| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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White Rhino
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| Mounted skin, skeleton. Sex: Male. Locality: Zimbabwe, north of the Ayrshire mine near Mazoe, in northeast Mashonaland. Collected by: Eyre, Arthur, 1895. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. Donated by Cecil Rhodes |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Hide. Locality: Zimbabwe, Mashonaland. Collected by: Coryndon, R.T., 1893. In coll. Tring Museum, Tring, United Kingdom |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Skin. Locality: South Africa, Zululand. In coll. Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Skull. Locality: Sudan, Lado Enclave. Collected by: Gibbons, Major A.St.Hill. In coll. Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, USA. |
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| Sclater, P.L. 1900 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a skull and horns of the square-mouthed rhinoceros and mounted heads of two antelopes obtained by Major AStH Gibbons on the Upper Nile. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900 December 4: 949 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Major A.St. Hill Gibbons had exhibited a fine collection of heads at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on 10 Dec 1900. He lent them for exhibition at the zoo's meeting on 18 dec. The first was a skull and horns of the square-mouthed rhinoceros (Rhinoceros simus ?) Shot by Major Gibbon... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Names in vernacular
White Rhino
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| Umkombe |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| white rhino in general. LITERATURE. - Parsons, Phil. Trans. (1743) pl. iii, fig 6, horn figured;
Barrow (1801), i, p. 395, supposed occurrence in Namaqualand;
Campbell (1822) p. 294, figures head of one shot at `Mashow' in Bechuanaland;
Burchell (1822), ii, p. 75, allusion to discovery;
... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. The male head preserved in the South African Museum was obtained by Mr. Selous in 1882, between the Bembesi and Sebakwi Rivers, halfway between Bulawayo and Salisbury |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Names in vernacular
White Rhino
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| Umhofo |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. An imperfect skull is preserved in the South African Museum, which was dug out of the black peaty soil at a depth of eight feet, about twelve miles from the Vaal River in the Kimberley district, in 1893 ; this is the southernmost locality yet recorded. |
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| Grogan, E.S.; Sharp, A.H. 1900 From Cape to Cairo: the first traverse of Africa from south to north. London, Hurst and Blackett, pp. i-xvi, 1-377 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Rhino seen at Wadelai.- Wadelai, on west bank of Nile, 2.44 N, 31.24 E. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| colour not perceptibly lighter than the other species, being a slaty grey black. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. it was first discovered by Burchell in Bechuanaland, but even in Smith's time (1835), it was driven northwards from the Kuruman neighbourhood, and during the seventies and early eighties, it was practically exterminated in Ngamiland, Matabeleland and Mashonaland, where it ha... |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. during the seventies and early eighties, it was practically exterminated in Ngamiland, Matabeleland and Mashonaland, where it had formerly been exceedingly common. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. Coryndon states that fifteen were shot in Matabeleland in 1886, and he himself shot an old female in 1892, and two males in 1893, the two latter being now in the British and Tring Museums |
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Anatomy - Reproductive organs
White Rhino
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| Two mammae. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| they are very fond of wallowing in pools and plastering themselves all over with clay and mud |
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| Thomas, O. 1900 The white rhinoceros on the upper Nile. Nature 62 (1616), October 18, 1900: 599 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Major A.St. Hill Gibbons shot on the upper Nile, near lado, a rhinoceros which he considered to be the white rhinoceros (R. simus). The skull can be identified as Rhinoceros simus. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. There are still said to be a few surviving in Zululand, where they are very strictly preserved, and where, perhaps, they may have a chance of increasing if proper precautions are observed but even of these, six are said to have been killed in 1894, one of which is now exhibi... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. in 1895, Mr. Arthur Eyre shot a fine male north of the Ayrshire mine near Mazoe, in northeast Mashonaland; this specimen was purchased by Mr. Rhodes and presented by him to the South African Museum, where the mounted skin and skeleton are now exhibited. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum. during the seventies and early eighties, it was practically exterminated in Ngamiland, Matabeleland and Mashonaland, where it had formerly been exceedingly common. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| nostril an elongated slit parallel to the mouth; |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
White Rhino
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| as a rule they are solitary, or found associating in small parties of two or three individuals, though there may have been a good many in the neighbourhood; Harris, for instance, speaks of seeing eighty in one day. |
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| Thomas, O. 1900 The white rhinoceros on the upper Nile. Nature 62 (1616), October 18, 1900: 599 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Existence white rhino. That a rhino of this group [R. simus] existed in Central Africa had been suspected before. Dr. Gregory in `The Great Rift valley' mentions having seen in Leikipia, but failed to shoot, three specimens which he believed to be R. simus. Some years earlier Count Teleki shot... |
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Ecology - Food
White Rhino
