| Heuglin, T. von 1877 Reise in Nordost-Afrika: Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habat, nebst zoologische Skizzen und einem Fuhrer fur Jagdreisenden. Braunschweig, Georg Westermann, vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-304 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| In the dry season it retreats into the mountains, in the region of the bamboos and even higher. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1877 Reise in Nordost-Afrika: Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habat, nebst zoologische Skizzen und einem Fuhrer fur Jagdreisenden. Braunschweig, Georg Westermann, vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-304 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| The rhinoceros lives in pairs or in families. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1877 Reise in Nordost-Afrika: Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habat, nebst zoologische Skizzen und einem Fuhrer fur Jagdreisenden. Braunschweig, Georg Westermann, vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-304 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Morphology - Horn
African Rhino Species
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| From the rhinoceros which occurs in Takah, Homran, Qalabat and on the Anseba I only obtained young specimens, which are similar to the one described by Blanford, and I often saw apparently adult animals, in which the front horn was only 6 inches longer than the second one. The anterior horn has ... |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1877 Reise in Nordost-Afrika: Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habat, nebst zoologische Skizzen und einem Fuhrer fur Jagdreisenden. Braunschweig, Georg Westermann, vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-304 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Ethiopia. The colour changes from the reddish shede of meat to dirty dark browngrey, but always with a streak towards the reddish. As the animals like to wallow in mud, the hide often taken the colour of the mud which clings to its skin. |
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| Anonymous 1877 The Egyptian campaign in Abyssinia: from the notes of a staff-officer. Littell's Living Age 134 (1729): 278-287 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Hutchinson, E. 1877 Progress of the Victoria Nyanza Expedition of the Church Missionary Society. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society 21 (6): 498-504 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution
African Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Holmwood, F. 1877 The Kingani River, East Africa. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 47: 253-267 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| De Cosson, E.A. 1877 The cradle of the Blue Nile: a visit to the Court of King John of Ethiopia. London, John Murray, vol. 2, pp. i-v, 1-317 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Value
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Myers, A.B.R. 1876 Life with the Hamran Arabs. London, Smith, Elder and Co, pp. i-xvi, 1-355 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Haggenmacher, G.A. 1876 Reise im Somali-Lande 1874. Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen Erganzungsheft 47: i-ii, 1-45 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Bailleul, L. 1876 Les chasseurs d'ivoire. Paris, Theodore Lefebvre |
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Africa - Eastern Africa
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Waller, H.; Livingstone, D. 1875 The last journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa from 1865 to his death. New York, Harper and Brothers |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Rousseau, L. 1874 Episodes de chasse dans l'Afrique meridionale: Le rhinoceros 'major'. La Semaine des Familles no. 20 (15 August 1874): 317-319 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Grant, J.A. 1872 Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and natural history of the Lake region of Equatorial Africa, made by the Speke and Grant expedition, 1860-1863. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 42: 234-342 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Names in vernacular
Black Rhino
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| Vernacular name in Swahili: Faroo |
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| Grant, J.A. 1872 Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and natural history of the Lake region of Equatorial Africa, made by the Speke and Grant expedition, 1860-1863. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 42: 234-342 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| Rhinoceros bicornis was found on the route between Ugogo and Karagweh. Speke shot the first by moonlight at Ugogo. We have seen during a march in Usui as many as 8 or 10 feeding separately in the valley. Rhinoceros simus is found in Karagweh where seve |
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| Grant, J.A. 1872 Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and natural history of the Lake region of Equatorial Africa, made by the Speke and Grant expedition, 1860-1863. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 42: 234-342 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Rhinoceros simus. At Delagoa Bay we saw a horn upwards of a yard in length. |
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| Grant, J.A. 1872 Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and natural history of the Lake region of Equatorial Africa, made by the Speke and Grant expedition, 1860-1863. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 42: 234-342 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa
