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| Title: |
Rhinoceros |
| Author(s): |
Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. |
| Year published: |
1932 |
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pp. 113-115 |
| Reference From: | Maydon, H.C. 1932 Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14), pp. 1-445 |
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Behaviour - Locomotion
Black Rhino
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| For its bulk it is extraordinarily quick on its feet and covers the ground at a great speed. |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Black Rhino are as fond as the White species of wallowing in mud or rolling in dust, which gives their hides a variety of shades, from grey to red. |
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Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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| There are two distinct species of this animal, the 'White' (Rhinoceros simus), and the 'Black' (Rhinoceros bicornis), but this nomenclature is misleading, as actually there is very little difference in the colour. The chief difference lies in that the White is slightly the larger beast, subsists... |
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Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| The Black Rhino feeds mostly on thorns, and like all game, especially in the hot dry season, he drinks nightly, so it is not difficult to pick up his spoor and follow him to his resting place which, in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia, is usually in the hills. As he makes for his daytime haunts he... |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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| When on the move, the precedence of a family party reverses the order accepted by the White Rhino. With the Black variety the bull leads, the cow follows, and the calf brings up the rear. |
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Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| It is quite a habit for a Rhino when seeking its daytime resting place to turn back parallel and to leeward of its trail before it lies down, and the hunter must always be on the alert for such a contingency when following its spoor. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| The Black Rhino feeds mostly on thorns, and like all game, especially in the hot dry season, he drinks nightly, so it is not difficult to pick up his spoor and follow him to his resting place which, in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia, is usually in the hills. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| Unlike the Elephant, which generally sleeps standing, the rhino lies down, although I have seen one asleep when on his legs. |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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| The natives are certainly as much afraid of him as they are of the Elephant, although in the opinion of most hunters he is classed as the least dangerous of all the larger game.
The probable reasons for the very different opinions as to the risks of shooting Rhino is that the nature of the beast... |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| Black Rhino are as fond as the White species of wallowing in mud or rolling in dust, which gives their hides a variety of shades, from grey to red. |
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Rhinoceros
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