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| The food of this species, in contradistinction to the other, consists entirely of grass of which it consumes enormous quantities. It drinks very regularly about midnight, and is never a great distance from water. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| hairless, except for a fringe along the edge of the ear and for the tail bristles. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| head very long and massive |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Names in vernacular
White Rhino
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| Witte Rhenoster |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Names in vernacular
White Rhino
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| Kuaboaba |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Names in vernacular
White Rhino
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| Chukuru |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Names in vernacular
White Rhino
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| Mahohu |
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World
Ecology - Food
White Rhino
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| The food of this species, in contradistinction to the other, consists entirely of grass of which it consumes enormous quantities. It drinks very regularly about midnight, and is never a great distance from water. |
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Morphology - Horn
White Rhino
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| The anterior horn is situated on the nasal bones, it is usually longer and more slender than in the other species and curved gently backwards, the upper part of the front being usually partially flattened by friction aaainst the ground; the posterior horn is as a rule short, straight, conical and... |
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Morphology - Horn
White Rhino
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| The anterior horn is situated on the nasal bones, it is usually longer and more slender than in the other species and curved gently backwards, the upper part of the front being usually partially flattened by friction aaainst the ground; the posterior horn is as a rule short, straight, conical and... |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| hairless, except for a fringe along the edge of the ear and for the tail bristles. |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Larger than the other species, in fact the largest of all land-animals after the elephant. |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Female rather smaller than the male |
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Ecology - Habitat
White Rhino
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| The square-mouthed rhinoceros is found in open country, and is particularly fond of the wide grassy valleys so frequently met with on the high veld of Matabele and Mashonaland |
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Behaviour - Locomotion
White Rhino
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| The pace of the rhinoceros is fairly good considering its bulk; its swift trot will easily surpass man's power but it is, of course, no match for a horse |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| They feed at night, or in the cooler part of the morning and evening, spending the day in sleep as often as not in the open veld under the shade of some solitary tree, but sometimes concealed in thick bush; when thus found asleep they are awakened with great, difficulty and can be approached near... |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| It has a curious habit of always depositing its excrement at the same place where it accumulates in enormous masses; when these have reached an inconvenient height it sometimes demolishes the mass with its horn, moreover, owing to the nature of the food, the animal can always be identified by th... |
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Behaviour - Towards Man
White Rhino
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| The square-mouthed rhinoceros is always spoken of as a most mild and inoffensive creature, very sluggish and unsuspicious; its sight is very bad, though scent and hearing seem to be acute; this no doubt is so, and accounts to a great extent for its almost total extermination, but at the same time... |
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| Boule, M. 1900 Etude paleontologique et archeologique sur la station paleolithique du Lac Karar (Algerie). Anthropologie 11: 1-21, figs. 1-24 |
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Africa - Northern Africa - Algeria
Taxonomy - Evolution
White Rhino
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| The teeth from Lake Karar can be attributed to Rh. camus, which still lives in the centre of Africa. |
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Africa
Taxonomy - Evolution
White Rhino
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| In the middle and later portions of the Tertiary epochs rhinoceroses were spread over the rest of the Old World, even within the arctic and subarctic regions, where roamed the woolly rhinoceros (R. antiquitatis), considered to be closely allied to the white rhinoceros; hitherto no fossil species ... |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| head very long and massive |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| ears longer and more pointed than in the other species, springing from a closed cylinder about three inches long |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations
White Rhino
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| like many of the other large thin-haired animals they are constantly accompanied by rhinoceros birds (Buphaga), which feed on the ticks and other parasites lodged on the skin of their host, and give timely warning of any approaching danger; when the rhinoceros is disturbed, and makes off, the bir... |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| tail much as in R.bicornis, but with only the last quarter provided with wiry bristles. |
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Anatomy - Reproductive organs
White Rhino
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| Two mammae. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| upper lip straight and round with no trace of a proboscis. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| ears longer and more pointed than in the other species, springing from a closed cylinder about three inches long |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| colour not perceptibly lighter than the other species, being a slaty grey black. |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| upper lip straight and round with no trace of a proboscis. |