Value - Related to Horn
African Rhino Species
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| 1872, East Africa, Its horn is of no value; we never took the trouble to cut it off the animal as we could not carry it |
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| Grant, J.A. 1872 Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and natural history of the Lake region of Equatorial Africa, made by the Speke and Grant expedition, 1860-1863. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 42: 234-342 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa
Value
African Rhino Species
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| East Africa. Our men had difficulty in procuring any of the flesh, as the natives ate every bit of it. |
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| Horner, R.P. 1872 Voyage a la cote orientale d'Afrique pendant l'annee 1866. Paris, Gaume Freres et J. Duprey, pp. i-viii, 1-267 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Blanford, W.T. 1870 Observations on the geology and zoology of Abyssinia, made during the progress of the British expedition to that country in 1867-68. London, MacMillan and Co, pp. i-xii, 1-487 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| 1868 - Rhinos communs, notamment sur les rives du fleuve Ansabé en amont de Keren - (CARINO No. 584 - Reference and note contributed by CARINO (Dr Henri Carpentier, Ingénieur Civil des Mines), 2011) |
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| Antinori; Piaggia 1870 The negro tribes of the Upper Nile and the Njamnjams. Anthropological Review 8 (28): 91-93 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution
African Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Gray, J.E. 1869 Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate mammalia in the British Museum. London, Trustees of the British Museum, pp. i-vii, 1-398 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Skeleton. Sex: Female. Locality: Abyssinia. Collected by: Mr Jesse. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Gray, J.E. 1869 On the incisor teeth of the African rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 March 11: 225 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Skull. Sex: Female. Locality: Abyssinia. Collected by: Mr Jesse. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Jesse, W. 1869 Remarks upon the Abyssinian expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 January 28: 111-117 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Skeleton. Locality: Bejook on river Anseba. Collected by: Jesse, 1868. In coll. Jesse, United Kingdom |
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| Jesse, W. 1869 Remarks upon the Abyssinian expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 January 28: 111-117 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Museums
Black Rhino
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| Skeleton. Locality: Bejook on river Anseba. Collected by: Jesse, 1868. In coll. Jesse, United Kingdom |
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| Gray, J.E. 1869 Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate mammalia in the British Museum. London, Trustees of the British Museum, pp. i-vii, 1-398 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Museums
Black Rhino
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| Skeleton. Sex: Female. Locality: Abyssinia. Collected by: Mr Jesse. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Gray, J.E. 1869 On the incisor teeth of the African rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 March 11: 225 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Museums
Black Rhino
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| Skull. Sex: Female. Locality: Abyssinia. Collected by: Mr Jesse. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| From the upper Kosanga River I received horns which probably belong to R. africanus. |
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| Jesse, W. 1869 Remarks upon the Abyssinian expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 January 28: 111-117 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| 18 July 1868 - banks of Anseba River - the spoor of elephants, black rhinoceros, and lions were plentiful along the banks.
On 19 July 1869 we left Bejook for Walliko, seeing on the road plenty of spoor of Elephant and Rhinoceros.
From Walliko we crossed over to Gabena Weld Gonfallon, or the riv... |
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| Jesse, W. 1869 Remarks upon the Abyssinian expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 January 28: 111-117 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| 14 July 1868 - proceeded over the pass to Bejook on the river Anseba. On the 14 th July we went out in pursuit of a Rhinoceros we had heard of the day before, and which Mr Blanford and I had the good fortune to shoot. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Congo (Zaire)
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| In Congo no rhinoceros seems to occur. |
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| Blanford, W.T. 1869 Exhibition of heads of Rhinoceros keitloa, and Phacochoerus aelani, and of some skins of hyraces. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 432 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Exhibited a head of a rhinoceros, Rhinoceros keitloa ?, obtained by him during the late Abyssinian expedition. |
