 | Bradlow, E.; Bradlow, F.R. 1979 William Somerville's narrative of the journeys to the Eastern Cape frontier and to Lattakoo 1799-1802. Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, Works Second Series, vol. 10, pp. i-iv, 1-253 |
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African Rhino Species
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| both are solid masses of horn |
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| Bradlow, E.; Bradlow, F.R. 1979 William Somerville's narrative of the journeys to the Eastern Cape frontier and to Lattakoo 1799-1802. Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, Works Second Series, vol. 10, pp. i-iv, 1-253 |
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Black Rhino
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| Male shot at Koussie Fountain 1801
the foremost horn was split and wore [sic] in several places - a circumstance common to the males. |
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| Banks, E. 1978 Mammals from Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 4 (2): 165-227, pls. 1-14 |
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| There they travelled about at their leisure, wandering this way and that, following no particular route, bulldozing through obstructions by lifting them up with the front horn. The two horns seem to be no more than a sort of fork lift used to raise up obstructions in its path. |
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| Brouard, P. 1978 Lisbon's unusual zoo guest, a 3-horn black rhino (Diceros bicornis). International Zoo News 25 (2): 12-13, figs. 1-2 |
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Black Rhino
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| December 1977, an unusual black rhino was on view. Its head prides itself not only on the normal two horns, but on three horns, the latter having no common characteristic with the third horn which possibly appears in Asiatic species. The third horn is situated far from the two conventional ones... |
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| Anonymous 1978 Lisbon's three-horned black rhinoceros. International Zoo News 25 (5): 10-11 |
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| The naturalist and author Abel Chapman in his 'Retrospect, 1851-1928' (London, 1928) gave two pictures of a three horned black rhino, one (p.77) a drawing stating that it was shot at Elementeita in British East Africa on 10 Feb 1906, the other a photograph of Chapman himself with the animal's sev... |
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| Marshall, R.C.; Frenkel, M. J.; Gillespie, J.M. 1977 High-sulphur proteins in mammalian keratins: a possible aid in classification. Australian Journal of Zoology 25: 121-132, figs. 1-4, table 1 |
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| Sample of keratin from rhinoceros horn. High-sulphur protein was extracted from the keratin. A figure shows the polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic pattern. The study shows that keratin samples which have different electrophoretic patterns can be judged as coming from animals of different speci... |
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 | Hediger, H. 1977 Zoologische Garten: gestern - heute - morgen. Bern and Stuttgart, Hallwag, pp. 1-108 |
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| illustration of white rhino with a third horn on the shoulder. |
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| Hediger, H. 1977 Zoologische Garten: gestern - heute - morgen. Bern and Stuttgart, Hallwag, pp. 1-108 |
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| illustration of white rhino with a third horn on the shoulder. |
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| Seung Ki Lee; Young Eun Kim 1974 Studies on the compositions of hard tissue proteins extracted from bovine horn, water buffalo horn and rhinoceros horn. Korean Biochemical Journal 7 (2): 125-142 |
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| Brooke, J. 1973 Kenya: Orphanage. Africana 5 (2): 31 |
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| A 4 ? yr old rhino broke his anterior horn when he caught it between two boards. The hanging remains were amputated and the wound dressed and cleaned. The animal recovered well but lost some of his social status. |
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