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Reference Base  Nashoernern auf der Spur: Leben und uberleben einer stark... |
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Nashoernern auf der Spur: Leben und uberleben einer stark bedrohten Tierfamilie |
| Author(s): |
Neuschulz, N.; Meister, J. |
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1998 |
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Erfurt, Verein der Zooparkfreunde in Erfurt e.V. |
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pp. 1-52 |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| The compact form of the rhino makes the relation between body surface and body volume to be unfavourable. The animals can only release little heat into the air, which is why all rhinos wallow. The frequent mudbath also helps in skincare and against sunburn. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Indian Rhino
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| They are usually active by day and dusk. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Sumatran Rhino
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| Active by day. |
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Europe
Names in vernacular
Indian Rhino
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| Panzernashorn |
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Names in vernacular
White Rhino
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| Weisses Nashorn |
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Black Rhino
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| Schwarzes Nashorn |
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Morphology - Skeleton
All Rhino Species
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| Rhinos are the largest mammals with uneven number of hoofs. When walking, rhinos put all three toes on the ground simultaneously. An elastic sole under the bones in the feet ensure that there is a broad surface to carry the weight of the animal. Due to this weight, the legs of rhinos are short... |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| The name black leads to misunderstanding, as the animal has the colour of the mud in the wallow. |
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Culture - Art
All Rhino Species
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| drawing in colour of Clara, Dutch Rhinoceros, 1746 - illustrated in Neuschulz & Meister 1998: 13. (Stadtarchiv Hannover) |
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Taxonomy - Evolution
All Rhino Species
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| The first real rhinoceroses of the family Rhinocerotidae lived 50 million years ago in the Eocene. Among those were the largest terrestrial mammals that ever lived on earth. Most of the extinct forms of rhinoceros did not have nasal horns. Horn-bearing kinds lived even in Europe during the ice... |
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