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Reference Base  The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora a... |
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The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata |
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Sclater, W.L. |
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1900 |
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London, R.H. Porter |
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pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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All Rhino Species
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| Key of the South African Species.
A. Larger; with a straight upper lip......................... R. simus, p. 299.
B. Smaller; the upper lips provided with a median prolongation or proboscis R. bicornis, p. 803. |
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| Genus Rhinoceros for all species. The existing species of the genus are confined to Southern Asia and Africa, and fall naturally into three groups, often considered by zoologists to be worthy of generic separation. These are
(1) Rhinocerotine group, containing the two one-horned rhinoceroses ... |
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Black Rhino
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| A variety which appears to be only an accidental one, in which the posterior horn is equal to, or exceeds the anterior one, was long considered a distinct species under the name of R. keitloa; that every gradation between the relative size of the two horns is found in nature, and that the distinc... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| From a mounted specimen; length of a skull from the tip of the nasals to the occipital crest 22.5; from premaxillae to occipital condyle 22.5; extreme breadth 12.5. |
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Black Rhino
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| South Africa. From a mounted specimen; length of ears 7.5 inch; from ear opening to nose-tip 25.0 inch |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| South Africa. From a mounted specimen; head and body 10 ft. 2 inch |
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Black Rhino
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| South Africa. From a mounted specimen; height at shoulder 5 ft. 0.5 inch |
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