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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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| 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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| 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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| Mounted male - tail 26.0 inch. |
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| Mounted male - head and body 13 ft. 1 in. |
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| nostril an elongated slit parallel to the mouth; |
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| tail much as in R.bicornis, but with only the last quarter provided with wiry bristles. |
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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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| 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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