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Reference Base Tooth replacement and dentition of the black rhinoceros (... |
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Tooth replacement and dentition of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis Linn) |
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Anderson, J.L. |
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1966 |
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Lammergeyer |
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6 |
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41-46, pls. 1-2, figs. 1-2, tables A-B |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Skull
Black Rhino
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The basic dentition of the black rhino is four premolars and three molars in both upper and lower jaw. (Gray 1861 and Roberts 1951). Ritchie (1963) in Kenya, has recorded three premolars and three molars as a variation to the standard dentition; he mentions that the first premolar is missing in ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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Within a collection of fifty-eight black rhinoceros skulls from the Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Zululand, a number of known-age specimens enabled the formulation of ageing criteria based on tooth replacement. Twenty-four of the specimens in the collection showed variation from the normal dental formu... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Skull
Black Rhino
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Diceros bicornis - South Africa. Within the collection, three of the specimens have two pairs of lower incisors, two animals being calves (H 40 and H 888), the other a fourteen-month-old male (H 11). A further two skulls have one pair of incisors in the lower jaw, on a mature animal (H 29) and ... |
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