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Reference Base  Travels and adventures in Southern Africa, comprising a v... |
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Travels and adventures in Southern Africa, comprising a view of the present state of the Cape Colony with observations on the progress and prospects of the Britsih emigrants |
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Thompson, G. |
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1827 |
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London, Henry Colburn |
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pp. i-xx, 1-493 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| From these wandering men, Arend and his comrade old Cupido Kackerlackie, I learned some interesting particulars The wanderers related many of their wild hunting adventures, especially in pursuit of the rhinoceros, which abounds in these regions, and is a very fierce and formidable animal. |
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World
Culture - Art
All Rhino Species
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| Vignette p. 101, 77x90 mm. Two distinct species of the two-horned rhinoceros are found in South Africa. The figure in the vignette at page 110 was drawn from life by Mr. Melvill, and conveys an accurate representation of the species which abounds most in the Bechuana country. |
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Taxonomy - Nomenclature
Black Rhino
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| From these wandering men, Arend and his comrade old Cupido Kackerlackie, I learned some interesting particulars ... Cupido, I found, had also accompanied Mr. Campbell on his last journey, and was the person who shot the remarkable rhinoceros, of whose head Mr. Campbell has given a drawing. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Botswana. The horn of the female is, however, much longer and more slender than that of the male; I have one in my possession, three and a half feet long [105 cm]. |
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