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Oct 23
2011
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Three Rhinos in one morningPosted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on Oct 23, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 23.10.2011
Alex left on a early morning game drive focusing on his four guest request which was the rhino. On arrival to the maasai mara national reserve nature was so kind they came across three rhinos, a female with calf and one male rhino.
The calf stay with their mother until the next calf is born usually two to four years, at this age the older calf is usually driven away but often returns later or is temporarily adopted by another female.
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| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth |
Daniel |
Peter |
Ferdinand | Philip |
Alex |
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| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 70 |
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42 |
150 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 23 |
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20 |
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| Bat-eared Fox | 4 |
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2 |
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| Black Rhinoceros |
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1 |
3 |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 170 |
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2,500 |
200 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 120 |
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100 |
750 |
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| Bushbuck | 3 |
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| Cape Buffalo | 5 |
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600 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah |
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6 |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 8 |
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34 |
10 |
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| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck |
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| Dwarf Mongoose | 22 |
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20 |
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| Eland | 14 |
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180 |
15 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle | 7 |
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65 |
10 |
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| Hippopotamus |
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80 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 750 |
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250 |
100 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 24 |
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4 |
10 |
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| Klipspringer |
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| Large-spotted Genet |
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| Leopard |
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| Lesser Bushbaby |
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| Lesser Kudu |
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| Lion |
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14 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 12 |
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18 |
6 |
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| Olive Baboon | 34 |
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40 |
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| Oribi |
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| Pangolin |
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| Patas Monkey |
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| Porcupine |
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| Rock Hyrax/Dassie |
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| Serval |
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| Side-striped Jackal |
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| Silver-backed Jackal | 4 |
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4 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 2 |
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15 |
2 |
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| Squirrel |
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| Steenbok |
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| Striped Hyena |
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| Striped Pole Cat/Zorilla |
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| Thick-tailed Bushbaby |
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| Thompson’s Gazelle | 50 |
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230 |
50 |
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| Topi | 28 |
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80 |
30 |
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| Vervet Monkey |
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| Warthog | 12 |
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41 |
10 |
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| Water Mongoose |
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| White-tailed Mongoose |
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| Wild Dog |
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NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers


