File AvailableNatal 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
A black rhino count in Hluhluwe showed that over the past three years there has been an increase in the population.
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
50-50
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
100-1000
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
200-300, trend up
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
500-1000, trend unknown
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
250-300, trend unknown
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Rwanda
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
6, introduced Kagera
  details

File AvailableHarrisson, T. 1961 The threat to rare animals in Borneo. Oryx 6 (2): 126-128
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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 AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
2560-2560
  details

File AvailableNatal 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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.
  details

File AvailableNatal 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum. An aerial count of white rhino recorded 600.
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
525-525, trend stationary
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
3000-4000, trend up
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
10933-13553
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File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
312-312, trend up
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
0-20, threatened
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
280-280, trend up
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Angola
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
150-200, trend up
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
500-500, trend unknown
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
1500-1500, trend stationary
  details

File AvailableAnonymous 1961 Combien reste-t-il de rhinoceros noirs en Afrique?. Terre et la Vie 1961: 159
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
1000-1000
  details

File AvailableBateman, J.A. 1961 The mammals occuring in the Bredasdorp and Swellendam districts, CP, since European settlement. Koedoe 4: 78-100
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis bicornis extinct in Cradock, Uitenhage, Bredasdorp and Swellendam dts.
  details

File AvailableFunaioli, U.; Simonetta, A.M. 1961 Statut actuel des ongules en Somalie. Mammalia 25: 97-111, fig. 1
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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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Taman, I.M. 1961 The protection of the two species of rhinoceros in Indonesia: p. 242

In: Anonymous Tenth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, Abstracts of Symposium Paper. Honolulu: pp. i-iii, 1-480
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
50-60
  details

File AvailableBateman, J.A. 1961 The mammals occuring in the Bredasdorp and Swellendam districts, CP, since European settlement. Koedoe 4: 78-100
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis bicornis extinct in Cradock, Uitenhage, Bredasdorp and Swellendam dts.
  details

File AvailableAnsell, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Total in the Territory is not likely to exceed 1000, of which perhaps 500 in the Luangwa Valley.
  details

File AvailableBackhaus, D. 1960 Auf Besuch im Garamba-Nationalpark: Naturschutz in Belgisch Kongo. Orion 15: 307-314, figs. 1-11
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
150-300
  details

File AvailableGrzimek, B.; Grzimek, M. 1960 Serengeti mag niet sterven: 367000 dieren zoeken een land. Amsterdam, Scheltens and Giltay, pp. 1-240
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Census in 1958 showed: Diceros bicornis 55
  details

File AvailableGrzimek, B. 1960 Die Zusammensetzung der Nashornmilch. Zoologische Garten 25 (4): 202-204
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Aerial census in January 1958 showed 55 D.bicornis bicornis.
  details

File AvailableBrynard, A.M.; Pienaar, U. de V. 1960 Annual report of the biologists, 1958/1959. Koedoe 3: 1-205
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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.
  details

File AvailableBackhaus, D. 1960 Auf Besuch im Garamba-Nationalpark: Naturschutz in Belgisch Kongo. Orion 15: 307-314, figs. 1-11
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
800-1000
  details

File AvailableAnsell, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
1960, perhaps 500
  details

File AvailableNatal Parks Board 1960 12th Annual Report, 1 April 1959 - 31 March 1960. Typewritten Report. Pietermaritzburg, NPB, pp. 1-39
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
White rhino were seen regularly in most parts of the reserve but appeared to concentrate in large numbers in the western areas.
  details

File AvailableDaubercies, A. 1960 Black rhino survey 1959 to 1960. Proceedings of the IUCN 7th General Assembly Warsaw: 127-131
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
No details available yet
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File AvailableBlancou, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
400
  details

File AvailableBlancou, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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.
  details

File AvailableBlancou, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
very scarce
  details

File AvailableGee, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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 AvailableGee, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
600, based on Forest Dept. estimate.
  details

File AvailableGee, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
1000
  details

File AvailableBlancou, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
100
  details

Behr, M.; Meissner, H.O. 1959 Keine Angst um wilde Tiere: Funf Kontinente geben ihnen Heimat. Muenchen, Bonn, Wien, BLV Verlag, pp. 1-309
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
600
  details

Behr, M.; Meissner, H.O. 1959 Keine Angst um wilde Tiere: Funf Kontinente geben ihnen Heimat. Muenchen, Bonn, Wien, BLV Verlag, pp. 1-309
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
600 in North West Sudan
  details

File AvailableBlancou, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Ivory Coast
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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.
  details

File AvailableGee, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
maps of Chitwan and surrounding areas showing rhino occurrence.
  details

File AvailableGee, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
maps of Chitwan and surrounding areas showing rhino occurrence.
  details

File AvailableGee, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
Map
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File AvailableAli, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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 AvailableAli, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Asian Rhino Species
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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Behr, M.; Meissner, H.O. 1959 Keine Angst um wilde Tiere: Funf Kontinente geben ihnen Heimat. Muenchen, Bonn, Wien, BLV Verlag, pp. 1-309
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
500
  details

File AvailableBlancou, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
500 in Southern Chad
  details

