The species has been recorded from the Eastern Caprivi.
The species ranges throughout the Kaokoveld and, occasionally, into the Etosha Pan region where a single animal has recently been observed.
The species does not appear to range along the Okavango River.
The questionnaires record the black rhino only from the Outjo District, where it occurs on a number of farms in the northern section. The species ranges throughout the Kaokoveld and, occasionally, into the Etosha Pan region where a single animal has recently been observed. Shortridge believed that there were between 40 and 80 black rhino in the Kaokoveld, but in view of the number recorded on farming land I believe the higher figure to be more accurate (much of the northern part of Outjo district fell within the Kaokoveld in 1934).
Although the white rhinoceros appears on the list of protected game, I believe that this was a mistake or a safeguard in case the animal should be found in the Kaokoveld. I have heard reports of two types of rhinoceros in that territory and in Angola, but a belief in the existence of two forms of several species is widespread, and in this case, the informants have limited themselves to vague generalities. It is safe to assume that the white rhino does not occur in South West Africa.
Diceros bicornis. Shortridge believed that there were between 40 and 80 black rhino in the Kaokoveld, but in view of the number recorded on farming land I believe the higher figure to be more accurate.
