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Hollister, N., 1924. East African mammals in the United States National Museum, part III: Primates, artiodactyla, perissodactyla, proboscidea, and hyracoidea. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 99: 1-151, pls. 1-57
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Mammals East Africa. Synonyms.
1892 Rhinoceros bicornis True, Proc US Nat Mus, vol. 15, p. 479. October 26.
1893 Rhinoceros bicornis holmwoodi Sclater, Proc Zool Soc London, p. 517. (Probably Udulia, northeastern Usukuma, 50 miles south of Speke Gulf, German East Africa; type in British Museum)
1910 Diceros bicornis Roosevelt, African Game Trails, Amer. Ed., p. 474; London ed. p. 486.
1914 Diceros bicornis bicornis Roosevelt and Heller, Life Hist African Game Anim., vol. 2, p. 651
Not having seen specimens of typical Diceros bicornis from South Africa in this connection, I am unable to add any information regarding the validity of the East African subspecies of the black rhinoceros. Some recent authors have refused to recognize holmwoodi as a distinct race, but it would seem almost unbelievable that the animals of Britsih East Africa and Uganda could not be distinguished by some character from those of South Africa.
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