 | Gray, J.E.; Gerrard, E. 1862 Catalogue of the bones of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. London, Trustees of the British Museum, pp. i-iv, 1-296 |
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White Rhino
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| Catalogue of bones BMNH. Horn of Rhinaster oswellii, no.b from interior of South Africa, front horn, 4 ft 9 inches |
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| Mann, R.J. 1862 A descriptive catalogue of the Natal contribution to the International Exhibition of 1862. London, Jarrold & Sons |
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Museums - Europe
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African Rhino Species
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| [At the International Exhibition in London]
Nos. 125 and 138 shows specimens in all their varieties. 125c is the Horn of the Black Rhinoceros; 125n and 138 are very fine specimens in regard to size.
Most of the African rhinoceroses have two horns arranged as in the double specimen exhibite... |
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| Buckland, F. 1862 Horn of rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 20 (500), 1862 July 26: 89 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| Gens, E. 1861 Promenade au Jardin Zoologique d'Anvers. Antwerpen, J.E. Buschmann, pp. 1-188 |
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World
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All Rhino Species
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| The horn is composed of a fibrous and horny substance, similar to agglutinated hairs.
LE RHINOCÉROS
est, après l'Eléphant, le plus grand des Pachidermes. Ce qui le
distingue, c'est l'extrême épaisseur et la dureté de sa peau sur
laquelle les balles font ricoch... |
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| Borcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 - S Africa. Circumference, 9 feet |
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| Borcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| Male shot 27 Dec 1801- S.Africa
Length from head to tail, 10 feet 7 inch
Length of tail, 2 feet
Length of head, 2 feet 4 inch |
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| Borcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa
From ears to tail, 7 feet 10 inch
From ears to nose, 2 feet 8 inch |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1861 Forschungen uber die Fauna des Rothen Meeres und der Somali-Kuste: ein systematisches Verzeichniss der Saugethiere und Vogel, welche in diesen Regionen bisher beobachtet worden sind. Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 1861: 11-32 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
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African Rhino Species
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| According to Lef?bvre, there would be rhinoceros species with three, four or more horns in Abyssinia, and the horn would be moveable. |
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| Borcherds, P.B. 1861 An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends. Cape Town, A.S. Robertson, pp. i-xxv, 1-500 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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| Eende Fountein. We also visited a deserted kraal, where we found several horns of the buffalo and rhinoceros - one of the latter about two feet long. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1861 Forschungen uber die Fauna des Rothen Meeres und der Somali-Kuste: ein systematisches Verzeichniss der Saugethiere und Vogel, welche in diesen Regionen bisher beobachtet worden sind. Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 1861: 11-32 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
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African Rhino Species
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| According to Lef?bvre, there would be rhinoceros species with three, four or more horns in Abyssinia, and the horn would be moveable. |
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