Originally from Kruger National Park in South Africa, the importation of wild born rhinos was an important addition to the regional population as it injected new genetics into the region. The park’s breeding bull Umfana, arrived in April 2022 from Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo. This astonishing weight gain means that keepers are able to literally watch the calves grow before their very own eyes! For roughly the first six months of their life rhino calves gain weight extremely rapidly, at a rate of around two to three kilograms a day. The Southern white rhinoceros has mutualistic relationships with cattle egrets, red-billed oxpeckers and cape starlings, 3 bird species that remove parasites from their skin.Monarto Safari Park is home to a rhino crash of five Southern White Rhinoceros: two mature bulls and three mature females.įemales Uhura, Umqali and Savannah are housed together, and these females have produced 7 calves at Monarto since 2005.Although the Southern white rhinoceros has no natural predators, they have been seen with scars as the result of fighting with hyenas.93% of the entire population of Southern white rhinoceros live in South Africa.The Southern white rhinoceros is the largest pure grazer in the world.The Southern white rhinoceros is the most numerous rhinoceros species.She will then become sexually receptive again. The female rhinoceros will begin to distance herself from her young and may be actively hostile towards them when they reach 2.5 to 3 years of age. Rhinoceros calves will be weaned between 12 and 18 months of age. Newborn rhinoceroses will feed exclusively from their mother for 2 months, then they will start eating soft young grasses in addition to milk. Males do not take part in rearing offspring. Following copulation during this fertile period, the female will leave the male.įemales will give birth to 1 calf after a pregnancy of 530 to 550 days. Copulation lasts 15 to 30 minutes and rhinoceroses will mate several times over 2-5 days while the female is most fertile. If courtship is successful, they will mate.
However, if she successfully leaves his territory, he will leave her alone. The male will attempt to prevent the female from entering the territory of other males during this time. When a receptive female enters a male´s territory, he will track her and remain close to her for 5-20 days until she reaches peak fertility. Females may whistle to males when they are ready to mate, or a male may detect a fertile female by smell. Females may be solitary or may live in a temporary, loosely bonded group of several females and their offspringĭominant male rhinoceroses are territorial and will preside over a large area of land that females will graze on. Male Southern white rhinoceroses are solitary: they do not interact except to mate or challenge each other territory or mates. Horns can be sold for a high price for use in traditional medicine They continue to be threatened by poachers, who hunt the animal illegally for their horns. Since then, consistent protection, captive breeding programs, and reintroduction to their historical home range has allowed the Southern white rhinoceros population to recover spectacularly. This species was reduced to 20 individuals in the early 20th Century as a result of over-hunting for meat and sport. The Southern white rhinoceros is near-threatened, but has returned from the brink of extinction thanks to long-term conservation efforts. Male Southern white rhinoceros measure between 12.21 and 13 feet (3.7-4 meters) in length are 68"-75" (1.7-1.9 meters) tall and weigh an average of 5060lb (2295 kg). They have protuberant ears on the top of the musculature that supports the head. The head of the rhinoceros is almost rectangular in shape with a square snout. The Southern white rhinoceros has two horns, with the front horn being much longer than the secondary horn. They are large, broad animals with thick, grey skin. The Southern white rhinoceros is a large species of ungulate native to Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia). The Southern White Rhinoceros ( Ceratotherium simum simum) is a large African ungulate featured in the Africa Pack DLC of Planet Zoo.
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