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Reference Base  Reise in Nordost-Afrika: Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete de... |
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Reise in Nordost-Afrika: Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habat, nebst zoologische Skizzen und einem Fuhrer fur Jagdreisenden |
| Author(s): |
Heuglin, T. von |
| Year published: |
1877 |
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Braunschweig, Georg Westermann |
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vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-304 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| From the rhinoceros which occurs in Takah, Homran, Qalabat and on the Anseba I only obtained young specimens, which are similar to the one described by Blanford, and I often saw apparently adult animals, in which the front horn was only 6 inches longer than the second one. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| From the rhinoceros which occurs in Takah, Homran, Qalabat and on the Anseba I only obtained young specimens, which are similar to the one described by Blanford, and I often saw apparently adult animals, in which the front horn was only 6 inches longer than the second one. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The rhinoceros lives on the upper Atbarah and its tributaries, but always near flowing water or deep pits. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| From the rhinoceros which occurs in Takah, Homran, Qalabat and on the Anseba I only obtained young specimens, which are similar to the one described by Blanford, and I often saw apparently adult animals, in which the front horn was only 6 inches longer than the second one. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The rhinoceros lives on the east-, north- and west slopes of the abyssinian mountain range and its branches, in the Barkah northwards up to To-Kar. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| From the rhinoceros which occurs in Takah, Homran, Qalabat and on the Anseba I only obtained young specimens, which are similar to the one described by Blanford, and I often saw apparently adult animals, in which the front horn was only 6 inches longer than the second one. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The rhinoceros lives in East Senar. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| [There is a drawing of an African rhinoceros, R. keitloa.] It is very probable that the rhinoceros of Abyssinia and from Takah should be regarded as a variety of the two-horned African species (Rh. africanus, camp. - Rh. bicornis, Smith). The size, colour, shape of the horns, folds in the skin,... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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| When the animal is encountered suddenly in the open, it sometimes will go towards the people with its head bent down and snorting, apparently from a combination of fear and anger. Once two of my hunters were attacked by three rhinos, which following each other ran towards them with enormous spee... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Behaviour - Daily Routine
Black Rhino
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| It is usually active by night, but we have sometimes found it during the day eating on the slopes when it was raining. |
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