 | Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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| Regarding the colour of the rhinoceros, this is often confusing, even when the animal is quite close, because they wallow in dirt in the hot and dry season, which, when dried up, sticks on the skin and gives the animals a bright grey colour. |
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| Gray, J.E. 1869 The Keitloa (Rhinaster keitloa). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 3: 244 |
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White Rhino
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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| Regarding the colour of the rhinoceros, this is often confusing, even when the animal is quite close, because they wallow in dirt in the hot and dry season, which, when dried up, sticks on the skin and gives the animals a bright grey colour. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1869 Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil und seiner westlichen Zuflusse in den Jahren 1862-1864. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, pp. i-xii, 1-382 |
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White Rhino
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| We have horns of 3 1/3 feet length, which should belong to R. simus. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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| Opsiceros simus. On the Bahr-el-abiad, this is the common species, of which Heuglin obtained horns up to 3 3/4 feet length. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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| Opsiceros simus. A young animal from Albana near Galabat, which Heuglin had alive for one day, seems to belong to this species judging from the colour and the horns. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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| Opsiceros simus. Heuglin obtained horns up to 3 3/4 feet long in Abyssinia / Sudan. |
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| Heuglin, T. von 1866 Systematische Uebersicht der Saugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kuste, des Rothen Meeres, der Somali- und der Nilquellen-Landern, sudwarts bis zum vierten Grade nordlichen Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1866: 537-611 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
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White Rhino
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| Heuglin had a young one alive for one day, at Albana near Galabat. |
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| Murray, A. 1866 The geographical distribution of mammals. London, Day and Son, pp. i-xvi, 1-420 |
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| Simum Burch.; (Burchelli Desm., camus Geoffr.). Bechuana land, interior of South Africa, chiefly north of Tropic of Capricorn. Var. Oswellii, Interior of Africa. |
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| Sclater, P.L.; Speke, J.H. 1864 On the mammals collected and observed by Capt J.H. Speke during the East African expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 March 8: 98-106, pls. 12-13 |
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History
White Rhino
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| The White Two-Horned rhinoceros is found in Karagweh, where several specimens were shot. It is rather larger than the black animal. |
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