File AvailableAnsell, W.F.H. 1959 Further data on Northern Rhodesian ungulates. Mammalia 23 (3): 332-349, table 1
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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 AvailableGee, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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 AvailableArnold, G. 1959 Longhouse and jungle: an expedition to Sarawak. London, Chatto and Windus, pp. 1-206
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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 AvailableHaezaert, J. 1959 The black rhinoceros is brought back to Rwanda. Oryx 5 (3): 96-99, figs. 1-3
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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 AvailableGee, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
300-400, cf. Smythies 1942
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File AvailableGrimwood, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
1958, 500, of which 350 in Luangwa GR
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File AvailableGrimwood, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
1958, 15 in north-west corner
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1958 Distribution geographique des ongules d'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise en relation avec leur ecologie. Mammalia 22: 294-316
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
excessively rare, almost disappeared
  details

File AvailableBourgoin, P. 1958 Les ongules dans les territoires de l'union francaise. Mammalia 22: 371-381
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
excessively rare, almost disappeared
  details

File AvailableBourgoin, P. 1958 Les ongules dans les territoires de l'union francaise. Mammalia 22: 371-381
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
now over 1000 head
  details

File AvailableGrimwood, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
1958, < 100
  details

File AvailableBurnett, J.H. 1958 The Manas - Assam's unknown wild life sanctuary. Oryx 4 (5): 322-325
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
1957, 20
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File AvailableBurnett, J.H. 1958 The Manas - Assam's unknown wild life sanctuary. Oryx 4 (5): 322-325
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
45, District Forest Officer and Range Officer
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File AvailableBlancou, L. 1958 Note sur le statut actuel des grands ongules en Afrique Equatoriale Francaise. Mammalia 22: 399-405
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum, no signs found for 20 years.
  details

File AvailableKnobel, R. 1958 Present day status of certain ungulates in the Union of South Africa. Mammalia 22: 498-503
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
In Natal only, not more than 300 still in existence
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File AvailableGrimwood, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Total population unlikely to exceed 1000
  details

File AvailableSkead, C.J. 1958 Mammals of the Uitenhage and Cradock Districts CP in recent times. Koedoe 1: 19-38
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis bicornis extinct in Cradock and Uitenhage districts of Cape Province
  details

File AvailableBlancou, L. 1958 Note sur le statut actuel des grands ongules en Afrique Equatoriale Francaise. Mammalia 22: 399-405
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Chad
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
100
  details

File AvailableSkead, C.J. 1958 Mammals of the Uitenhage and Cradock Districts CP in recent times. Koedoe 1: 19-38
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis bicornis extinct in Cradock and Uitenhage districts of Cape Province
  details

File AvailableGrimwood, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
They may also survive in very small numbers in the Kasempa District, east of the East Lunga River towards the Ndola border.
  details

File AvailableBlancou, L. 1958 Note sur le statut actuel des grands ongules en Afrique Equatoriale Francaise. Mammalia 22: 399-405
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
400
  details

File AvailableBlancou, L. 1958 Distribution geographique des ongules d'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise en relation avec leur ecologie. Mammalia 22: 294-316
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum, no signs found for 20 years.
  details

File AvailableVerschuren, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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 AvailableAli, 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)
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
Shwe-U-Daung, 2, some say 3
  details

File AvailableAli, 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)
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Distribution - Status
Javan Rhino
in small and diminishing numbers
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File AvailableDennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310

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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
unknown if any present
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File AvailableDennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310

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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
50
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File AvailableStracey, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
300 in Chitwan, 100 in Nawalpur, own estimate
  details

File AvailableStracey, 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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
1000, based on Forest Dept. estimate
  details

File AvailableDennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310

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
Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Western Africa - Nigeria
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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 AvailableHarrisson, 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
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 AvailableAvari, 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
1957, ca. 50
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File AvailablePulon, O. 1957 Wildschutz in Sudwest Afrika: pp. 311-313

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
150 rhino outside protected areas
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File AvailableDennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310

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
maybe 12, cf. Harper 1945
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File AvailableSalomon, H. 1957 Fauna preservation in the Dutch East Indies: pp. 59-61

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
35 - some years ago there were 50.
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File AvailableDennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310

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
Diceros bicornis present in some poarts of the Cubango-Cuando zone.
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File AvailableDennler de la Tour, G. 1957 Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika: pp. 171-310

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
existing in good numbers, not rare.
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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
Ceratotherium simum, about 250
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File AvailableTun 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
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 AvailableTun 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
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 AvailableHarrisson, T. 1955 Borneo fauna anxieties. Oryx 3 (3): 134-137
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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 AvailableReynolds, 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
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 AvailableAra, 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
2
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File AvailableReynolds, 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
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 AvailableUganda 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
Still present in limited numbers in various parts of Northern Uganda.
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File AvailableUganda 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
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 AvailableTun 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
1954. No more than 2-3 in the sanctuary.
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File AvailableTun 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
1939 - Estimate 15, including 7 young. One calf was seen. Herd well established, cf. Annual Report 1940
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File AvailableRosevear, 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
Very rare and local.
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