In Dec 1963 two pairs Ceratotherium simum were imported from South Africa, one pair to zoo in Livingstone, the other pair to Kafue NP. It was quite unjustified to attempt introduction of such an alien species to the Kafue NP, but it would not be unreason
Specimen. Locality: Zambia. In coll. National Museum of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Specimen. Locality: Zambia. In coll. Kaffrarian Museum, King William's Town, South Africa
Specimen. Locality: Zambia. In coll. National Museum of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Specimen. Locality: Zambia. In coll. National Museum, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Minimum number now assessed as being 4000.
Specimen. Locality: Zambia. In Zoological Museum, Bern, Switzerland.
Specimen. Locality: Zambia. In coll. National Museum, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Extralimital: Kakyeolo, 1229-B-3, cf. Schouteden 1945
Specimen. Locality: Zambia. In coll. Kaffrarian Museum, King William's Town, South Africa
Regards minor as the form occurring in Zambia, although it is possible that there may have been intergrading with chobiensis in the southwest.
Map of former and present distribution
Specimen. Locality: Zambia. In Zoological Museum, Bern, Switzerland.
No record from montane areas. Rhinos were wide-spread especially in the low-lying valleys.
Ukoli
Shalangwa
In Dec 1963 one pair Ceratotherium simum was brought from South Africa to Kafue NP, where they were kept in an enclosure near Ngoma until the death of the male, when the surviving female was transferred to the zoological gardens in Livingstone.
Chozi Flats - cf. Vesey-Fitzgerald 1961, cf. Grogan 1900
East, south and west of Mporokoso - old report.
Child (1968) recorded Diceros bicornis between the Mwenda (1727-B-2) and Umniati (1628-D-2) rivers.
1944 Kafwimbi's area, and Mutombe's area - see Isoka District Notebook, National Archives, Lusaka
In all squares from Lake Kariba to Feira, cf. Child & Savory 1964
The letter on the Lake Nakuru Black Rhinoceros Sanctuary (Oryx, 26, 174-177) states, 'This sanctuary was always intended as a sanctuary for both black and white rhinos...' Why? The white rhinoceros is not indigenous to Kenya, and those imported have been the southern subspecies, Ceratotherium simum simum, which is not endangered. There might be something to be said for Kenya trying to help conserve the seriously endangered northem subspecies, Ceratotherium simum cottoni, even though it too is not indigenous. But it seems misguided to expend what are no doubt limited resources on the southern form.
Never definitely recorded from Zambia, but may formerly have occurred between the Zambezi and Mashi Rivers in the southwest of the Western Province.
Chipembele
Shempele
Chilangwa
Chilangwa
1963 Dec, 2/2 , 2 pairs to Zambia (Kafue and Livingstone).
Type locality 'India' = Cape of Good Hope, cf. Thomas 1911
In Dec 1963 a pair was brought from South Africa to the Zoological park at Livingstone. Another pair went to Kafue NP, where the male died, and the female was transferred to Livingstone. Several calves have been born at Livingstone, and when I left Zambia in 1974 there was a total of 5 animals.
Type locality Zululand, cf. Groves 1967
Type locality Kansumbia, parent streams of the Loma, tributary of the Cuando, Angola
