Hi everybody! I'm going to make a list of all Rhino's in Zoos worldwide. I need al little help because I don't know all Zoos which keep Rhino's Krefeld (Germany) Eastern Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) 2,1 (One male is born this year) Thank you for help
Marwell has 3 southern white rhino (ceratotherium simum simum) 1 male Hannu born at Knowsley safari park 23/11/83 1 female Sula born at Edinburgh Zoo 12/06/86 1 female Kiri born at Whipsnade 15/8/86 since then there has been two births 1 male Bhasela born Marwell 08/02/99 to Sula and Hannu he has gone to Flamingo land. 1 male Shaka born Marwell 31/12/03 to Sula and Hannu he has also gone to Flamingo land. Chester have Black and Indian Rhinos Longleat safari park Have White Paignton zoo have Black Edinburgh have Indian Whipsnade have Indian and White Knowsley safari park have White South lakes have White plus many more hope this helps
Taronga Western Plains Zoo has one male indian rhino called Dora. he came from San Diego I think. They also have black and white rhinos and other zoos around Australia have whites but I don't know any others by name.
Chester Indian Rhinos 1.1 male - Patna female - Baatschi Chester Black Rhinos (will soon be...) 2.5 males - Sammy, Magadi females - Manyara, Kitani, Ema, Rosie (and soon Malindi) And there will hopefully be 2 black rhino calves by May
Hopefully this doesn't sound to clueless to ask, but are breeding populations in zoos with Rhinos, are they structered like elephants? As in will a male be present at a particular time due to aggressive nature, or do the males often stay with the females?
Some zoos have very large groups of rhinos some of note are the San Deigo wild animal park, USA (largest group of Indian rhinos) also a large herd of white rhino and a small group of Black rhino, Port Lympne UK (Black rhinos), One of the largest groups world wide. Whipsnade zoo UK (Indian rhino & White rhino herds), Western plains zoo AUST (Black rhinos, white rhinos & one Indian rhino), also a number of other zoos world wide have large breeding groups
Thanks, seems rhinos are very social animals, though there was something I read that suggested the Sumatran is solitary
Most rhino do species live alone or in small groups ( usually sharing a mud wallow) however the White rhinos seem to be more of a social animal and do form small herds of cows and calfs There are a few Rhino websites with lots of infomation that you could have a look at such as SOS RHINO, Rhino resource centre, and others
A herd of white rhinos is just that a group of rhinos led by a female that will allow males to mix. Often these herds will have small groups within the herd. Black and Indian Rhinoceros herds are not quite as gregarious. A herd for these species can be consider an loose association of individual rhinos within a certain area (say 10 or so acres). There may be a hierarchy, but these rhinos are a bit more territorial than whites.
Although they hold the largest group, these animals are not all together. Port Lympne, started to house young females and males together and has seen good results when they become sexually active. They usually group size seems to be 1.2. This is what Chester were also trying with Kitani, Manyara & Sammy.
It usually works well because the animals are familiar with each already when they become sexually mature. It avoids the violent fighting that sometimes occurs between unfamiliar rhinos when they are put together. But there's a fine line between that and 'platonic' (brother/sister) non-breeding relationships that sometimes develop if the animals have been together since a very young age and are too familiar.
