Pachyderm

About the Journal

Pachyderm is a bi-annual, international, and peer-reviewed journal that deals primarily with matters related to African elephant and African and Asian rhino conservation and management in the wild. It is also a platform for dissemination of information concerning the activities of the African Elephant, the African Rhino, and the Asian Rhino Specialist Groups of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC).

Current Issue

Vol. 64 (2023): Pachyderm

A greater one-horned rhino wallowing in Kaziranga National Park, March 2022

Published: 2023-11-27

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Chair Reports

African Elephant Specialist Group Chair report/Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes de l’Eléphant d’Afrique

Benson Okita-Ouma, Rob Slotow

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African Rhino Specialist Group Chair report Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros d’Afrique

Mike Knight, Keit Mosweu, Sam M Ferreira

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Asian Rhino Specialist Group Chair report Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros d’Asie

Bibhab Kumar Talukdar

31-36
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Research

A culture of aggression: the Gorongosa elephants' enduring legacy of war

Joyce Poole, Jason Denlinger, Dominique Gonçalves, Petter Granli

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Pachyderm

About the Journal

Current Issue

Full Issue

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chair Reports

African Elephant Specialist Group Chair report/Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes de l’Eléphant d’Afrique

African Rhino Specialist Group Chair report Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros d’Afrique

Asian Rhino Specialist Group Chair report Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros d’Asie

Research

A culture of aggression: the Gorongosa elephants' enduring legacy of war

Management

All aboard the 'Elephant Express', a practical solution for human-elephant coexistence

Twisting collars on male elephants in shrub terrain: animal welfare considerations for researchers, managers and manufacturers

Behaviour and habitat preferences of translocated rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis) at Manas National Park, Assam, India

Field Notes

Bridging the Rift: demonstrating large mammal landscape connectivity from Amboseli National Park to the greater Maasai Mara

A possible case of congenital tusklessness in a male African savannah elephant

Integrating local and scientific ecological knowledge to assess African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) populations in a data-deficient region, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo None

Speculating on transverse grooves in African elephant tusks

One year after the rollout of the Coexistence Toolbox for reducing human-elephant conflict How Save the Elephants’ Human-Elephant Coexistence (HEC) Toolbox is helping rural communities live safely with elephants

Promoting positive interactions with the traumatised elephants of Gorongosa National Park

White rhino ecology: a comparison of two rhino populations (Ceratotherium simum simum) in South Africa and Uganda

Observations on the first Inter-Calving Interval for six, particularly early breeding female white rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda

Book Review

How to raise a rhino: a biography of Anna Merz Founder of Lewa Downs black rhino sanctuary

Obituaries

Mark and Peter Jenkins Following in a father’s footsteps, two lives cut short while on active duty

Rudi Van Aarde beyond the loss, celebrating the Professor’s indelible footprints

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