Reference Base Notes for: Taxonomy - Taxa back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    Cirilli, O.; Pandolfi, L.; Bernor, R.L. 2020 The Villafranchian perissodactyls of Italy: knowledge of the fossil record and future research perspectives. Geobios 63: 1-21 Location: Subject: Species: Europe - Southern Europe - Italy Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Handa, N.; Nakatsukasa, M. ; Kunimatsu, Y.; Nakaya, H. 2017 A new Elasmotheriini (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the upper Miocene of Samburu Hills and Nakali, northern Kenya. Geobios 50 (3): 197-209 Location: Subject: Species: Africa Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Pandolfi, L.; Rook, L. 2017 Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the latest Turolian localities (MN 13; Late Miocene) of central and northern Italy. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 56 (1): 45-56 Location: Subject: Species: Europe - Southern Europe - Italy Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Pawlowska, K. 2015 Studies on Pleistocene and Holocene mammals from Poland: The legacy of Edward Feliks Lubicz-Niezabitowski (1875–1946). Quaternary International 379: 118-127 Location: Subject: Species: Europe - Estern Europe - Poland Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Shvyreva, A.K. 2015 On the importance of the representatives of the genus Elasmotherium (Rhinocerotidae, Mammalia) in the biochronology of the Pleistocene of Eastern Europe. Quaternary International 379: 128-134 Location: Subject: Species: Europe - Estern Europe - Russia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Bayshashov, B.U.; Billia, E.M.E. 2011 Records of Tapiroidea Gray, 1825 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Kazakhstan – An overview. Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae VII: (i-xvii) 1-7, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Deng, Tao 2006 An Early Pleistocene mammalian fauna from the Linxia Basin in Northeastern China. A Power Point presentation for the INQUA International Symposium “Quaternary of Baikalia – Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Paleoenvironments of the Pliocene-Pleistocene of Transbaikalia and Interregional Correlationsâ€�, Ulan-Ude. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - East Asia - China Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Koufos, G.D.; Syrides, G.E.; Kostopoulos, D.S.; Koliadimou, K.K.; Sylvestrou, I.A.; Seitanidis, G.C.; Vlachou, T.D. 1997 New excavations in the Neogene mammalian localities of Mytilinii, Samos Island, Greece. Geodiversitas 19: 877-885 Location: Subject: Species: Europe - Southern Europe - Greece Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Reshetov, V.YU.; Spassov, N.; Bayshashov, B.U. 1993 Tenisia gen. nov. – Taxonomic revaluation of the Asian Oligocene rhinocerotoid Eggysodon turgaicum (Borissiak, 1915) (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Hyracodontidae). Géobios, Lyon; 26 (6): 715-722, 3 figs, 1 tab. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - Palearctic Asia - Kazakhstan Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil Note - Later, in 1994, the name "Tenisia" has been changed in "Teniseggisodon", because "Tenisia" is a name already assigned to a brachyopod genus.   details Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. 1990 The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition. Pretoria, University of Pretoria, pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species Some characteristic features which serve to distinguish them from their near relative, the white rhinoceros, Ceratotheriurn simum, include their possession of a prehensile upper lip (Fig. 296.1), which is used in grasping the twigs of the woody plants on which they feed, the shorter head, longer ...   details Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. 1990 The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition. Pretoria, University of Pretoria, pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species One of the most obvious characters that differentiates them is the square lips of C. simum (Fig. 295.1) and the hooked, prehensile upper lip of D. bicornis, which are adaptations to and in their feeding habits, and they may also be referred to in this way.   details Ashley, M.V.; Melnick, D.J.; Western, D. 1990 Conservation genetics of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), I: Evidence from the Mitochondrial DNA of three populations. Conservation Biology 4 (1): 71-77, fig. 1, tables 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa White Rhino These findings for the black rhino stand in sharp contrast to the level and distribution of mtDNA differences reported for the white rhino. The southern white rhino, Ceratotberium simum simum, has recovered quite well from a population bottleneck that occurred at the turn of the century, and now...   details Ashley, M.V.; Melnick, D.J.; Western, D. 1990 Conservation genetics of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), I: Evidence from the Mitochondrial DNA of three populations. Conservation Biology 4 (1): 71-77, fig. 1, tables 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa White Rhino These findings for the black rhino stand in sharp contrast to the level and distribution of mtDNA differences reported for the white rhino. The southern white rhino, Ceratotberium simum simum, has recovered quite well from a population bottleneck that occurred at the turn of the century, and now...   details Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. 