 Reference Base  The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora a... |
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Sclater, W.L., 1900. The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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Morphology - Horn |
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African Rhino Species |
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horns composed of a solid mass of epidermic cells, somewhat resembling hairs, but growing from a cluster of free dermic papillae instead of, as in true hairs, from a sunken follicle ; the horns are not in any way attached to the underlying skull, nor does any bony matter take part in their composition; they are one or two in number, and of a more or less conical shape springing from the median line of the skull.
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