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Physiology
White Rhino
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| The pulse rate was counted at the caudal artery. The pulse rate at rest varies from 30 to 40 pulses/min, the higher figure being found in the afternoon. |
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| Ceratotherium simum cottoni. The skin is well adapted for temperature regulation, having an epidermis about 1 mm thick, with a well-developed subjacent vascular bed. The dermis, about 2 cm or more thick, is dense, collagenous and relatively avascular, pierced at intervals by vessels to the epid... |
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| Ceratotherium simum cottoni. The skin is well adapted for temperature regulation, having an epidermis about 1 mm thick, with a well-developed subjacent vascular bed. The dermis, about 2 cm or more thick, is dense, collagenous and relatively avascular, pierced at intervals by vessels to the epid... |
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| Rectal and skin temperatures were taken with thermistors. The rectal temperature was taken at a depth of not less than 22 cm, skin temperature was recorded from a thermistor strapped to the skin. The thermistor element was attached to a thin copper plate 25 mm in diameter, to give a secure area... |
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| The skin is well adapted for temprature regulation, having an epidermis about 1 mm thick, with a well-developed subjacent vascular bed. The dermis, about 2 cm or more thick, is dense, collagenous and relatively avascular, pierced at intervals by vessels to the epidermis. |
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| Place uncertain. A male and female of C.s.cottoni, taken from the Uganda-Sudan border were investigated. They were allowed to wander freely during the day, grazing on short grass with no appreciable cover from the sun. Although they had free access to marsh ground, many hot days would lapse wi... |
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Temperature regulation in the white rhinoceros
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