Diet of Black Rhinoceros (Diceros Bicornis Minor) as Determined by Faecal Microhistological Analysis at the Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centre, Limpopo Province - a Preliminary Investigation

E.W. Malan; B.K. Reilly; M. Landman; W.J. Myburgh

doi:10.3957/056.042.0104

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E.W. Malan,¹ B.K. Reilly,^1,* M. Landman,² W.J. Myburgh¹

¹1Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 00
²2Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 77000, Po

^*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: reillybk@tut.ac.za

Abstract

The diet of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) has been the subject of a number of studies in various regions but information for the central bushveld region is sparse. This communication shows a number of woody species utilized by black rhino in this region and identified by means of microhistological faecal analysis. A total of 18 species were identified from the samples collected.

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E.W. Malan, B.K. Reilly, M. Landman, and W.J. Myburgh "Diet of Black Rhinoceros (Diceros Bicornis Minor) as Determined by Faecal Microhistological Analysis at the Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centre, Limpopo Province - a Preliminary Investigation," South African Journal of Wildlife Research 42(1), 60-62, (1 April 2012). https://doi.org/10.3957/056.042.0104

Received: 11 August 2011; Accepted: 1 May 2012; Published: 1 April 2012

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