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Title: A note on eyelashes in an African black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis
Author(s): Bergh, H.K. van den
Year published: 1970
Journal: Journal of Zoology, London
Volume: 161 (2)
Pages: 191, 1 plate
File: View PDF: 2,9 mb
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World
Morphology
Black Rhino
In his survey on facial vibrissae in mammals, Pocock(1914) noted eyelashes being present in Rhinocerotidae on the upper eyelid only. Recently, Cave (1969) described the existence of eyelashes also on the lower eyelids in three species of rhinoceros, including the African Black or Hook-lipped rhi...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
World
Morphology
Black Rhino
In his survey on facial vibrissae in mammals, Pocock(1914) noted eyelashes being present in Rhinocerotidae on the upper eyelid only. Recently, Cave (1969) described the existence of eyelashes also on the lower eyelids in three species of rhinoceros, including the African Black or Hook-lipped rhi...
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Captive - Europe
Captivity - Zoo Records
Black Rhino
On 27 July 1964 I was able to observe and photograph at very close range the eye region of an African Black rhinoceros then living in the Zoological Gardens of Antwerp, Belgium. The specimen, a female, which had been in the Society's collection since 1956 was estimated to be approximately ten ye...
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