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| Jesse, W. 1869 Remarks upon the Abyssinian expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 January 28: 111-117 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| While at Waliko, finding a great scarcity of birds, I followed up more closely the tracks of the Rhinoceros, passing through very dense jungle that is never penetrated by sun or air, by means of their paths, which are from 2 to 3 feet broad, and formed like galleries in a mine, about four feet hi... |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Names in vernacular
All Rhino Species
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| Chardid |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| In the region of the White Nile two species of rhinoceros would occur: one the common black rhinoceros R. africanus, the other the probably lighter R. simus. |
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| Jesse, W. 1869 Remarks upon the Abyssinian expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 January 28: 111-117 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Value
African Rhino Species
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| Ethiopia. Shot rhino near Bejook on Anseba River. The next morning I went out with my attendants and posse comitatus of natives, to bring in the skeleton, and on arriving at the place I witnessed a scene precisely similar to that described by Sir Samuel Baker as taking place over the carcass of... |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Names in vernacular
African Rhino Species
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| Ainazah |
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| Jesse, W. 1869 Remarks upon the Abyssinian expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 January 28: 111-117 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Diseases - Parasites
Black Rhino
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| Collected from the dung of black rhinoceros a few Coleoptera. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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Location:
Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Names in vernacular
African Rhino Species
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| Om qarn |
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| Gray, J.E. 1869 On the incisor teeth of the African rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 March 11: 225 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Morphology - Horn
African Rhino Species
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| Quotes from Lefebvre, Petit and Dillon, 'Voyage en Abyssinie' that there are several rhinoceros species in Abyssinia. There are those which have to, three and four horns, that is certain. It is less certain that there are those with five or six horns, but we are assured of the same. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| We have horns of 3 1/3 feet length, which should belong to R. simus. |
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| Decken, C.C. von der 1869 Reisen in Ost Afrika in den Jahren 1862 bis 1865. Leipzig und Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, vol. 1, pp. i-xx, 1-335 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Gray, J.E. 1869 On the incisor teeth of the African rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 March 11: 225 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Morphology - Skull
Black Rhino
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| Skull from Abyssinia. The skull of the nearly adult female specimen of Rhinaster keitloa in the British Museum killed by Mr. Jesse in Abyssinia has the small intermaxillary bones well preserved. They are not united together in front; the dental edge has unfortunately been injured in the varriag... |
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| Petherick, J.; Petherick, Mrs. 1869 Travels in Central Africa, and explorations of the Western Nile tributaries. London, Tinsley Brothers, vol. 1, pp. i-xx, 1-332; vol. 2, pp. i-xv, 1-272 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution
African Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Sclater, P.L. 1868 On additions to the Society's Menagerie, and report on Leconte's expedition to the Falkland Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 November 12: 526-530, pl. 41 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Purchased 11 Sep 1868, a young male Rhinoceros bicornis. Purchased for the Society of Mr. Carl Hagenbeck, originally captured on 12 Feb 1868 by the Arabs of the Beni-Ammer tribe, in the vicinity of Casala, in Upper Nubia, and sold by them to Herr Casanova, an enterprising traveller of Vienna. |
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| Gilbert, T. 1868 Notes sur l'Abyssinie. Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Paris (5) 15: 48-77 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Province of Walgayt, west of Waldibba and Talamt, is cut through by two rivers, the Toukour and Tangue. In the forests there are elephants, rhinoceros, leopards, hyenas and other wild beasts. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1868 Reise nach Abessinien, den Gala-Landern, Ost-Sudan und Chartum in den Jahren 1861 und 1862. Jena, Hermann Costenoble, pp. i-xii, 1-459 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Abbadie, Arnauld de 1868 Douze ans dans la Haute-Ethiopie (Abyssinie). Paris, Hachette, vol. 1, pp. i-iii, 1-637 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Plowden, W. 1868 Report on Abyssinia (1854). Parliamentary Papers 1868 (Correspondence respecting Abyssinia 1846-1868): 97-145 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| The wild asses are numerous on the coast, and the zebra is said to exist in the interior, as well as the rhinoceros. |
