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| Title: |
The first white rhino in captivity |
| Author(s): |
Broom, R. |
| Year published: |
1946 |
| Journal: |
Natural History |
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55 (9) |
| Pages: |
432-433, figs. 1-3 |
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White Rhino
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| Why the early Boers called it the White rhinoceros might seem difficult to understand, as there is really little difference in color. The true reason appears to be that the White Rhinoceros lived on the plains and was fond of wallowing in any river or muddy swamp, so that its skin was often cove... |
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White Rhino
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| Why the early Boers called it the White rhinoceros might seem difficult to understand, as there is really little difference in color. The true reason appears to be that the White Rhinoceros lived on the plains and was fond of wallowing in any river or muddy swamp, so that its skin was often cove... |
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White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. As will be seen in the photograph the head is relatively large and the legs well developed. When standing drinking out of her bottle, she holds much of the weight of the body on the front toes, the lateral toes being off the ground. |
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Captive - Africa
Morphology
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. There is practically no hair on her except for a nice little tuft on the tip of her tail. |
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Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
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| Just recently it was resolved to make a rearrangement of the reserves, one being reduced in size and the other enlarged. When part of the herd of rhinos was shifted from one reserve to the other, a recently born young one was left behind. It was guarded from the hyenas in the hope that the moth... |
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Captive - Africa
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. Her weight 75 pounds. |
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Captive - Africa
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. Her height is two feet six inches. |
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Captive - Africa
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo. weight at 2 weeks, 75 pounds; at 2 months, 105 pounds |
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The first white rhino in captivity
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