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Les rhinoceros congolais |
| Author(s): |
Schouteden, H. |
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1927 |
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Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) |
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4 (1) |
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19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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| The two African species differ in morphological and biological characteristics, and in their habitat.
A. Morphological characteristics
1. In the black rhino, the muzzle is longer and the lip extended. In the white rhino the muzzle is truncated and the upper lip does not extend in the middle.
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Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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| The two African species differ in morphological and biological characteristics, and in their habitat.
A. Morphological characteristics
1. In the black rhino, the muzzle is longer and the lip extended. In the white rhino the muzzle is truncated and the upper lip does not extend in the middle.
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| Despite the name white rhino, the animal is the same colour as the black species. Normally, both are a colour from clear olive to ashy grey, or grey-black. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Congo (Zaire)
Ecology - Habitat
White Rhino
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| Thanks to their thick hide, rhinos can easily force their way through even the wildest and densest vegetation. Even in the high shrubs of the Uele, where sometimes the grass is 4 to 5 metres high at the end of the wet season, they force their paths without much effort. They seem totally at ease... |
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Morphology - Horn
Black Rhino
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| In the black species one sometimes finds individuals of which the posterior horn is longer than the anterior one, a race once called keitloa. |
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Taxonomy - Nomenclature
White Rhino
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| Name cottoni dedicated to that eminent english sportsman, Major Powell Cotton, who was one of the first to bring specimens to Europe (one of which was offered to our museum in Tervuren). |
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Les rhinoceros congolais
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