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Martin, E.B.; Hillman Smith, K., 1999. Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population. Pachyderm 27: 76-85, figs. 1-2, photo 1-8, table 1

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Location: Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Subject: Morphology - Horn
Species: African Rhino Species


Original text on this topic:
The first horn seen was from a white rhino (Table 1). According to the Omdurman broker who brought it to be seen at a souvenir shop in Khartoum, it had been obtained about a year earlier from Nimule town in southern Sudan. (The nearby Nimule National Park has had no rhinos since about 1972). This horn was in very good condition as, according to the broker, it had been taken from the animal while still just alive. Another Sudanese wildlife trader also had said that a horn from a still living rhino was more valuable, claiming that when a rhino is agitated, more blood rises to its head and horn, adding some red colouring to the horn. When the rhino is dead however, the horn goes blacker, reducing its value in Sudan.

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