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Morphology - Skull
White Rhino
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| The skull (see fig. 75, p. 297), is altogether larger than in the other species, and the portion behind the orbit is drawn out, so that the angle formed at the occipital crest between the parietal and occipital regions is a very acute one; the front portion, too, of the mandible is much more depr... |
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| Thomas, O. 1900 The white rhinoceros on the upper Nile. Nature 62 (1616), October 18, 1900: 599 |
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Africa
Taxonomy - Evolution
White Rhino
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| The discovery of Ceratotherium simum in the Nile watershed brings it geographically nearer to its European and Siberian ally, the Pleistocene R. antiquitatis, both species being in turn, no doubt, offshoots of the Pliocene R. platyrhinus of the Siwaliks. |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Ear to nose-tip 35.0 inch |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Ear from notch - 9.0 inch |
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Reproduction
White Rhino
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| only one young one is produced at a birth, the mother, too, exhibits great affection towards her offspring. |
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Taxonomy - Nomenclature
White Rhino
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| Rhinoceros simus, Burchell, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 96 (1817); A.Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. ii, p. 179 (1834) ; id. Illustr. Zool. S. Afr. Mamm. pl. xix (1839); Drummond, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p.109; Buckley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 280; Selous, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 725 [... |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
White Rhino
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| when it moves, the head is carried very low so that the horn is almost parallel to the ground, and should a mother have a young calf it always precedes her, being guided by the tip of her horn gently pressing on its rump |
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| when it moves, the head is carried very low so that the horn is almost parallel to the ground, and should a mother have a young calf it always precedes her, being guided by the tip of her horn gently pressing on its rump |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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| A curious variety considered by Gray to be a distinct species, and named by him Rhinouros oswellii, is distinguished by possessing a straight anterior horn projecting forward at an acute angle, but this is now acknowledged to be merely an accidental variation. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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White Rhino
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| Mounted male - tail 26.0 inch. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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| Mounted male - head and body 13 ft. 1 in. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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White Rhino
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| nostril an elongated slit parallel to the mouth; |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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| tail much as in R.bicornis, but with only the last quarter provided with wiry bristles. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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| The horns of the mounted example measure 35.0 and 7.0 respectively, the largest single horn recorded, 62.5, was obtained by the late Roualeyn Gordon Cumming and is now in the possession of Colonel W. Gordon Cumming; a pair belonging to Mr. Selous measures 37.4 and 17.8 respectively. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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| Mounted male - height at shoulder 6 ft 1.5 inch. Selous gives 6 ft 6 in for a individual measured by him. |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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White Rhino
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| Little is known about the breeding habits of this species, the males are said to fight with one another very fiercely at certain times of the year, |
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| Sclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324 |
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| a skull of a male measures 30.5 in extreme length from the occipital crest to the tips of the nasals, 27.0 from the condyle to the premaxillae; and 13.4 in the greatest width. |
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| Anonymous 1900 The [Lado] White Rhinoceros. Forest and Stream 55 (19): 366 |
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| Hely-Hutchinson, W. 1900 The white rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 95 (2479), 1900 June 30: 949 |
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White Rhino
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| Saunders, C.R. 1900 The white rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 95 (2479), 1900 June 30: 949 |
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White Rhino
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| Holland, W.J. 1900 The Carnegie Museum. Popular Science Monthly 59 (1): 4-20 |
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Africa - Southern Africa
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White Rhino
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| Burrows, G. 1898 The land of the pigmies. London, C. Arthur Pearson, pp. i-xxx, 1-299 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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White Rhino
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| African rhino on the M'Boma. |