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| Dufton, H. 1867 Narrative of a journey through Abyssinia in 1862-3. London, Chapman & Hall: pp. i-xiv, 1-337 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Cooke, A.C. 1867 Routes in Abyssinia. Presented to the House of Commons in pursuance of their address dated November 26, 1867. London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Meunier, V. 1867 Les grandes chasses. Paris, L.Hachette |
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Africa - Eastern Africa
Distribution
African Rhino Species
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| Africa/Ethiopie/Abyssinie - (13°N 38°E ) - 1872 - Ethologie Chasse ( gravures ). En Nubie, rhinos chassés à cheval et domestiqués comme des boeufs (p. 166) - Rhinocéros noir ou Rhinocéros blanc (?) - (CARINO No. 77 - Reference and note contributed by CARINO (Dr Henri Carpentier, Ingé... |
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| Baker, S.W. 1867 Voyage a l'Albert N'yanza ou Lac Albert, part 5. Tour du Monde 15 (368): 33-48 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros keitloa. In eastern Abyssinia and also in the Kolla countries of North and West Abussinia, up to a height of 7000 feet. In April 1853 Heuglin and his men shot an adult rhinoceros in the Kolla countries of West Abyssinia, which certainly is this species. Peters might have seen it in M... |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros bicornis
The species occurs in the provinces Taka, Sennaar and Kordofan, especially along the Bahr-el-abiad and its western tributaries, where it is especially numerous. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros keitloa. In eastern Abyssinia and also in the Kolla countries of North and West Abussinia, up to a height of 7000 feet. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros bicornis. This rhinoceros occurs on the coast of eastern Abyssinia. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
|
| Opsiceros bicornis. The species occurs in the provinces Taka, Sennaar and Kordofan, especially along the Bahr-el-abiad and its western tributaries, where it is especially numerous. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
|
| Opsiceros keitloa. It is probably this same species which occurs in the Somali countries, because Heuglin heard people talk of a rhinoceros, which they called `Wuiel' and which would differ from other species by having one horn very long, the other short. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
|
| Dicerorhinus cucullatus. It occurs in the mountains of Abyssinia and it was found in Schoa by Harris and Dr Roth. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Black Rhino
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| Heuglin was unable to enumerate all species of rhinoceros occurring in the southern Sudan. However, from a large number of horns which he saw, as well as observing one adult and one young animal, the following species can be mentioned.
1. Opsiceros keitloa A. Smith - in North and West Abyssinia... |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros bicornis. The species occurs in the Habab countries northwards up to Sauakin or the 18th longitude north. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros bicornis. Many of the horns seen by Heuglin and especially those from the mountains on the west bank of Lake Tana, undoubtedly belong to this species. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros bicornis. The species occurs in the provinces Taka, Sennaar and Kordofan, especially along the Bahr-el-abiad and its western tributaries, where it is especially numerous. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Black Rhino
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| Harisch |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Black Rhino
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| Opsiceros bicornis.
The species occurs in the provinces Taka, Sennaar and Kordofan, especially along the Bahr-el-abiad and its western tributaries, where it is especially numerous. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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White Rhino
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| Opsiceros simus. On the Bahr-el-abiad, this is the common species, of which Heuglin obtained horns up to 3 3/4 feet length. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Black Rhino
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| Auraries |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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White Rhino
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| Opsiceros simus. A young animal from Albana near Galabat, which Heuglin had alive for one day, seems to belong to this species judging from the colour and the horns. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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African Rhino Species
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| Chardit |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Black Rhino
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| Wuiel |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Black Rhino
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| In eastern Abyssinia and also in the Kolla countries of North and West Abyssinia, up to a height of 7000 feet.
