 | Daly, M. 1937 Big game hunting and adventure 1887-1936. London, MacMillan, pp. i-xi, 1-322 |
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Black Rhino
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| Watching rhino near a watering-place I found their antics very amusing and entertaining. Two would appear out in the open in the bright moonlight, a cow and a bull, and separate a few yards from each other, standing looking at one another for a few seconds, then the cow would rush off and around... |
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| Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115
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Black Rhino
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| For its bulk it is extraordinarily quick on its feet and covers the ground at a great speed. |
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| Haagner, A. 1920 South African mammals: a short manual for the use of field naturalists, sportmen and travellers. London, H.F.G. Witherby and Cape Town, T. Maskew Miller, pp. i-xx, 1-248 |
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White Rhino
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| Its pace is fair for the bulk of the animal, but no match for a horse. |
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| Beccari, O. 1904 Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo, travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak: travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak. London, Archibald Constable, pp. i-xxiv, 1-424 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Swiftness is not a necessity, for they have no enemies they need to be afraid of. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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| The pace of the rhinoceros is fairly good considering its bulk; its swift trot will easily surpass man's power but it is, of course, no match for a horse |
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| Beavan, R.C. 1865 The rhinoceros in Bhotan (Rhinoceros indicus, Cuv). Intellectual Observer 6: 170-174 |
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| Though apparently an unwieldy animal, the rhinoceros at the top of its speed would require a good horse to beat it in a short distance. |
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