 | Happold, D.C.D. 1987 The mammals of Nigeria. Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. i-xvii, 1-402 |
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Black Rhino
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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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| Naik, S.N.; Ishwad, C.S.; Karawale, M.S.; Wani, M.V. 1986 Squamous cell carcinoma in an Indian rhinoceros. Veterinary Record 118: 590-591, figs. 1-2 |
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| The Indian rhinoceros has a single horn made up of filamentous tubules of keratin which aee secreted by the skin and cemented together to form a hard projection. This projection is fixed to the skin and does not have a bone support like the horn of ruminants. |
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| Nardelli, F. 1985 The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 7: 4-8, figs. 1-2 |
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| The horns, smaller in the female, match the body colour, usually a darkish grey. |
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| Nardelli, F. 1985 The Sumatran Rhinoceros Project. Help Newsletter, Port Lympne 7: 4-8, figs. 1-2 |
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| The horns, smaller in the female, match the body colour, usually a darkish grey. |
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| Anonymous 1983 Extinct rhino spotted again. Malayan Naturalist 36 (2): 43 |
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| The three-horned rhino [sic] is said to be roaming the jungles of West Kalimantan. |
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| Janis, C.M. 1982 Evolution of horns in ungulates - ecology and palaeoecology. Biological Review (Cambridge Philosophical Society) 57 (2): 261-317 |
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| Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 |
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| The horn is formed of a closely matted mass of horny fibre issuing from the skin. It has no connection with the skull, although a boss of bone in the skull may serve as its foundation. |
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| Prater, S.H. 1980 The book of Indian animals. Bombay etc., Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, pp. i-xxiii, 1-324 |
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| The horns grow throughout life and if lost are re-produced. |
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| Fountain, C. 1980 Three-horned rhinos. International Zoo News 27 (4): 17 |
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| Daly (1937, Big game hunting and adventure) has a photo of black rhino shot in Tanaland showing the growth of a third horn. Also animal in Lisbon Zoo had third horn. Maybe this is a hereditary genetic defect as these animals came from the same region. |
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| Veevers-Carter, W. 1979 Land mammals of Indonesia. Jakarta, PT Intermasa |
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| The 'horn' is actually made of matter horny fibre resembling the human fingernail and issuing from the skin, and not of bone. |
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