 | Dutta, G.C.; Bhattacharyya 1989 Some observations on daily habitual activity of one horned rhinoceros. Zoos Print 4 (11): 19, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. They are fond of Saccurnum sp. of grasses. |
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| Zainuddin, Zainal Zahari; Hassan, M. 1989 Feed intake and digestibility of Ficus variegate in a captive Sumatran Rhinoceros at Zoo Melaka. Journal of Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 8: 112-116 |
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Captive - Asia
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Hall-Martin, A.; Walker, C.H.; Bothma, J. du P. 1988 Kaokoveld: the last wilderness. Johannesburg, Southern Book Publishers, pp. i-xii, 1-145 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
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Black Rhino
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| Desert rhinos in Namibia. That these rhino can survive in areas with less than 100 mm mean annual rainfall is amazing. Normally rhino drink every night, yet in the Kaokoveld, because they must move great distances in search of food, they may drink only every third or even fourth night.
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| Ghebremeskel, K.; Williams, G.; Lewis, J.C.M.; Du Toit, R. 1988 Serum alpha-tocopherol, all-trans retinol, total lipids and cholesterol in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 91A: 343-345, table 1 |
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World
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Black Rhino
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| The alpha-tocopherol values of the wild rhinos were significantly greater (P <0.001) than those of the captive species. Brysh and Anderson (1986) were unable to detect alpha-tocopherol in serum of captive black rhinoceroses. The mean alpha-tocopherol / total lipid ratio of the free-ranging spec... |
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| Hall-Martin, A.; Walker, C.H.; Bothma, J. du P. 1988 Kaokoveld: the last wilderness. Johannesburg, Southern Book Publishers, pp. i-xii, 1-145 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| Desert rhinos in Namibia. That these rhino can survive in areas with less than 100 mm mean annual rainfall is amazing. Normally rhino drink every night, yet in the Kaokoveld, because they must move great distances in search of food, they may drink only every third or even fourth night.
They ut... |
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| Ghebremeskel, K.; Williams, G.; Lewis, J.C.M.; Du Toit, R. 1988 Serum alpha-tocopherol, all-trans retinol, total lipids and cholesterol in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 91A: 343-345, table 1 |
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World
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Black Rhino
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| The alpha-tocopherol values of the wild rhinos were significantly greater (P <0.001) than those of the captive species. Brysh and Anderson (1986) were unable to detect alpha-tocopherol in serum of captive black rhinoceroses. The mean alpha-tocopherol / total lipid ratio of the free-ranging spec... |
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| Cranbrook, Earl of 1987 Riches of the wild: land mammals of South-East Asia. Singapore, Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, pp. i-vii, 1-95 |
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World
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Both rhinos are browsers, feeding on a mix of foliage and fruit, particularly of plants associated with disturbed forest or secondary vegetation, like Macaranga sp., Mallotus sp., Artocarpus sp. and figs. |
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| Khan, M. 1987 Country report - Malaysia: Distribution and population of the Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis in Peninsular Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 75-82, fig. 4, table 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| It feeds on tree saplings, climbers and other forest plants. In Peninsular Malaysia, three hundred species of plants have been identified as food items for the rhino. |
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| Furley, C.W. 1987 The death of Subur. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 9: 43, fig. 1 |
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Captive - Europe
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Port Lympne Zoo. We had trouble persuading her to eat properly during the weeks that followed. She consumed only a few twigs, lucerne hay and fruit each day, though Torgamba had settled in well on the same diet after his arrival. After five weeks her appetite suddenly increased, and she began ... |
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| Atmawidjaja, R. 1987 Country report - Indonesia: Rhino management in Indonesia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 70-74 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Ujung Kulon, Java. Diet includes an overabundance of leaves. It seems that there have been very significant changes in the composition of forest trees in its habitat in Ujung Kulon, especially in its preferred food plants. |
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