 Reference Base  Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an acco... |
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Neumann, A.H., 1898. Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya |
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Morphology - Size |
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Black Rhino |
northern Kenya, Male shot at El Gereh, Matthews Range, 7 Sep 1895
Total length over back from tip of upper lip to root of tail, 11 feet
Total length in straight line opposite side, 10 feet
Total length over back from tip of upper lip to end of tail, 13 ft 4 inch
Perpendicular height in straight line at shoulder, 5 ft 3 inch
This was a large rhinoceros for Equatorial Africa. In Southern Africa the may possibly run larger. On Lake Rudolph they are much smaller
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