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Anonymous 1964. Square-lipped rhinoceros. IUCN Bulletin NS 1 (12): 5.

Square-lipped rhinoceros

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Location Zimbabwe Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum)

Ceratotherium simum. Many years ago, animals were sent from Natal to W. Pretorius.

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Location Zimbabwe Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum) Year 1963

About 1963, 2 pairs were brought from Natal to Loskop Dam. It is now possible to announce the birth of the first calf.

Note
Location Zimbabwe Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum) Year 1963

Many years ago secimens of Ceratotherium simum were sent from Natal to Ndumu and Mkuzi Game Reserves. Specimens also to Lruger NP. About a year ago [1963] 2 pairs were brought to Loskop Dam GR, and now there is the nirth of the first calf.

Note
Location Zimbabwe Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum)

Many years ago, specimens were sent [from Natal] to W. Pretorius Nature Reserve, South Rhodesia.

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