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Parasites of the white and black rhinoceroses |
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Zumpt, F. |
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1964 |
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Lammergeyer |
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3 (1) |
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59-70, figs. 1-12 |
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Africa
Diseases - Parasites
African Rhino Species
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| Parasites of white and black rhinoceros
We shall now discuss three groups of parasites associated with rhinoceroses, namely flies (Diptera), ticks (Ixodoidea) and worms (Trematodes, Cestodes and Nematodes).
FLIES
Gyrostigma pavesii
In Zululand when the stomach of a dead rhinoceros is ope... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Diseases
Black Rhino
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| Nothing is known of any diseases caused by these parasites in the rhinoceroses. but a pathological skin condition has been reported from the Black Rhinoceros in Hluhluwe, and a so-called ?microfilaria' was extracted from the lesions. Microfilaria are larval forms, and those extracted from the rh... |
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Taxonomy
All Rhino Species
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| Relationship to tapir, horse, elephant. The Rhinocerotidae are, according to the mammalogist, related to the Equidae (horses, zebras, donkeys), and the Tapiridae (tapirs). A relationship between the Tapiridae and the Rhinocerotidae is not so surprising, but one between the latter family and the... |
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Parasites of the white and black rhinoceroses
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