Annual report of the biologists, 1958/1959

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.

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.

Diceros bicornis . In 1936 there were still lone specimens in the dense Nwatimiri bush, but these also disappeared gradually and it may be assumed that at present this kind has also become extinct in the park, in spite of regular reports from tourists and Native Rangers to the contrary.