 Reference Base  The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora a... |
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Sclater, W.L., 1900. The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations |
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White Rhino |
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like many of the other large thin-haired animals they are constantly accompanied by rhinoceros birds (Buphaga), which feed on the ticks and other parasites lodged on the skin of their host, and give timely warning of any approaching danger; when the rhinoceros is disturbed, and makes off, the birds fly overhead calling and scolding all the time.
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