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Reference Base  Catalogue of the Selous collection of big game in the Bri... |
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Catalogue of the Selous collection of big game in the British Museum (Natural History) |
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Dollman, J.G. |
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1921 |
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London, Trustees of the British Museum. |
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pp. i-vii, 1-112 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis somaliensis |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis - Selous Collection
Localities
19.7.15.511. Skull and horns. August,1883. Umsengaisi River, Mashonaland
19. 7.15.512 (female). Horns. November, 1885. Umfuli River, Mashonaland
19. 7. 15.513 (female). Horns. September, 1885. Hanyani River, Mashonaland
19. 7.15. 5... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum - Selous Collection
19.7.15.521(female). Horns. June,1874. Thamma Setsi, between Tati and Victoria Falls.
19.7.15.522. Skull and horns. June, 1880. Between Umniati and Umzweswi Rivers, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| At the present time the Black Rhinoceros is quite extinct in Cape Colony and is only found in a few localities south of the Zambesi. It appears that the Black Rhinoceros was exterminated in Cape Colony and the Orange River Colony by the year 1853. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| D.b.somaliensis. Range extends westward as far as the Tana River and valley of the Northern Guaso Nyiro. To the north of the Northern Guaso Nyiro this Rhinoceros inhabits the area to the east of Lake Rudolf; |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Recognizes D.b.bicornis and D.b.somaliensis. In East Africa typical bicornis is not found in the desert regions of the Northern Guaso Nyiro or east of the Tana River, where its place is taken by the Somali form. |
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World
Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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| In size Diceros bicornis is very little inferior to the White or Square-mouthed rhinoceros, distinguished by the shorter head, the skull being considerably shorter and not elongated posteriorly beyond condyles |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis somaliensis - Selous Collection
19.7.15.519. 1912 (sex not recorded). Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.
19. 7.15.520 (sex not recorded). Horns. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro |
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Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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| In size Diceros bicornis is very little inferior to the White or Square-mouthed rhinoceros, distinguished by the shorter head, the skull being considerably shorter and not elongated posteriorly beyond condyles |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Upper lip pointed and hook-shaped. |
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