 | 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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Black Rhino
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| Its food consists entirely of the leaves, twigs, and sometimes the roots of certain bushes and shrubs, never of grass. |
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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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Black Rhino
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| As in the other species there are no incisors or canines in either jaw, though indistinct marks of the sockets can be seen; moreover, the premaxillae are much reduced, and consist only of two small nodules of bone at the tips of the maxillae. |
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| Cox, P.Z. 1900 Notes on Somaliland, part I. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13 (1): 86-99 |
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Black Rhino
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| On his 16 months' journey to Lake Rudolph, a few years ago, Dr. Donaldson-Smith found Rhino in many places a perfect pest. They would frequently rush out at members of his caravan, walking innocently along a jungle path, and would even charge through the line of camels ; a camel on one occasion,... |
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| Cox, P.Z. 1900 Notes on Somaliland, part I. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13 (1): 86-99 |
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Black Rhino
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| As an. item in the list of big game, he sometimes affords sufficient excitement, as he habitually charges when wounded, and not infrequently when unwounded and entirely without provocation; but on the whole he would appear to be much less formidable than the elephant. |
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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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Black Rhino
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| I consider the rhino an overrated beast and cannot think that he cannot be really dangerous in any but thick country. He certainly will charge, unprovoked at times, but it is only a blundering resentment at the unwelcome scent of the intruder. A shot at close quarters will almost invariably tur... |
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Black Rhino
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| nostrils somewhat oval, not elongated |
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| Pomel, Cat.Vert. Foss. Bassin superieur de la Loire, p. 78 (1853), Type: R. elatus. |
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Black Rhino
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| Hairless, except for a fringe along the margins of the ears and on either side of the extremity of the tail; skin almost smooth and very thick |
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Black Rhino
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| Occasionally, a curious triple-horned variety has been found, one such is described by Flower (op.c.) from near Mount Kilima-njaro in East Africa, in which the third horn forms an unsymmetrical triangular elevation about 5 ? inches high in the median line of the lower part of the forehead. |
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Black Rhino
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| tail reaching about three quarters of the way to the hocks with a double line of bristles on the posterior two-thirds. |
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