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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya |
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Morphology |
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Black Rhino |
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Kenya, Aberdares. Four out of nine individually recognizable calves ohserved in the Salient had scars on flanks or hind legs and one had neither ears nor tail (Table). Earlessness (i.e. lack of pinnae) in the black rhino has been reported from a number of populations in southern and eastern Africa. Although Goddard first suggested that a genetic character could be responsible for a congenital deformity, Hitchins reviewed the subject and attributed the conditions to predation on rhino calves by spotted hyenas.
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Threats to Aberdare rhinos: predation versus poaching
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