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Title: The thermoregulatory response of the rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis and Ceratotherium simum) and the zebra (Equus burchelli) to diurnal temperature change
Author(s): Hiley, P.G.
Year published: 1977
Journal: East African Wildlife Journal
Volume: 15 (4)
Pages: 337, fig. 1
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Anatomy - Glands
Black Rhino
The initial thermoregulatory response of the rhinoceros species was an increased CML. A skin sample was taken from the experimental area (right dorsal aspect of the last three ribs) of a black rhinoceros and the numerous, highly convoluted sweat glands which were found are shown in Fig. 1.
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African Rhino Species
A white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium bicornis), a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and two zebra (Equus burchelli) were exposed to ambient diurnal temperature changes in Kenya, East Africa. The mean maximum dry bulb temperature was 29.9?C; the mean black bulb temperature at this time was 47.5?C....
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