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| Burrows, G. 1898 The land of the pigmies. London, C. Arthur Pearson, pp. i-xxx, 1-299 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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White Rhino
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| African rhino on the Manyema. |
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| Anonymous 1896 Mr Rowland Ward. The Sketch Wednesday 8 August 1894: 39-40 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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White Rhino
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| Mueller-Liebenwalde, J. 1895 Weisses Rhinozeros. Zoologische Garten A.F. 36 (7): 223 |
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Museums - Africa
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White Rhino
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| Mounted skin. Locality: Zimbabwe, Mashonaland.. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. Donated by Cecil Rhodes |
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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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| Mounted skin. Locality: Zimbabwe, Mashonaland.. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. Donated by Cecil Rhodes |
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| Mueller-Liebenwalde, J. 1895 Weisses Rhinozeros. Zoologische Garten A.F. 36 (7): 223 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
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White Rhino
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| The white rhinoceros formerly also lived in German West Africa. |
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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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| Rhodes, C. 1895 Ein weisses Rhinozeros. Bozner Zeitung Beilage Nr. 209, dated 12 September 1895 |
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Africa - Southern Africa
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White Rhino
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| The Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, Cecil Rhodes, has donated a mounted white rhinoceros to the South African Museum. The species is almost extinct. The animal is 5 feet 4 inch high. The first horn is 3 feet long, the second 1 foot. It was killed in Mashonaland. |
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| Edmunds, R.J. 1895 The white rhinoceros in Zululand. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 85 (2218), 1895 June 29: 935 |
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White Rhino
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| Oates, W.E. 1895 The white rhinoceros in Zululand. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 85 (2218), 1895 June 29: 935 |
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White Rhino
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| Vaughan-Clark, H. 1895 The white rhinoceros in Zululand. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 85 (2218), 1895 June 29: 935 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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| Lacy, G. 1895 The white rhinoceros in Zululand. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 85 (2217), 1895 June 22: 928 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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| Ward, R. 1895 The white rhinoceros in Zululand. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 86 (2219), 1895 July 6: 42 |
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White Rhino
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| Eyre, A. 1895 Colossal white rhinoceros: splendid capture by an Irishman in South Africa. Irish Examiner 31 August 1895: 6 |
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White Rhino
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| Varndell, C.R. 1895 White rhino trophy modelled by Rowland Ward. The Colonies and India Saturday 16 March 1895: 12 |
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White Rhino
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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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| it was of a milder and more timid disposition than the ? black ? species, and capable of being tamed. |
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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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| Anonymous 1894 The white rhinoceros. Daily Graphic, London 1894 April 13: 10 |
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White Rhino
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| Tegetmeier, W.B. 1894 Burchell's rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 83 (2160), 19 May 1894: 698 |
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White Rhino
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| Tegetmeier, W.B. 1894 Burchell's rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 83 (2155), 1894 April 14: 536, fig. 1 |
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White Rhino
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| MacGillewill, P. 1894 White rhinoceros. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 84 (2169), 1894 July 21: 128 |
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White Rhino
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| Frimstone, W.F. 1894 The Rhinoceros simus in Natal. Field, the country gentleman's magazine 84, 1894 September 22: 454 |
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White Rhino
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| Coryndon, R.T. 1894 The white rhinoceros. Land and Water 1894 April 14: p. 1 |
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White Rhino
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| Anonymous 1894 The 'white' rhinoceros: arrival of two specimens in England. Pall Mall Gazette 1894 April 9: 1 |
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White Rhino
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| Anonymous 1894 A white rhinoceros, shot by Coryndon, exhibited at Rowland Ward. The Times (London) 1894 April 16: 4 |
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Museums - Europe
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White Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Anonymous 1894 A white rhinoceros, shot by Coryndon, exhibited at Rowland Ward. The Times (London) 1894 April 16: 4 |
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White Rhino
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