A Vision For The TigerA Vision For The Tiger From The Director's Desk

Preface

A Wildlife Tragedy

The Insatiable Demand for Horn

WWF's Response to the Crisis

The Early Years: 1961-1970

The 1970s and

The 1980s: Capture and Consolidation

The 1990s: Cautious Optimism

What We Have Learned

Challenges for the Future

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Box 2

Table 1

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Box 1
The Current Range of Africa's Rhinos

Four subspecies of black or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) are recognized today. Their scientific names and current distribution under free-ranging conditions are as follows:

Diceros bicornis bicornisNamibia, South Africa
Diceros bicornis longipesCameroon
Diceros bicornis michaeliKenya, Rwanda, South Africa*, Tanzania
Diceros bicornis minorMalawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

The white or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) has two subspecies, the southern and the northern white rhino:

Ceratotherium simum simumBotswana, Côte d'Ivoire*, Kenya*, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ceratotherium simum cottoniDemocratic Republic of Congo

Although all rhinos are herbivores, the black rhinoceros is principally a browser, using its prehensile upper lip to grasp stems and branches, whilst the white rhino is a grazer, preferring more open habitats.

* countries outside the known historic range of the subspecies.



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