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Territoriality in the White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Burchell

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The white rhinoceros maintains a territorial system based on a space-correlated dominance relationship in which breeding bulls defend individual areas against rivals, but may share them with subordinates.

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OWEN-SMITH, N. Territoriality in the White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Burchell. Nature 231, 294–296 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231294a0

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