 | Hickman, G.C. 1979 An inverted tooth in a white rhinoceros. Lammergeyer 27: 46-47, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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| Male collected in Umfolozi in 1961. Death ensued from a fight with an adult male, a broken left rib being one of the injuries sustained. The right ramus of the mandible had previously been broken. The blow responsible for the injury could have been delivered at a gallop of 40 kph. In this ins... |
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| Hofmeyr, J.M. 1975 The adaptation of wild animals translocated to new areas in South West Africa: pp. 126-131, fig. 1
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
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Black Rhino
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| After translocation
Several individuals were involved in mortal combat, which took place two to ten weeks after being set free. Four animals (three bulls and one cow) were known to have succumbed from fatal wounds. A heifer died of an unknown cause. In one instance it was necessary to recaptu... |
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| Haigh, J.C. 1975 Case of a constipated rhino. Veterinary Record 97: 282 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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White Rhino
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| The warden of the Meru National Park, Kenya, sent a radio-call asking me to visit a nine-year-old white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) cow which had been attacked by a male and severely horned around its rear about three days before. The animal was one of the five remaining white rhino o... |
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| Hofmeyr, J.M.; Bruine, J.R. de 1973 The problems associated with the capture, translocation and keeping of wild ungulates in South West Africa. Lammergeyer 18: 21-29, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
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| After translocation
Several rhino were involved in mortal combat 2 to 10 weeks after they were released. It was necessary to recapture one bull and move it to another area. |
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| Richards, D. 1972 Square-lipped rhinoceros: behaviour. Lammergeyer 15: 77-78 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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| One male and 2 females in the area. On one occasion the male was seen attempting to prevent the females from leaving the area. Each time the females started to move away, the male rounded them up, making a panting sound. The male was also observed spray-urinating. One female appeared to becom... |
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| Herbert, H.J.; Austen, B. 1972 The past and present distribution of the black and square lipped rhinoceros in the Wankie National Park. Arnoldia 5 (26): 1-6, map 1, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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Black Rhino
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| Of the 4 released in 1963, 1 female died as a result of a fight with another rhino. In May 1963 a male was found dead, possibly from injuries received at the same fight. |
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| Richards, D. 1972 Square-lipped rhinoceros: behaviour. Lammergeyer 15: 77-78 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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| Watched a fight between 2 adult males. The combatant males were in a clearing, at the edge of which stood an adult female and a small calf. Male 1 stood nearest to the female. Whenever M2 approached, M1 and F swung round to face M2. M1 was roaring and squealing with ears flattened and pointin... |
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| Richards, D. 1972 Square-lipped rhinoceros: behaviour. Lammergeyer 15: 77-78 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Behaviour - Fighting
White Rhino
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| A confrontation between 2 adult males (presumed to be territorial) was witnessed. The animals approached each other, horn to horn. At first one male retreated a few metres, then the other did, then they advanced again. The animals continued to retreat and advance for ca 30 min, when they becam... |
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| Foster, J.B. 1967 The square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni (Lydekker)) in Uganda. East African Wildlife Journal 5: 167-171, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Behaviour - Fighting
White Rhino
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| While the square-lipped rhino tends to live in larger herds than the black, fighting, especially between males, does occasionally occur with mortality sometimes resulting (Player and Feely, 1960). Such an outcome may well depend on the high population of rhino in Natal; fatalities from combat ha... |
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| Spillett, J.J. 1966 Laokhowa and other rhino areas in Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 529-534 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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| Three cases of rhino dying as a result of injuries sustained in fighting have been reported from Laokhowa since 1964: an ad. Female in July 1964, a male in Feb. 1965, a male in Nov. 1965. |
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