Southern Darfur. Rhinos were reported to be fairly numerous in the extreme south-west, between Hofret-en-Nahas and Kafia Kingi on a number of occasions in the early 20th century (SIR no.105, April 1903; ffrench-Comyn 1911). It was previously recorded by Browne (1799) and Btckhardt (1819). There does not appear to be any later refererence to rhino in Darfur other than in 1951 (Game Preservation Branch, 1951) which says that the `white rhino possibly occurs along the Bahr el Arab.' The most recent actual report of rhino near to our area was, however, a black rhino in 1946 near to wau about 300 km to the south of the Nahr el Arab (Blancou 1958). It is certain that neither species of rhino now occurs in Darfur, and they have probably been extinct in the whole province for at least 40 years.
Darfur Province. These early observations do not record whether it was Diceros bicornis or Ceratotherium simum which was seen. However, it was `pretty well established that whitye rhino are still extant in South Kordofan and seems highly probable that it also exists in southern Darfur)SIR no. 114, January 1904).'
