Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817)

Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Perissodactyla, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 369-372 : 371

Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817) . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 97.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Prov., Makuba Range, Chue Spring (= Heuningvlei; about 26°15'S, 23° 10'E) .

DISTRIBUTION: Formerly S Chad, Central African Republic, S Sudan, NE Zaire, Uganda, S Zambia and from Zambezi River in Zimbabwe and S Mozambique to Vaal River in South Africa. Now much restricted in distribution; in south of range, extinct except in E Natal ( South Africa), but reintroduced into other parts of South Africa (Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State), Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Introduced into Zambia and Kenya. In north of range, now confined to NE Zaire.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered as C. s. cottoni .

SYNONYMS: burchellii , camptoceros, camus , crossii , cottoni , kaiboaba, oswellii, prostheceros.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Groves (1972a, Mammalian Species, 8). Revised by Groves (1975b).