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Reference Base  William Somerville's narrative of the journeys to the Eas... |
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| Title: |
William Somerville's narrative of the journeys to the Eastern Cape frontier and to Lattakoo 1799-1802 |
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Bradlow, E.; Bradlow, F.R. |
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1979 |
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Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, Works Second Series, vol. 10 |
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| Pages: |
pp. i-iv, 1-253 |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 at Koussie Fountain. perfectly bald excepting a few coarse bristles on the tip of the ears and extemity of the tail - and the eye lashes. |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| The upper lip falls in a curve from the base of the first horn like the hawk bill turtle. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Male shot 27 Dec 1801 - S Africa.
Length from nose to root of tail, 10 feet 6 inch
Length --- to behind the ear, 2 feet 9 inch
Length from behind the ear to behind crest, 2 feet 9 inch |
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Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 at Koussie Fountain. perfectly bald excepting a few coarse bristles on the tip of the ears and extemity of the tail - and the eye lashes. |
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Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 at Koussie Fountain. The whole skin is of a disagreeable ash colour approaching to that of a toad. |
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Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 at Koussie Fountain. perfectly bald excepting a few coarse bristles on the tip of the ears and extemity of the tail - and the eye lashes. |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 - South Africa. Length of tail, 2 feet |
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World
Morphology
Black Rhino
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| The upper lip falls in a curve from the base of the first horn like the hawk bill turtle. |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 - South Africa, Length of fore horn, 1 foot 4 inch
Length of second horn, 10 inch
Circumference base of large horn, 2 feet |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 - South Africa.
Length of ear, 9 inch. Distance across the ears, 1 foot 1 inch |
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