1990 The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition. Pretoria, University of Pretoria, pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species One of the most obvious characters that differentiates them is the square lips of C. simum (Fig. 295.1) and the hooked, prehensile upper lip of D. bicornis, which are adaptations to and in their feeding habits, and they may also be referred to in this way.   details Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. 1990 The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition. Pretoria, University of Pretoria, pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species Some characteristic features which serve to distinguish them from their near relative, the white rhinoceros, Ceratotheriurn simum, include their possession of a prehensile upper lip (Fig. 296.1), which is used in grasping the twigs of the woody plants on which they feed, the shorter head, longer ...   details Santafé-Llopis, J.V.; Casanovas-Cladellas, M.L.; Belinchon, M. 1987 Una nueva espece de Dicerorhinus, D. montesi (Rhinocerotoidea, Perissodactyla) del yacimiento de Buñol (Orleaniense medio) (Valencia, España). Paleontologia i Evolució, Sabadell; 21: 271-293, 21 figs., 5 pls. Location: Subject: Species: Europe Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Sickenberg, O.; Tobien, H. 1971 New Neogene and Lower Quaternary vertebrate faunas in Turkey. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 1 (3): 51-61 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species Easily distinguished from the Black Rhinoceros in the possession of a massive hump at the junction of the neck and shoulders, the tail in this species, when on the move, looped over the back and not held erect as in the case of the Black Rhino.   details Smithers, R.H.N. 1966 The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi. London, Collins Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species Easily distinguished from the Black Rhinoceros in the possession of a massive hump at the junction of the neck and shoulders, the tail in this species, when on the move, looped over the back and not held erect as in the case of the Black Rhino.   details Schomber, H.W. 1963 Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoceros and giant eland. African Wildlife 17 (1): 29-35, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa White Rhino In general outward appearance the fifferences between the animals of the north and the south are not distinguishable.   details Schomber, H.W. 1963 Wild life in the Sudan, part III White and black rhinoceros and giant eland. African Wildlife 17 (1): 29-35, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa White Rhino In general outward appearance the fifferences between the animals of the north and the south are not distinguishable.   details Babaev, A.M. 1962 Nakhodka iskopaemykh kostey nosoroga, antilopy i loshadi v Tajikskoy depressii [Find of fossil limbs of rhinoceros, antilops, and horses in the Tajik depression] [in Russian, Tajik abstract]. Doklady Akademii Nauk Tajikskoy SSR, Dushambe V (4): 37-38 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil According to G.D. Khisarova (Akademya Nauk Kazakhskoy SSR) the rhinoceros remains may be ascribed to Dicerorhinus cf etruscus Falconer (1859).   details Dzhafarov, R.D. 1960 Binagadinsky Nosorog [The Binagady Rhinoceros] [in Russian] [1st and 2nd parts]. Trudy Estestvenno-istoricheskogo Muzeya im. G. Zardaby, Izd-vo AN AzerbSSR, Baku; XIII: 1-131, figs. 1-48. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Dzhafarov, R.D. 1960 Binagadinsky Nosorog [The Binagady Rhinoceros] [in Russian] [1st and 2nd parts]. Trudy Estestvenno-istoricheskogo Muzeya im. G. Zardaby, Izd-vo AN AzerbSSR, Baku; XIII: 1-131, figs. 1-48. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil Here are the most salient drawings (cranial and postcranial remains of the Binagady rhinoceros) contained in the Dzhafarov's 1960 paper. According to Guérin, Rhinoceros binagadensis Dzhafarov 1955 seems to be very close to Dicerorhinus hemitoechus Falconer (1859) (= Stephanorhinus hem...   details Dzhafarov, R.D. 1955 Novy predstavitel’ chetvertichnykh nosorogov (Rhinoceros binagadensis sp. nova) binagadinskoy fauny [A new representative of the Quaternary rhinoceros (Rhinoceros binagadensis sp. nova) in the Binagady fauna] (in Binagadinskoe Mestonakhozhdenie Chetvertichnoy Fauny i Flory) [in Russian, Azer abstr.]. Trudy Estestvenno-istoricheskogo Muzeya im. G. Zardaby, Izd-vo Akad. Nauk Azerb. SSR, Baku; chast' IV, vyp. 10: pp. 65-88, figs 1-5. