scholarly journals Earless Diceros bicornis in the Etosha National Park, Namibia (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-218
Author(s):  
Petr Benda ◽  
Jaroslav Červený ◽  
Seth J. Eiseb ◽  
Marcel Uhrin
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
The Other ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis ◽  
Bilateral Absence

The syndrome of ear pinnae absence was recorded in three individuals of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) among 71 observed (4.2%) in the Etosha National Park, Namibia, during eight visits in 2013–2020. In two cases, the syndrome comprised bilateral absence of the pinna and certain damage of the tail, while in one case, only unilateral lack of the ear pinna was recorded without any damage of the other pinna and tail.

Observations on the Pathology of Lesions Associated with Stephanofilaria dinniki Round, 1964 from the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

1964 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Tremlett
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis ◽  
Made In

In South Africa, a filarioid infestation has been associated with lesions in the skin of the black rhinoceros (Schulz and Kluge, 1960). Similar lesions had been reported earlier from Kenya, as consistently occurring in these animals but their aetiology was unknown (Spinage, 1960). Recently the opportunity occurred to examine lesion material from four black rhinoceros located in the Royal Tsavo National Park Kenya. From this material adult helminths were recovered and identified (Round, 1964), and further pathological studies made. In addition, one rhinoceros showed evidence of an otitis.

scholarly journals Lake Nakuru Black Rhinoceros Sanctuary

Oryx ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
Christopher Lever
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Lake Nakuru ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis

In an attempt to stem the decline of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis in Kenya, the Rhino Rescue Charitable Appeal Trust was formed in England in 1985. Within a year work on the first sanctuary, in the Lake Nakuru National Park, had begun. The sanctuary was opened in 1987, when 17 rhinos from Mr Courtland Parfet's private ranch at Solio joined the wo animals already in Nakuru. A further 11 females are due to be added to the park shortly. Rhino Rescue, of which the author is a patron and trustee, is also developing its own education programme, and is contributing to other rhino sanctuaries in Kenya.

Trypanosomiasis and the conservation of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) at the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary, Tsavo West National Park, Kenya

1992 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEVE MIHOK ◽  
ELI MUNYOKI ◽  
ROBERT A. BRETT ◽  
JOHN F. JONYO ◽  
DIETTER RÖTTCHER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis

The Classical Rhinoceros

Antiquity ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 24 (94) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Gowers
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Early Years ◽  
The Other ◽  
The South ◽  
Ceratotherium Simum ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Roman World ◽  
Diceros Bicornis ◽  
Accurate Definition

By the term ‘classical rhinoceros’ I mean the rhinoceros which was known to the Greek and Roman world during the five and a half centuries between 300 B.C. and A.D. 250, which was shown from time to time at Alexandria under the Ptolemies and later on appeared regularly in the arena at Rome taking part in fights with other beasts and with men. Although the Indian rhinoceros seems occasionally to have been exhibited at Rome, at any rate in the early years of the Empire, I believe that the rhinoceros usually shown there came from Africa, and I have tried to analyse such evidence as is available to show firstly what species it was and secondly what part of Africa it came from.There are, of course, two quite distinct kinds of African rhinoceros, the square-mouthed and the prehensile-lipped, popularly known respectively as the White and the Black Rhinoceros. Until recently their scientific names were Rhinoceros simus and Rhinoceros bicornis, but systematists have now separated them into two genera, calling the former Ceratotherium simum and the latter Diceros bicornis ; denying to both the title of Rhinoceros which they reserve for the Indian rhinoceros and its near Asiatic relatives. For the sake of simplicity and brevity I shall retain the old names and call them simus and bicornis.The popular misnomers of ‘white’ and ‘black’ are a legacy from the South African Dutch of the 17th century, who called simus ‘wit renaster’ and bicornis ‘zwart renaster’. They were not very particular about exact shades of colour and probably meant no more than that one species usually appeared much lighter than the other. The natural colour of both appears much the same to an observer a little distance away. The hide of simus may be slightly lighter. Perhaps the most accurate definition is given by Roosevelt and Heller who say that the true colour of simus is smoke-grey while that of bicornis is dark clove-brown.

scholarly journals Behaviour and recruitment of translocated black rhinoceros diceros bicornis

Koedoe ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Hall-Martin ◽  
L. Penzhorn
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
National Park ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
High Population ◽  
Calving Interval ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Mating Activity ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis

Black rhinoceros were translocated to the Addo Ele- phant National Park from Kenya and released into a small fenced enclosure. Serious fighting attributed to the conditions under which the animals were released, the unusually high population density, the meeting of strange animals, aggression associated with mating and individual temperament resulted in the deaths of three animals within three weeks. Later fighting between bulls accounted for two more animals. A peak in mating activity was recorded during spring to mid-summer, followed by a peak calving period in late summer. The calving interval (35 months) is longer than that of unrestricted populations but ages at first mating in cows (4 years 6 months, 4 years 7 months) are comparable. First parturition at Addo occurs later (8 years, 8 years 5 months) than in wild animals and the young are hidden for the first few days after birth. Under conditions of stress a subadult bull readily took to swimming as a means of escaping from other animals.

scholarly journals The conservation and protection of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicomis in Zimbabwe

Koedoe ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G.H. Tatham ◽  
R.D. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
The Other ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Intelligence Gathering ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
The Government ◽  
Wild Life

Selected Papers from the Rhinoceros Conservation Workshop, Skukuza, Kruger National Park,31 August – 4 September 1988 The demise of black rhinoceros populations in Africa is alarming and the overriding cause for the decline is illicit poaching for horn. In 1987 Zimbabwe hosted the largest contiguous population of 500 animals in the Zambezi Valley while the country's overall population is now estimated to be nearly 2 000 individuals. A strategy to conserve and protect the black rhinoceros Diceros bicomis in Zimbabwe requires four dimensions, each dependent directly or indirectly on the other, if success is to be achieved. It includes a positive reaction by the Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management, a national reaction by the government totally committed to the protection of the species, an international reaction requiring support for the stand that Zimbabwe is taking and, finally, a system of intelligence gathering which assists the different authorities in the overall conservation strategy which is being implemented.

scholarly journals Castration of a Black Rhinoceros Diceros Bicornis Minor

Koedoe ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
V De Vos ◽  
H. H Braack
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Drastic Change ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis

A black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) in the Addo Elephant National Park was castrated in order to prevent the possibility of an aotic inducing gene to be introduced into the Addo population. The classic castration technique was used. It was subsequently found that the rhino showed a drastic change in behaviour, and is at this stage predictably timid, which is not the case with his testis carrying compeers.

A New Species of the Genus Strongylus Müller, 1780 from the Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis L. and a Note on the Other Species Occurring in Kenya

1962 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 189-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Round
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Original Drawings

Strongylus (Dicerocola) tremletti sp.nov. is described from the black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis L. from Kenya.The affinities of S. (D.) tremletti sp.nov. with the other species of the genus Strongylus Müller, 1780 are discussed and the subgenus Dicerocola subgen.nov. is erected to contain it.The species of Strongylus in Kenya are noted and original drawings of S. (D.) asini Boulenger, 1920 are included.

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