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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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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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| Umhofo |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. An imperfect skull is preserved in the South African Museum, which was dug out of the black peaty soil at a depth of eight feet, about twelve miles from the Vaal River in the Kimberley district, in 1893 ; this is the southernmost locality yet recorded. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| Upejani |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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Black Rhino
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| In fact at the present time Zulu- land, the Lydenburg district (where a few are preserved) the Beira-Zambesi country and perhaps Ovampoland, seem to be their last haunts south of the Zambesi. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| colour not perceptibly lighter than the other species, being a slaty grey black. |
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White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. it was first discovered by Burchell in Bechuanaland, but even in Smith's time (1835), it was driven northwards from the Kuruman neighbourhood, and during the seventies and early eighties, it was practically exterminated in Ngamiland, Matabeleland and Mashonaland, where it ha... |
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White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. during the seventies and early eighties, it was practically exterminated in Ngamiland, Matabeleland and Mashonaland, where it had formerly been exceedingly common. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. Coryndon states that fifteen were shot in Matabeleland in 1886, and he himself shot an old female in 1892, and two males in 1893, the two latter being now in the British and Tring Museums |
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Anatomy - Reproductive organs
White Rhino
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| Two mammae. |
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Black Rhino
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| Umpeygan |
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