Black rhino in the survey area `have been reduced to the point of extinction.' - no rhinos were sighted during the survey. Rhinos were relatively plentiful until several years ago. In 1981 the country's rhino population was estimated at 1500, including some 30 in the Manovo-Gounda-St.Floris National Park) and formed the most important rhino population remaining in central and west Africa.
Black rhino in the survey area `have been reduced to the point of extinction.' - no rhinos were sighted during the survey. Rhinos were relatively plentiful until several years ago. In 1981 the country's rhino population was estimated at 1500, including some 30 in the Manovo-Gounda-St.Floris National Park) and formed the most important rhino population remaining in central and west Africa.
