Ugandan Wildlife: Rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

Rhino

Rhinoceros is short for Rhino or Rhinos for plural.  The rhino’s name derives from the Dutch ‘weit’ meaning wide a reference to its wide square muzzle adapted for grazing. The black rhino decline drastically in 1970s and 1980s due to poaching. That’s why many were trans-located to fenced sanctuaries in the early 1990s. Fact Sheet

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Uganda Kob

uganda kob in queen Elizabeth

Kobs are gregarious antelopes. They live together with a Bushbuck and Bohor seed buck in a large grassed enclosed near the centers front gates at Uganda Wildlife Educational centre. (UWEC). There are currently 3 males and 3 females at UWEC. Fact Sheet Common name: Uganda Kob Scientific name: Kobus Kob Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class:

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