Renshaw, G., 1904. Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218
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There appears to be a distinct tendency to true albinism in the white rhinoceros. Individuals have been met which were really white, or at least whitish. Sir Cornwallis Harris, who saw many simus during his famous expedition of 1836-7, says of this animal - 'His true complexion..... often approaches to cream colour.' Mr. Nicholson, writing to the 'Field' in 1894, mentions having shot no less than three examples which were of a yellowish cream hue. According to old tradition, the white rhinoceroses inhabiting South Western Cape Colony were lighter in colour than those found further north: these would naturally be the first individuals encountered by the early expeditions setting out from Cape Town, and thus the name adopted by the old pioneers would come into general use.
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