 | Chilvers, B. 1990 Rhino's last stand in Africa. REF Journal 3: 12-19, figs. 1-3 |
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| Rhino horn is really just a dense mass of compacted hair - not unlike the keratin of a buffalo hoof - that polishes up nicely. (lnterestingly, the age or sex of rhino cannot be estimated by horn size.) |
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| 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 |
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| The horns, which are composed of a mass of tubular filaments similar in substance to hair, are outgrowths of the skin and are not attached to the bone of the skull. The front is almost invariably longer than the hind, 1,58 m being the record length of a front horn from the Subregion (Best & Best... |
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| 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 |
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| The horns are composed of a mass of tubular filaments, similar in substance to hair. They grow from the skin and are not attached to the underlying bone, but the bony surface of the skull is rugose under the bases of the horns to allow a firm attachment of the skin to the skull in these areas.
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| 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 |
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| The horns, which are composed of a mass of tubular filaments similar in substance to hair, are outgrowths of the skin and are not attached to the bone of the skull. The front is almost invariably longer than the hind, 1,58 m being the record length of a front horn from the Subregion (Best & Best... |
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| Dathe, H. 1990 Ein weiteres 'Durer-Hornlein' beim Breitmaulnashorn. Zoologische Garten 60 (5): 322 |
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| In a film which I showed in my program 'Zoobummel International' of the German TV from the Parc Zoologique National de Rabat, another white rhino which had an additional horn on the shoulder of some centimeter long.
Previous were recorded by Hediger 1970 in Indian and White rhino, who also menti... |
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| The horns are composed of a mass of tubular filaments, similar in substance to hair. They grow from the skin and are not attached to the underlying bone, but the bony surface of the skull is rugose under the bases of the horns to allow a firm attachment of the skin to the skull in these areas.
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| Zhao Yuhua 1990 Technique to distinguish between Indian and African rhino horn [in Chinese]. Tianjin Pharmacy 1990: 18-20 |
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| Li Zhenyong 1990 How to distinguish fake rhino horn [in Chinese]. Northwest Pharmaceutical Journal 1990: 17-20 |
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| Anonymous 1987 The Tsavo Rhino Sanctuary, Kenya. International Zoo News 34 (4): 30-31, fig. 1 |
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| The horn is made of closely-packed tubular fibres of keratin. |
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| Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 |
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| Two horns composed of hardened hair curve upwards and forwards from snout, anterior ro the eyes; anterior horn long, thick and square at base, tapering to point. Posterior horn similar but shorter. |
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