 | 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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Black Rhino
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| Anterior horn rising from the nasal bones, rounded at the base, where it is often rough and frayed out, so to speak, above becoming laterally flattened and greatly curved backwards, usually exceeding the posterior horn in length; this latter is situated on the frontal bones just above the eye and... |
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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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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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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Javan Rhino
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| Female Rhinoceros sondaicus in Siamese Museum There was no horn. |
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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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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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| 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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Black Rhino
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| Anterior horn rising from the nasal bones, rounded at the base, where it is often rough and frayed out, so to speak, above becoming laterally flattened and greatly curved backwards, usually exceeding the posterior horn in length; this latter is situated on the frontal bones just above the eye and... |
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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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Black Rhino
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| Occasionally, a curious triple-horned variety has been found, one such is described by Flower (op.c.) from near Mount Kilima-njaro in East Africa, in which the third horn forms an unsymmetrical triangular elevation about 5 ? inches high in the median line of the lower part of the forehead. |
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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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African Rhino Species
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| horns composed of a solid mass of epidermic cells, somewhat resembling hairs, but growing from a cluster of free dermic papillae instead of, as in true hairs, from a sunken follicle ; the horns are not in any way attached to the underlying skull, nor does any bony matter take part in their compos... |
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| Flower, S.S. 1900 On the mammalia of Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 April 3: 306-379, fig. 1 |
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Javan Rhino
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| Female Rhinoceros sondaicus in Siamese Museum There was no horn. |
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| Bolau, H. 1900 Das Ende des Indischen Nashorns im Hamburger Zoologischen Garten. Zoologische Garten A.F. 41 (11): 334-336 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Hamburg Zoo, old male Rhinoceros unicornis . A bad habit of this animal had given it much hurt during its last years. He used to rub the horn on the nose against the walls and wooden planks, never at the fence around the enclosure. The horn never grew to any length. To reduce the effects of t... |
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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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Black Rhino
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| Occasionally, a curious triple-horned variety has been found, one such is described by Flower (op.c.) from near Mount Kilima-njaro in East Africa, in which the third horn forms an unsymmetrical triangular elevation about 5 ? inches high in the median line of the lower part of the forehead. |
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