Vol. 50 (2011): Pachyderm

Cover: Immobilized black rhino (Diceros bicornis minor) being air-lifted out of a nature reserve in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. See brief note on page 68. Photo: © WWF/Green Renaissance

Published: 2011-12-31

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

i-iii
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Chair Reports

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

Holly Dublin

1-6
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African Rhino Specialist Group report/ Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros d’Afrique

Mike Knight

7-14
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Asian Rhino Specialist Group report/ Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros d’Asie

Bibhab Kumar Talukdar

15-17
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Research

Status of the Sapo National Park elephant population and implications for conservation of elephants in Liberia

Yaw Boafo, Massalatchi M. Sani

18-25
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Elephant meat and ivory trade in Central Africa

Daniel Stiles

26-36
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Large and mostly legitimate: Hong Kong’s mammoth and elephant ivory trade

Esmond Martin, Chryssee Martin

37-49
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Population status of black and white rhinos in Zambia

Chansa Chomba, Wigganson Matandiko

50-55
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Field Notes

A note about the cover photograph

Dean Peinke, Brad Fike, Gavin Shaw, Dave Balfour

68
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African rhinos and elephants: biodiversity and its preservation

Colin Groves, Jan Robovský

69-71
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Rhino Notes

A review of black rhino systematics proposed in Ungulate Taxonomy by Groves and Grubb (2011) and its implications for rhino conservation

Kees Rookmaaker

72-76
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The behaviour of white rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda with particular reference to night-time activity

F.J. Patton, P.E. Campbell, A. Genade, R. Ayiko, G. Lutalo

77-83
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Using eye and profile wrinkles to identify individual white rhinos

F.J. Patton, P.E. Campbell

84-86
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Review

Historical incidence of the larger land mammals in the broader Northern and Western Cape

Kees Rookmaaker

87
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MIKE & ETIS Updates

Guidelines for Contributors

Guidelines for Contributors

105-106
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Special Issue

SPECIAL 50th issue—Pachyderm past and present

Lucy Vigne, Kees Rookmaaker, Kes Hillman Smith, Jan Robovský, Sue Downie, Lucky Mavrandonis, Dr Satya Priya Sinha, Markus Borner, Leonard Mubalama Kakira, Julien Marchais, Bridget McGraw

107-132
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