 | Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Black Rhino
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| South Africa. From a mounted specimen; tail 28.0 inch |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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White Rhino
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| The horns of the mounted example measure 35.0 and 7.0 respectively, the largest single horn recorded, 62.5, was obtained by the late Roualeyn Gordon Cumming and is now in the possession of Colonel W. Gordon Cumming; a pair belonging to Mr. Selous measures 37.4 and 17.8 respectively. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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White Rhino
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| Mounted male - height at shoulder 6 ft 1.5 inch. Selous gives 6 ft 6 in for a individual measured by him. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Black Rhino
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| South Africa. Average horns measure, the anterior from 18 to 20 in. and the posterior from 7 to 8 in. respectively. Ward notices a head from Zululand, of which the anterior horn reached 41.5, while the posterior was only 10; while in another case the anterior was 32.5, and the posterior 19.0, t... |
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| Bolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. Weight at time of death was 4300 german pounds; the intestines weighed 1100 pounds, the skin 470 pounds. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Javan Rhino
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| The Bangkok Times for 11 November 1897 mentions a rhino being shot by Mr. C. Ephraums - no species indicated - few details: animal was seen at a sulphur spring within 6 miles of Ipoh, Perak, it was an old male, 6 feet high at the shoulder and about 8 feet in length; his horn measured 13 inches an... |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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White Rhino
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| a skull of a male measures 30.5 in extreme length from the occipital crest to the tips of the nasals, 27.0 from the condyle to the premaxillae; and 13.4 in the greatest width. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Black Rhino
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| From a mounted specimen; length of a skull from the tip of the nasals to the occipital crest 22.5; from premaxillae to occipital condyle 22.5; extreme breadth 12.5. |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Javan Rhino
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| The Bangkok Times for 11 November 1897 mentions a rhino being shot by Mr. C. Ephraums - no species indicated - few details: animal was seen at a sulphur spring within 6 miles of Ipoh, Perak, it was an old male, 6 feet high at the shoulder and about 8 feet in length; his horn measured 13 inches an... |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Black Rhino
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| South Africa. From a mounted specimen; length of ears 7.5 inch; from ear opening to nose-tip 25.0 inch |
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