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 |
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Distribution - Records |
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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 1892, and since then only a few have been shot by Europeans. 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. They are common in south-eastern Haud. I never found any signs of them in many expeditions in the Habr Awat, Esa, and Gadabursi countries. They are most common in the valley of the Tug Fafan, and thence in the whole country as far as the Webbe, and they are plentiful beyond in Galla-land. They are said to exist to the south-east of Berbera, but I never saw any traces of them.
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Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland
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