 Reference Base  The geographical distribution of big game in Northern Rho... |
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Letcher, O., 1910. The geographical distribution of big game in Northern Rhodesia. Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association 10: 110-121
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia |
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Taxonomy |
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Black Rhino |
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Black rhinos swarm in the valleys in the M'Chingas to the east of M'Pika. Both the 'Bonili' variety, in which the front horn is longer than the back, and the Keitloa, in which the back horn is the longer, are to be observed. Many years ago the differences in the relative measurements of the two horns were thought to indicate a different species, or subspecies, of the Rhinoceros bicornis, but this belief does not find much favour today, and it certainly seems to have very little to support it.
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