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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: Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Subject: Distribution - Records
Species: 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 Mozambique.

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