idem, Dicerorhinus cucullatus, seen by Harris and Roth on the Schoa. Climbs up to 7000 feet high. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
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| Heuglin had a young one alive for one day, at Albana near Galabat. |
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| Baker, S.W. 1866 On the tributaries of the Nile in Abyssinia. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society 10 (6): 279-295 |
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| (Travel following the baks of the Settite River into the uninhabited district of Abyssinia and the Base country). Variety of game - afforded elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, rhinoceros, lions. |
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| Baker, S.W. 1866 On the tributaries of the Nile in Abyssinia. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society 10 (6): 279-295 |
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Black Rhino
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| (Travel towards Guddabi) country teeming with giraffes and antelopes, with a sprinkling of rhinoceros and elephants. |
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| Schweinfurth, G. 1865 Brief an seine Mutter, im Auszuge mitgetheilt. Zeitschrift fur Allgemeine Erdkunde (N.F.) 19: 315-323 |
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Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Sclater, P.L.; Speke, J.H. 1864 On the mammals collected and observed by Capt J.H. Speke during the East African expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 March 8: 98-106, pls. 12-13 |
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African Rhino Species
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| Ceratotherium simum. The White Two-Horned rhinoceros is found in Karagweh, where several specimens were shot. It is rather larger than the black animal. |
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| Steudner, H. 1864 Herrn Dr Steudner's Bericht uber seine abessinische Reise. Zeitschrift fur Allgemeine Erdkunde (N.F.) 17: 22-50 |
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Black Rhino
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| The Dabeina region goes from Raschid to the Atbara and includes Kassala, Mandera, Rera. The Sheik of the village, Achmed Wod Abu Sin told us about the animals. According to him, elephant, rhino [Rhinoceros] and lion are absent here, but they are numerous on the Atbara, and also on the Dender an... |
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| Steudner, H. 1864 Herrn Dr Steudner's Bericht uber seine abessinische Reise. Zeitschrift fur Allgemeine Erdkunde (N.F.) 17: 22-50 |
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Black Rhino
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| The Dabeina region goes from Raschid to the Atbara and includes Kassala, Mandera, Rera. The Sheik of the village, Achmed Wod Abu Sin told us about the animals. According to him, elephant, rhino [Rhinoceros] and lion are absent here, but they are numerous on the Atbara, and also on the Dender an... |
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| Sclater, P.L.; Speke, J.H. 1864 On the mammals collected and observed by Capt J.H. Speke during the East African expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 March 8: 98-106, pls. 12-13 |
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Black Rhino
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| The black rhinoceros is very common throughout the whole country we traversed, down to Gondokoro. - Gondokoro, east bank of Nile, 4.54 N, 31.40 E |
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| Sclater, P.L.; Speke, J.H. 1864 On the mammals collected and observed by Capt J.H. Speke during the East African expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 March 8: 98-106, pls. 12-13 |
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History
White Rhino
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| The White Two-Horned rhinoceros is found in Karagweh, where several specimens were shot. It is rather larger than the black animal. |
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| Speke, J.H. 1863 Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, pp. i-xxxi, 1-658 |
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Black Rhino
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| List of large game bagged by the East African Expedition. 23 Jan 1863 - Madi - one male black rhinoceros. |
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| Speke, J.H. 1863 Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, pp. i-xxxi, 1-658 |
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Black Rhino
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| List of large game bagged by the East African Expedition
25 Dec 1860 - one male black rhinoceros
27 Dec 1860 - one female black rhinoceros
3 Jan 1861 - one male black rhinoceros |
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| Speke, J.H. 1863 Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, pp. i-xxxi, 1-658 |
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Black Rhino
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| List of large game bagged by the East African Expedition. 7 Dec 1860 - one female black rhinoceros |
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| Speke, J.H. 1863 Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, pp. i-xxxi, 1-658 |
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White Rhino
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| List of large game bagged by the East African Expedition
17 Nov 1861 - Karagu? - one (?) white rhinoceros
19 Nov 1861 - two male white rhinoceros
9 Dec 1861 - three male white rhinoceros |
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| Baker, S.W. 1863 Journey to Abyssinia in 1862. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 33: 237-241 |
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Black Rhino
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| The River Salaam [West of Cassala] rolls in a broad deep stream of some 200 yards, through overhanging woods and rocks and precipices; and, man being absent, game is plentiful, including elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, lions, buffaloes. |
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| Gray, J.E.; Gerrard, E. 1862 Catalogue of the bones of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. London, Trustees of the British Museum, pp. i-iv, 1-296 |
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Museums
Black Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Sennaar (12-13 deg. North). Collected by: Mr. Petherick. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: a |
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| Gray, J.E.; Gerrard, E. 1862 Catalogue of the bones of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. London, Trustees of the British Museum, pp. i-iv, 1-296 |
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Black Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Sennaar (12-13 deg. North). Collected by: Mr. Petherick. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Catalogue number: a |
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| Beurmann, M. von 1862 Reisen in Nubien und dem Sudan, 1860 und 1860 Siebentes Kapitel (Schluss): Von Kassela nach dem Bogos-Landern. Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 1862: 254-256 |
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Black Rhino
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| between Kassela and Bogos countries. 24 March 1862, on the Chor el Barka, at junction with Mogareb
We found numerous tracks of elephant and rhinoceros, which made us to conclude that these animals had been near the water earlier. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1862 Th. von Heuglin's Expedition nach Inner-Afrika, siebenter Bericht: aus Keren in den Bogod-Laendern, 20 August bis 19 Oktober 1861. Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 1862: 15-29 |
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Black Rhino
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| Taylor, B. 1862 A journey to Central Africa; or, life and landscapes from Egypt to the Negro kingdoms of the White Nile. New York, G.P.Putnam, pp. i-xix, 1-522 |
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Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Stern, H.A. 1862 Wanderings among the Falashas in Abyssinia : together with a description of the country and its various inhabitants. London, Wertheim, Macintosh and Hunt, pp. i-viii, 1-322 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Hunting
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Speke, J.H. 1862 Watercolour of three species of African rhinoceros. Original in the archives of the Royal Geographical Society, London |
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African Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Kaufmann, A. 1862 Schilderungen aus Centralafrika oder Land und Leute im obern Nilgebiete am weißen Flusse. Brixen & Lienz, Weger: pp. 1-206 |
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African Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1861 Forschungen uber die Fauna des Rothen Meeres und der Somali-Kuste: ein systematisches Verzeichniss der Saugethiere und Vogel, welche in diesen Regionen bisher beobachtet worden sind. Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 1861: 11-32 |
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Black Rhino
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| The greenish-brown colour of the rhinoceros in the Hahab countries and northward up to Sauakin, makes it probale that this too is R. africanus. Also in the Somali country. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1861 Forschungen uber die Fauna des Rothen Meeres und der Somali-Kuste: ein systematisches Verzeichniss der Saugethiere und Vogel, welche in diesen Regionen bisher beobachtet worden sind. Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 1861: 11-32 |
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Black Rhino
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| In Eastern Abyssinia, Sennaar and along the white river, there occur at least two species of rhinoceros, and in the Abyssinian mountains there is a thrid species, R. cucullatus. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1861 Forschungen uber die Fauna des Rothen Meeres und der Somali-Kuste: ein systematisches Verzeichniss der Saugethiere und Vogel, welche in diesen Regionen bisher beobachtet worden sind. Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 1861: 11-32 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In Eastern Abyssinia, Sennaar and aong the white river, there occur at least two species of rhinoceros, and in the Abyssinian mountains there is a thrid species, R. cucullatus. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1861 Forschungen uber die Fauna des Rothen Meeres und der Somali-Kuste: ein systematisches Verzeichniss der Saugethiere und Vogel, welche in diesen Regionen bisher beobachtet worden sind. Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 1861: 11-32 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
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Black Rhino
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| In Eastern Abyssinia, Sennaar and aong the white river, there occur at least two species of rhinoceros, and in the Abyssinian mountains there is a thrid species, R. cucullatus. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1861 Forschungen uber die Fauna des Rothen Meeres und der Somali-Kuste: ein systematisches Verzeichniss der Saugethiere und Vogel, welche in diesen Regionen bisher beobachtet worden sind. Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 1861: 11-32 |
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Black Rhino
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| The common rhinoceros at the Bahr el Abiad is Rhinoceros simus, of which I received nice horns of 3 3/4 inch length. Here also lives the R. africanus. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1861 Forschungen uber die Fauna des Rothen Meeres und der Somali-Kuste: ein systematisches Verzeichniss der Saugethiere und Vogel, welche in diesen Regionen bisher beobachtet worden sind. Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 1861: 11-32 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In Eastern Abyssinia, Sennaar and aong the white river, there occur at least two species of rhinoceros, and in the Abyssinian mountains there is a thrid species, R. cucullatus. |
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