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Reference Base  The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora a... |
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| Title: |
The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata |
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Sclater, W.L. |
| Year published: |
1900 |
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London, R.H. Porter |
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pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| upper lip with a very distinct median prolongation forming a kind of rudimentary proboscis |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| skin almost smooth and very thick |
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Black Rhino
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| head comparatively short. |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| The horns of the mounted example measure 35.0 and 7.0 respectively, the largest single horn recorded, 62.5, was obtained by the late Roualeyn Gordon Cumming and is now in the possession of Colonel W. Gordon Cumming; a pair belonging to Mr. Selous measures 37.4 and 17.8 respectively. |
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White Rhino
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| Mounted male - height at shoulder 6 ft 1.5 inch. Selous gives 6 ft 6 in for a individual measured by him. |
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Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| South Africa. Average horns measure, the anterior from 18 to 20 in. and the posterior from 7 to 8 in. respectively. Ward notices a head from Zululand, of which the anterior horn reached 41.5, while the posterior was only 10; while in another case the anterior was 32.5, and the posterior 19.0, t... |
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White Rhino
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| Little is known about the breeding habits of this species, the males are said to fight with one another very fiercely at certain times of the year, |
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White Rhino
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| a skull of a male measures 30.5 in extreme length from the occipital crest to the tips of the nasals, 27.0 from the condyle to the premaxillae; and 13.4 in the greatest width. |
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All Rhino Species
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| This genus contains all the still surviving representatives of the family, and the following are the distinguishing characters.
Animals of large size and of very clumsy build with naked bodies, hairs being found only on the ears and tail; eyes very small; horns composed of a solid mass of epider... |
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Black Rhino
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| ears somewhat funnel-shaped with rounded tips, the [305] margins clothed with a fringe of black hair |
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