 15 to 25 survive in the whole island. For the most part these are isolated specimens, which rules the possibility of breeding, at any rate in the British area (2 in Sarawak, 5 in North Borneo). |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Avari, E.D. 1957 The Jaldapara Game Sanctuary, West Bengal. Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 29 (3): 65-68, pls. 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1957, ca. 50 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Pulon, O. 1957 Wildschutz in Sudwest Afrika: pp. 311-313
![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/add_subref.gif) | In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 150 rhino outside protected areas |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310
![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/add_subref.gif) | In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
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| maybe 12, cf. Harper 1945 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Salomon, H. 1957 Fauna preservation in the Dutch East Indies: pp. 59-61
![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/add_subref.gif) | In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
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| 35 - some years ago there were 50. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310
![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/add_subref.gif) | In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Angola
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis present in some poarts of the Cubango-Cuando zone. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Dennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310
![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/add_subref.gif) | In: Dennler de la Tour, G. Nature protection throughout the world, dedicated to the memory of Doctor Hugo Salomon. Buenos Aires, Dennler de la Tour: pp. 1-545 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Angola
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| existing in good numbers, not rare. |
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![](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/cat_arrow.gif) | Temple Perkins, E.A. 1956 Distribution of Uganda's fauna. Uganda Wildlife and Sport 1 (1): 5-10 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum, about 250 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Tun Yin, U 1956 Rhinoceros in the Kachin State. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 (4): 692-694 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| The Assistent Resident of Kamaing submitted in November 1955 a copy of a report dated October 1955 from the Kayang-Ok Hpakan (Kayang-Ok is a petty officer in charge of a circle, which comprises an average of six village tracts). The gist of the report is as follows:
(a) There are rhinos in Kan ... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Tun Yin, U 1955 Wild life preservation in Burma. Oryx 3 (2): 89-98, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| In 1939 it was estimated that the sanctuary contained 12 or 15 Sumatran rhinos. In April 1948 the tracks of one, and a month old spoor of a cow with a calf at heel were seen. In May 1948 one was seen and the Divisional forest Officer came to the conclusion that 4 or 5 were surviving. In 1952 t... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Harrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Twenty years ago the rhino was still common over Borneo. Within living memory it came down into village areas and did damage in the ricefields of the Kelabit plateau. Now there are probably not more than two or three in Sarawak ; none in Brunei ; some reported in east of North Borneo ; and a h... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| As far back as 1850, or thereabouts, the late Rev. F. Mason recorded that `The common single-horned rhinoceros is very abundant. Though often seen in the uninhabited banks of large rivers, such as the Tenasserim, thet are also fond of ranging the mountains.' It is not so long since this was writ... |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Ara, J. 1954 Conservation problems in Bihar. Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 27: 66-73 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 2 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Reynolds, E.A.P. 1954 Burma rhino. Burmese Forester 4 (2): 104-108 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| During my hot weather tour of the sanctuary in 1948, I estimated that there were probably 4 to 5 individuals of this rare species living in the area. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Uganda Game Department 1954 Uganda: extracts from the Annual Report of the Game Department for the year ended 31st December, 1952. Oryx 2 (5): 302-307 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Still present in limited numbers in various parts of Northern Uganda. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Uganda Game Department 1954 Uganda: extracts from the Annual Report of the Game Department for the year ended 31st December, 1952. Oryx 2 (5): 302-307 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| White rhino continue to flourish in West Nile and West Madi both inside and outside the two sanctuaries of Mt Kei and Mt Otze. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Tun Yin, U 1954 A note on the position of rhinoceros in the Union of Burma (1953). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (1): 83-87 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1954. No more than 2-3 in the sanctuary. |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Tun Yin, U 1954 Wild life preservation and sanctuaries in the Union of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 (2/3): 264-284, map 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1939 - Estimate 15, including 7 young. One calf was seen. Herd well established, cf. Annual Report 1940 |
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![File Available](http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/style_images/1/file_available.gif) | Rosevear, D.R. 1953 Checklist and atlas of Nigerian mammals. Lagos, Nigerian Government, pp. 1-131 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
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| Very rare and local. |
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