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With the white rhinoceros in Zululand |
Author(s): |
Astley-Maberly, C.T. |
Year published: |
1938 |
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Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire |
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34 |
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52-55, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
African Rhino Species
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Although there is a certain number of each species of Rhino in both these reserves, the Umfolosi is still, at present, the main stronghold of the White Rhinoceros while the Black species mainly favours the Hluhluwe. The White Rhinoceros is, of course, a grazer: and con- sequently the more sparse... |
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World
Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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The droppings of the animal are very like those of a Cow Elephant in size and form - quite different and much larger than those of the Black Rhino - and are black in colour. |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
White Rhino
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Then the mother gently touched the little fellow with her front horn, and guided him slowly away; following him closely with her great square mouth on a level with his little back. |
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World
Culture - Art
All Rhino Species
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Visit to Hluhluwe, South Africa
Drawing of white rhinoceros in this paper. |
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World
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
White Rhino
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The only sound I recorded (apart from alarm snorts) occurred when a bull and cow which we had been filming at 40 yards suddenly got our scent and rushed away at astonishing speed. One of them uttered a most peculiar noise, something like the deep, gasping final grunts of a stallion's whinny. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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The colour is certainly a lighter shade of slate-grey than that of the Black Rhino, though it cannot by the widest stretch of imagination be called white! Nevertheless, the smooth texture of the skin does produce a sort of 'white shiny' appearance when noticed at a distance in brilliant sunlight. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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Approaching the Black Rhino on foot with nothing more formidable than a camera and sketch-book is always an exciting affair; and in bush-country there is a certain amount of nervous strain which is relieved only when the great snorting brute finally decides to crash away through the scrub, yieldi... |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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The droppings of the animal are very like those of a Cow Elephant in size and form - quite different and much larger than those of the Black Rhino - and are black in colour. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Behaviour - Towards Man
White Rhino
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The kindly, good-tempered White Rhinoceros, however, entirely lacks the impetuosity of his smaller but more irritable relative. Standing approximately 6 feet at the shoulder, with an amazing hump on the back of his neck, be moves about with a gentle, ponderous dignity that swiftly puts the peace... |
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World
Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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The droppings of the animal are very like those of a Cow Elephant in size and form - quite different and much larger than those of the Black Rhino - and are black in colour. |
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