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Reference Base  Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and na... |
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Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and natural history of the Lake region of Equatorial Africa, made by the Speke and Grant expedition, 1860-1863 |
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Grant, J.A. |
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1872 |
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Journal of the Royal Geographical Society |
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42 |
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234-342 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Names in vernacular
Black Rhino
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| Vernacular name in Swahili: Faroo |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| Rhinoceros bicornis was found on the route between Ugogo and Karagweh. Speke shot the first by moonlight at Ugogo. We have seen during a march in Usui as many as 8 or 10 feeding separately in the valley. Rhinoceros simus is found in Karagweh where seve |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Rhinoceros simus. At Delagoa Bay we saw a horn upwards of a yard in length. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa
Value - Related to Horn
African Rhino Species
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| 1872, East Africa, Its horn is of no value; we never took the trouble to cut it off the animal as we could not carry it |
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Africa - Eastern Africa
Value
African Rhino Species
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| East Africa. Our men had difficulty in procuring any of the flesh, as the natives ate every bit of it. |
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World
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| At Delagoa Bay we saw a horn upwards of a yard in length. |
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