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Letcher, O., 1910. The geographical distribution of big game in Northern Rhodesia. Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association 10: 110-121
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African Rhino Species |
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Huge water rhino in Central Africa. I do not say that I am convinced as to the existence of a huge water rhino in Central Africa, but I do say this, that, in my opinion, it is by no means unlikely that the 'Chimpakwe', as the Awisa term it, is something very much more material than a myth. I have asked many old chiefs in North-Eastern Rhodesia about the Chimpakwe and they have all assured me that this mighty two-horned amphibian was, many years ago, an inhabitant of the Luangwa River. One old Awisa headman told me that his father had shot one with a gun which an Arab hunter had given him. The natives stated that since the water in the Luangwa has decreased in volume and height, the chimpakwe has disappeared, but that he might today be found in the deeper waters of the Luapula, and in one or two deep pools in the northern part of NW Rhodesia.
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