 Reference Base  Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoce... |
|
Schomber, H.W., 1963. Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoceros and giant eland. African Wildlife 17 (1): 29-35, figs. 1-4
|
|
|
|
| |
| Location: |
World |
| Subject: |
History |
| Species: |
White Rhino |
|
In the year 1900 Major A. S. H. Gibbons shot a rhinoceros while on a hunting expedition on the Upper White Nile. On examination of the trophy by an English zoologist, Thomas, the animal proved be the Square-lipped rhino. But beyond this there was no authentic proof to support the existence of a second isolated distribution area for the species. Between 1904 and 1907 Major Powell-Cotton undertook an expedition in the then Lado-Enclave and obtained certain proof of the existence of White rhino in the Southern Sudan. This discovery caused quite a sensation in scientific circles.
|
|
|
File available
details
Original text on this topic: