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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
Names in vernacular
White Rhino
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| Mahohu |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Names in vernacular
Black Rhino
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| Upelepe |
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Ecology - Food
White Rhino
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| The food of this species, in contradistinction to the other, consists entirely of grass of which it consumes enormous quantities. It drinks very regularly about midnight, and is never a great distance from water. |
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Morphology - Skull
Black Rhino
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| The skull is much shorter than that of R. simus and the angle formed by the parietal and occipital surfaces at the crest is much more nearly a right angle; the front part of the mandible too, is not nearly so depressed and spatulated as in R. simus. |
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Morphology - Horn
White Rhino
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| The anterior horn is situated on the nasal bones, it is usually longer and more slender than in the other species and curved gently backwards, the upper part of the front being usually partially flattened by friction aaainst the ground; the posterior horn is as a rule short, straight, conical and... |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| skin almost smooth and very thick |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| tail reaching about three quarters of the way to the hocks with a double line of bristles on the posterior two-thirds. |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| Hairless, except for a fringe along the margins of the ears and on either side of the extremity of the tail; skin almost smooth and very thick |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| head comparatively short. |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| nostrils somewhat oval, not elongated |
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