Karamoja is one of the few districts in Uganda where the black rhinoceros is still common in certain localities. Even so, his present range represents but a fraction of the area he formerly covered as common place-names in the southern counties and Suk, where rhino no longer occur, bear witness. Many a locality has been christened 'Nakouamosing' (rhino's head) or 'Kaikamosing' (place of the rhino), together with other variations of the same theme and this still perpetuates the memory of notable hunts or encounters of long ago. To-day, however, the rhinoceros in Karamoja is mainly confined to the Narus and Kidepo river systems in the north of Dodoth County and to the country just to the north of Kaabong, although there are one or two pockets of the animal elsewhere and in particular in the vicinity of Loyoro in Southern Dodoth.
Karamoja is one of the few districts in Uganda where the black rhinoceros is still common in certain localities. Even so, his present range represents but a fraction of the area he formerly covered as common place-names in the southern counties and Suk, where rhino no longer occur, bear witness. Many a locality has been christened 'Nakouamosing' (rhino's head) or 'Kaikamosing' (place of the rhino), together with other variations of the same theme and this still perpetuates the memory of notable hunts or encounters of long ago. To-day, however, the rhinoceros in Karamoja is mainly confined to the Narus and Kidepo river systems in the north of Dodoth County and to the country just to the north of Kaabong, although there are one or two pockets of the animal elsewhere and in particular in the vicinity of Loyoro in Southern Dodoth.
Black rhino shot in Karamoja, Uganda. Taken over the outside curve, the front horn measured 31 1/2 inches and the rear horn 19 inches.
Black rhino shot in Karamoja, Uganda. Taken over the outside curve, the front horn measured 31 1/2 inches and the rear horn 19 inches.
