| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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Black Rhino
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| The black rhino eats leaves and twigs and parts of trees, not even excepting the Acacia, however many thorns they may have. |
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| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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White Rhino
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| The white rhino eats exclusively grass, even rejecting (according to Lang) other grassy plants which he might cut off while grazing. This diet has very little moisture, for which rreason he needs to drink water frequently. |
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| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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| The white rhino eats exclusively grass, even rejecting (according to Lang) other grassy plants which he might cut off while grazing. This diet has very little moisture, for which rreason he needs to drink water frequently. |
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| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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Black Rhino
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| Both African species prefer land with shrubs or savannah. The black species is sometimes found in small forest areas in West Africa. This species does not mind much about the vicinity of water, as its food contains enough moisture. |
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| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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White Rhino
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| The white rhino is often accompanied by oxpeckers (Buphaga) which alarm when something is approaching. |
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| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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White Rhino
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| Both African species essentially live in land with shrubs and savannah. The white rhino looks for shrub country. Its food is quite dy, fow hcih reason it tries to find places near to natural sources of water. |
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| Haywood, C.W. 1927 To the mysterious Lorian swamp: an adventure & arduous journey of exploration through the vast waterless tracts of unknown Jubaland. London, Seeley, Service and Co, pp. 1-275 |
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| On his back were dozens of little brown 'tick-birds,' who were busy running all over him, picking off and eating the ticks which infested his body with their sharp red beaks. Every now and then they stopped to cast bright, suspicious glances around to see if any enemy was approaching. They act ... |
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| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Congo (Zaire)
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White Rhino
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| Thanks to their thick hide, rhinos can easily force their way through even the wildest and densest vegetation. Even in the high shrubs of the Uele, where sometimes the grass is 4 to 5 metres high at the end of the wet season, they force their paths without much effort. They seem totally at ease... |
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| Korschelt, E. 1927 Lebensdauer, Altern und Tod Zweite, umgearbeitete und stark vermehrte Auflage. Jena, Gustav Fischer |
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Indian Rhino
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| Until now animals in captivity have lived for 42 and 45 years. |
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| Rolt-Wheeler, F.W. 1927 The tusk-hunters. Boston, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, pp. 1-308 |
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