No information on exact number which occur naturally in Botswana, this is generally estimated to be less than 20.
Skull. Locality: Angola? Or Kwaai River. In coll. Hunting safari company, Maun, Botswana
localities in north and north-east
Skull. Locality: Angola? Or Kwaai River. In coll. Hunting safari company, Maun, Botswana
Wanderers from Zimbabwe. Further wanderers may be expected and in time, the species might well become feral.
The provenance of a Diceros bicornis skull in the possession of a hunting safari company in Maun, supposed to have been picked up from the Kwaai River, is doubtful, and may indeed have been brought in from Angola.
With the introduction of the species to Wankie NP, individuals have wandered westwards over the Botswana border, two to west of Nata (1966).
The visual records from the Nunga and Nata River areas are individuals released in Wankie NP, Rhodesia, which have wandered into Botswana.
Black rhino that occur naturally in Botswana may number about 20, found in the area north of Tsotsoroga Pan. This includes a report (by Bromfield) of 9 individuals NW of Selinda Spillway. Spoor has been recorded on Chobe River in vicinity of Kachikau and on NW border of Mabebe Depression, perhaps from the small population in the above areas.
The visual records from the Nunga and Nata River areas are individuals released in Wankie NP, Rhodesia, which have wandered into Botswana.
Type locality Interior of South Africa, near lat 26 deg. S (near Kuruman, northern Cape province).
Type locality 'India' but Cape of Good Hope according to Thomas (1911: 144)
Tshukudu
D.b.bicornis in Botswana
