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Hornaday, W.T., 1918. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park, 15th ed. New York, Zoological Society, pp. 1-192
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Africa |
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Distribution - Reasons for decline |
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African Rhino Species |
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The African Two-Horned Rhinoceros once was very abundant throughout the whole of the fertile plains region of east and south Africa, but the onslaughts of hunters have exterminated it from probably nine-tenths of the territory that it once occupied. To-day, the Englishmen of Africa are earnestly endeavoring to regulate and abate the slaughter of African big game, and beyond doubt safe, good results in that line are being accomplished. It is to be hoped that the protection lines will now be drawn so tightly around the game that remains that it will be perpetuated for centuries to come.
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