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Dzhafarov, R.D. 1955 Novy predstavitel’ chetvertichnykh nosorogov (Rhinoceros binagadensis sp. nova) binagadinskoy fauny [A new representative of the Quaternary rhinoceros (Rhinoceros binagadensis sp. nova) in the Binagady fauna] (in Binagadinskoe Mestonakhozhdenie Chetvertichnoy Fauny i Flory) [in Russian, Azer abstr.]. Trudy Estestvenno-istoricheskogo Muzeya im. G. Zardaby, Izd-vo Akad. Nauk Azerb. SSR, Baku; chast' IV, vyp. 10: pp. 65-88, figs 1-5. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil At the moment, only the pp. 65-69, 82, and 88 are present here. According to Guérin, Rhinoceros binagadensis Dzhafarov 1955 seems to be very close to Dicerorhinus hemitoechus Falconer (1859) (= Stephanorhinus hemitoechus). Other Dzhafarov's papers on R. binagadensis: – DZHAFAR...   details Schmidt-Schaumburg 1953 Comparative studies of the black and the white rhinoceros. African Wildlife 7 (2): 124-127, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The white and the black rhino differ first in size, the former being larger, with a longer skull and larger ears. Further, in the black rhino the skin forms folds around the neck and at the base of the limbs, absent in the white rhino. The anterior horn of the white rhino is situated further fo...   details Schmidt-Schaumburg 1953 Comparative studies of the black and the white rhinoceros. African Wildlife 7 (2): 124-127, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The white and the black rhino differ first in size, the former being larger, with a longer skull and larger ears. Further, in the black rhino the skin forms folds around the neck and at the base of the limbs, absent in the white rhino. The anterior horn of the white rhino is situated further fo...   details Dzhafarov, R.D. 1952 Materialy k izuchenyu cherepa binagadinskogo nosoroga – Stroenie verkhnikh chelyusti [Material for the study of the Binagady rhinoceros skull – Structure of the upper jaw] [in Russian]. Izvestya Akademii Nauk AzerbSSR, Izd-vo AN AzerbSSR, Baku; 12: 61-77, with some figs. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Dzhafarov, R.D. 1952 Materialy k izuchenyu cherepa binagadinskogo nosoroga – Stroenie verkhnikh chelyusti [Material for the study of the Binagady rhinoceros skull – Structure of the upper jaw] [in Russian]. Izvestya Akademii Nauk AzerbSSR, Izd-vo AN AzerbSSR, Baku; 12: 61-77, with some figs. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil At the moment, only the pp. 63-64 (with figs. 1-4) are present here. According to Guérin, Rhinoceros binagadensis Dzhafarov 1955 seems to be very close to Dicerorhinus hemitoechus Falconer (1859) (= Stephanorhinus hemitoechus). Other Dzhafarov's papers on R. binagadensis: – DZ...   details Dzhafarov, R.D. 1951 Stroenie nizhney chelyusti binagadinskogo nosoroga [Mandible structure of the Binagady rhinoceros] [in Russian, Azer abstr.]. Izvestya Akademii Nauk Azerbayjanskoy SSR, Izd-vo AN AzerbSSR, Baku 8: 15-33, 8 figs., 9 tabs. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Dzhafarov, R.D. 1951 Stroenie nizhney chelyusti binagadinskogo nosoroga [Mandible structure of the Binagady rhinoceros] [in Russian, Azer abstr.]. Izvestya Akademii Nauk Azerbayjanskoy SSR, Izd-vo AN AzerbSSR, Baku 8: 15-33, 8 figs., 9 tabs. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil According to Guérin, Rhinoceros binagadensis Dzhafarov 1955 seems to be very close to Dicerorhinus hemitoechus Falconer (1859) (= Stephanorhinus hemitoechus). Other Dzhafarov's papers on R. binagadensis: – DZHAFAROV R.D., 1950. Materialy k izuchenyu cherepa binagadinskogo nosoroga â€...   details Colbert, E.H. 1942 Notes on the lesser one-horned rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus, 2. The position of Rhinoceros sondaicus in the phylogeny of the genus Rhinoceros. American Museum Novitates 1207: 1-5, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa Asian Rhino Species It might be well at this place to indicate the distinctions in the skull, jaw and dentition between the two recent species, Rhinoceros unicornis and Rhinoceros sondaicus, since many of these distinctions are of considerable importance in the following discussion of the phylogenetic position of ea...   details Colbert, E.H. 1942 Notes on the lesser one-horned rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus, 2. The position of Rhinoceros sondaicus in the phylogeny of the genus Rhinoceros. American Museum Novitates 1207: 1-5, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa Asian Rhino Species It might be well at this place to indicate the distinctions in the skull, jaw and dentition between the two recent species, Rhinoceros unicornis and Rhinoceros sondaicus, since many of these distinctions are of considerable importance in the following discussion of the phylogenetic position of ea...   details Simionescu, I. 1940 Rhinoceros mercki in Rumänien. Bulletin de la Section Scientifique 22 (10): 429-432, 1 Pl., 1 fig. Location: Subject: Species: Europe Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil Probably, the skull must be assigned to Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blum., 1799) (vide autem in Billia, 2008 and 2011).   details Astley-Maberly, C.T. 1938 With the white rhinoceros in Zululand. