 | Haywood, A.H. 1932 Nigeria: preservation of wild life. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 17: 27-48, map 1 |
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| Rhinoceros found in the `Orchard and More Open Zone', around the junction of the Provinces Bornu, Adamawa, and Bauchi. |
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| Shorthose, W.T. 1932 The fauna of Nigeria (Notes on its distribution, destruction and conservation). Nigerian Field 1 (3): 3-9 |
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| Not far from Yola. |
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| Shorthose, W.T. 1932 The fauna of Nigeria (Notes on its distribution, destruction and conservation). Nigerian Field 1 (3): 3-9 |
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| Song plateau. |
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| Haywood, A.H. 1932 Nigeria: preservation of wild life. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 17: 27-48, map 1 |
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| Rhinoceros included in Schedule I - Special license required. Something more stringent appears to be needed, total prohibition as well as a sanctuary if possible. |
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| Shorthose, W.T. 1931 Wild life and shooting in Nigeria. Nigerian Field 1 (2): 4-13, figs. 1-5 |
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| Rhinoceros are definitely located in the north. Somewhere north of Yola a few old rhino still hold out, and i think we should protect them altogether. |
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| Staniforth, G.W. 1923 Additions to Weston Park Museum [with a black rhinoceros from Nigeria]. Sheffield Daily Telegraph Saturday 13 January 1923: 1 |
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| The specimen the article refers to was presented on the 20/11/1922 by George Wild Staniforth. It is accessioned under number A1922.13. I can confirm that it is a black rhinoceros from Dumjo, Yola Provence, Northern Nigeria. It died (presumably was shot) on 20/11/1910 and mounted by the London ... |
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| Johnston, H.H. 1922 Introduction: pp. xix-xxxv
 | In: Barns, T.A. The wonderland of the Eastern Congo. London and New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: pp. i-xxxv, 1-288 |
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| But north of the equator both forms may be found west of the main Nile; and the black rhinoceros extends its range - seemingly - into Eastern Nigeria (though not to the west of the Niger); and according to Roman records, was once very abundant south of the Sahara, round Lake Chad. |
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| Schultze, A. 1913 The sultanate of Bornu, translated from the German, with additions and appendices by P. Askell Benton. London, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-401 |
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| Rhinoceros bicornis is part of the fauna of Bornu, but quite rare and has only a restricted area of distribution. Only indigenous in the low lying country on the Shari and Logone, especially in the Kung Bush south of about 10 degrees north. |
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| Schultze, A. 1913 The sultanate of Bornu, translated from the German, with additions and appendices by P. Askell Benton. London, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-401 |
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| Also found on the Bornu-Yola border and along the Gongola. |
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| Schultze, A. 1913 The sultanate of Bornu, translated from the German, with additions and appendices by P. Askell Benton. London, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-401 |
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| Kumarima |
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