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Mammals from the Blue Nile valley |
| Author(s): |
Allen, G.M. |
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1914 |
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Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University |
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58 |
| Pages: |
303-357, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. The rhinoceros is nearly extinct in the eastern Sudan. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In the days of Sir Samuel Baker they were plentiful in the upper Atbara and the Setit, but now apparently there are extremely few between the Nile and the Abyssinian border. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| At present time thety are quite gone from the Blue Nile. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| A very few remain on the uppermost reaches of the Dinder River, about a day's march beyond Um Org island, as our native hunters told us. According to our Arab guide, who had hunted this region, one was killed in 1911 on the `mere' near El Abiad by a white hunter who mistook it a night for a buff... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Ecology - Habitat
Black Rhino
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| Specimens shot on Cheringangi Hills, Kenya, at 6000-7000 feet. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Adults from Kenya. Tail vertebrae length, male 660 mm, females 497 and 560 mm. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Adults from Kenya. Body length, Male 3560 mm, females 3305 and 3355 mm |
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Mammals from the Blue Nile valley
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