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Wilhelm, J.H., 1950. Das Wild des Okawangogebietes und des Caprivizipfels. Journal of the South-West Africa Scientific Society 7: 1-7

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Location: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Subject: Diseases - Parasites
Species: African Rhino Species


Original text on this topic:
The rhino is host to a special tick, Dermatocentes rhinocerotes, of which males and females have different colours. There is also a tick with coloured legs, Hyalomma aegyptium. there are large numbers of 'draadwormen' in the stomach of a female and also a very large kind of larva of Gastrus.

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