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 34: 52-55, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The droppings of the animal are very like those of a Cow Elephant in size and form - quite different and much larger than those of the Black Rhino - and are black in colour.   details Astley-Maberly, C.T. 1938 With the white rhinoceros in Zululand. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 34: 52-55, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The droppings of the animal are very like those of a Cow Elephant in size and form - quite different and much larger than those of the Black Rhino - and are black in colour.   details Daly, M. 1937 Big game hunting and adventure 1887-1936. London, MacMillan, pp. i-xi, 1-322 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The so-called white rhino (Ceratotherium simus) is much the same colour as the black rhino, and I have seen some black rhinos actually lighter than they are. There is a great difference, however, between the two, the white rhino being much bigger and heavier, with a much bigger head even in prop...   details Daly, M. 1937 Big game hunting and adventure 1887-1936. London, MacMillan, pp. i-xi, 1-322 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The so-called white rhino (Ceratotherium simus) is much the same colour as the black rhino, and I have seen some black rhinos actually lighter than they are. There is a great difference, however, between the two, the white rhino being much bigger and heavier, with a much bigger head even in prop...   details Powell Cotton, P.H.G. 1932 Black rhinoceros hunting: pp. 115-119 In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The White Rhino is a grass feeder with a wide square mouth as its most distinctive feature, while the narrow-jawed Black type subsists on thorn twigs gathered with its pointed prehensile upper lip.   details Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115 In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species There are two distinct species of this animal, the 'White' (Rhinoceros simus), and the 'Black' (Rhinoceros bicornis), but this nomenclature is misleading, as actually there is very little difference in the colour. The chief difference lies in that the White is slightly the larger beast, subsists...   details Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115 In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species There are two distinct species of this animal, the 'White' (Rhinoceros simus), and the 'Black' (Rhinoceros bicornis), but this nomenclature is misleading, as actually there is very little difference in the colour. The chief difference lies in that the White is slightly the larger beast, subsists...   details Powell Cotton, P.H.G. 1932 Black rhinoceros hunting: pp. 115-119 In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The White Rhino is a grass feeder with a wide square mouth as its most distinctive feature, while the narrow-jawed Black type subsists on thorn twigs gathered with its pointed prehensile upper lip.   details Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The two African species differ in morphological and biological characteristics, and in their habitat. A. Morphological characteristics 1. In the black rhino, the muzzle is longer and the lip extended. In the white rhino the muzzle is truncated and the upper lip does not extend in the middle. ...   details Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The two African species differ in morphological and biological characteristics, and in their habitat. A. Morphological characteristics 1. In the black rhino, the muzzle is longer and the lip extended. In the white rhino the muzzle is truncated and the upper lip does not extend in the middle. ...   details Borissyak, A.A. 1923 Sur un nouveau représentant des rhinocéros gigantesques de l’Oligocéne d’Asie, Indricotherium asiaticum n. gen., n. sp.. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, Paris; XXV (3): 1-16, Pls XI-XIII. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil No details available yet   details Borissyak, A.A. 1923 Sur un nouveau représentant des rhinocéros gigantesques de l’Oligocéne d’Asie, Indricotherium asiaticum n. gen., n. sp.. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, Paris; XXV (3): 1-16, Pls XI-XIII. Location: Subject: Species: Asia - West Asia Taxonomy - Taxa Fossil Note that this represents a digital copy of the original Borissyak paper provided with an author personal dedication to the prominent palaeontologist Marcellin Boule (professeur au Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris). Plates to be add.   details Dollman, J.G. 1921 Catalogue of the Selous collection of big game in the British Museum (Natural History). London, Trustees of the British Museum., pp. i-vii, 1-112 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species In size Diceros bicornis is very little inferior to the White or Square-mouthed rhinoceros, distinguished by the shorter head, the skull being considerably shorter and not elongated posteriorly beyond condyles   details Dollman, J.G. 1921 Catalogue of the Selous collection of big game in the British Museum (Natural History). London, Trustees of the British Museum., pp. i-vii, 1-112 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species In size Diceros bicornis is very little inferior to the White or Square-mouthed rhinoceros, distinguished by the shorter head, the skull being considerably shorter and not elongated posteriorly beyond condyles   details Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa Asian Rhino Species The Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is similar to the animal on the mainland of India. It is distinguished in the following ways: The head is smaller in comparison to the rest of the body, less powerful, lower and less dented on the top. The folds in the neck are more numerous and prono...   details Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa Asian Rhino Species The Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is similar to the animal on the mainland of India. It is distinguished in the following ways: The head is smaller in comparison to the rest of the body, less powerful, lower and less dented on the top. The folds in the neck are more numerous and prono...   details Schouteden, H. 1911 Le rhinoceros blanc. Revue Zoologique Africaine 1: 118-124, pl. 6, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species These are the main differences between the white and black rhinoceros. A. Morphological characteristics 1. The muzzle is truncated, squarely cut in the white rhino, and the upper lip does not extend in the middle. In the black rhino, the muzzle is more advanced to the front and the upper lip i...   details Gilchrist, J.D.F. 1911 South African zoology: a text book for the use of students, trackers and others in South Africa. Cape Town and Pretoria, T. Mashew Miller, pp. i-xi, 1-323 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The black rhino may be distinguished from the white rhino by its much smaller size and its possession of a proboscis-like upper lip.   details Schouteden, H. 1911 Le rhinoceros blanc. Revue Zoologique Africaine 1: 118-124, pl. 6, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species These are the main differences between the white and black rhinoceros. A. Morphological characteristics 1. The muzzle is truncated, squarely cut in the white rhino, and the upper lip does not extend in the middle. In the black rhino, the muzzle is more advanced to the front and the upper lip i...   details Gilchrist, J.D.F. 1911 South African zoology: a text book for the use of students, trackers and others in South Africa. Cape Town and Pretoria, T. Mashew Miller, pp. i-xi, 1-323 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The black rhino may be distinguished from the white rhino by its much smaller size and its possession of a proboscis-like upper lip.   details Lydekker, R. 1908 The white rhinoceros [description of Rhinoceros simus cottoni]. Field 111 (2878), 1908 February 22: 319 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa White Rhino Major Powell-Cotton has just presented to the Natural History Museum the skull and horns of a male white rhinoceros killed by him in the Lado District of Equatorial Central Africa. The skull indicates an immature animal, the last upper molar tooth on each side not having yet come into use, while...   details Lydekker, R. 1908 The white rhinoceros [description of Rhinoceros simus cottoni]. Field 111 (2878), 1908 February 22: 319 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa White Rhino Major Powell-Cotton has just presented to the Natural History Museum the skull and horns of a male white rhinoceros killed by him in the Lado District of Equatorial Central Africa. The skull indicates an immature animal, the last upper molar tooth on each side not having yet come into use, while...   details Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The white rhinoceros is a larger animal than the black species, from which it may at once be differentiated by the square, rubber-like and non-prehensile upper lip. Other distinguishing characters of Rhinoceros simus are the slit-like nostrils, the characteristic position of the eye behind the l...   details Renshaw, G. 1904 Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218 Location: Subject: Species: World Taxonomy - Taxa African Rhino Species The white rhinoceros is a larger animal than the black species, from which it may at once be differentiated by the square, rubber-like and non-prehensile upper lip. Other distinguishing characters of Rhinoceros simus are the slit-like nostrils, the characteristic position of the eye behind the l...   details Anderson, J. 1872 Notes on Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872 February 6: 129-132 Location: Subject: Species: Asia - South Asia - India Taxonomy - Taxa Sumatran Rhino [Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] A most striking feature of this individual, and one which I have not seen exemplified in three adult heads of this species from Burmah which I. have examined, nor have seen referred to in any description of the species, is the long drooping hai...   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal