 | Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| For many years the rhinoceros has been known to exist in the interior of Somaliland, and going further in every year I have constantly been expecting to come upon their ground.
The first Somali Rhinoceroses were shot by my brother and myself in our expedition to the Abyssinian border in August 1... |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| They go to the river at night to drink and bathe. They travel considerable distances to the river and wander all night up and down the channel looking for a convenient pool, and making a maze of tracks in the soft sand. |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| They are said to exist to the south-east of Berbera, but I never saw any traces of them. |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| They come far north of the range of the zebras, sometimes wandering as far as the open grass plains of Toyo, a 100 miles south of Berbera, where they hide in the patches of `durr' grass. |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Somaliland. The ground they like best is very stony broken hills with some river-bed not too many miles distant, where thet can go at night to drink and bathe. |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| Everywhere in Central Ogaden the caravan tracks are furrowed in grooves a yard or more long and six inches deep, which look like the work of a plough. This is done by the rhinoceros plunging his front horn and hard thick lip into the ground as he walks along. |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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| The rhinos were not more prone to charge than elephants, and I only had one narrow escape. |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| I have never seen more than three together. |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Hunting
Black Rhino
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| We found the rhinoceros the most stupid game animal we have encountered, and easily approached if the wind is right. |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Somaliland. A good pair of bull's horns measure 19 inches for the front, and 5 inches for the back one. |
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Notes for: Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
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