 | Neumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455 |
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Black Rhino
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| Northern Kenya, Male shot at northern end of Lake Rudolph, 21 Dec 1895, Height at shoulder in straight line, 4 ft 9 inch |
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| Neumann, A.H. 1898 Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa, being an account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Loroge Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. London, Rowland Ward, pp. i-xix, 1-455 |
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Black Rhino
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| Northern Kenya, Female shot at northern end of Lake Rudolph, 24 Dec 1895. Height at shoulder in straight line, 4 ft 7 inch |
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| Mueller-Liebenwalde, J. 1895 Weisses Rhinozeros. Zoologische Garten A.F. 36 (7): 223 |
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White Rhino
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| Horns can reach 125 cm, but these lengths are rare. |
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| British Museum (Natural History) 1894 Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia, 5th ed. London, British Museum (Natural History) |
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White Rhino
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| Its anterior horn is very slender, and has been found to attain a length of over four feet, one of 4 ft. 9 in., the longest known, being on the top of Case 53 |
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| Swayne, H.G.C. 1894 Further field-notes on the game-animals of Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 316-323 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
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Black Rhino
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| Somaliland. A good pair of bull's horns measure 19 inches for the front, and 5 inches for the back one. |
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| Roemer, A. 1893 Catalog der Skelette- und Schaedel-Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Wiesbaden. Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins fur Naturkunde, Wiesbaden 46: 117-131 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Museum Wiesbaden. A horn of 70 cm length |
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| Bartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimens from Borneo in mus. Kuching
1. Head with the skin still on it.
3. Skull only : measures 20 inches from the tip of the nasal bones to the coronal ridge; forehead from eye to eye 5 3/4 inches; lower jaw 16 ? inches.
4. Skull only: from nasal bone to coronal ridge 20 ? inches; forehe... |
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| Bartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimens in museum Kuching, from Borneo
1. Head. front horn 4 ? inches; hind horn 2 inches long.
2. Head partly covered with skin. Horn 5 inches long; the hind one is merely a round knob.
5. Two horns on skin of the upper part of the head. Front horn 19 1/8 inches; the second horn is we... |
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| Bartlett, E. 1891 Notes on the Bornean rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 December 1: 654-655, fig. 1 |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Specimens from Borneo in mus. Kuching
1. Head with the skin still on it.
Length of head, from front of nose to centre of coronal ridge of skin, 19 ? inches; across forehead to corner of eyes 7 3/4 inches; tip of upper lip to corner of mouth 6 1/4 inches; front horn 4 ? inches; hind horn 2 inc... |
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| Flower, W.H. 1889 Exhibition of the face of a male African rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889 November 19: 448-449, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
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Black Rhino
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| Animal with 3rd horn, Tanzania. The anterior horn is 13 ? inches long, measured along its curved anterior surface, or 12 inches measured in a straight line from the side of the base to the apex, and is 20 inches in circumference at the base. The apex is considerably worn and polished. The bas... |
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