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Title: Somatic chromosomes of a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis Gray, 1821)
Author(s): Hungerford, D.A.; Chandra, H. C.; Snyder, R.L.
Year published: 1967
Journal: American Naturalist
Volume: 101
Pages: 357-358, fig. 1
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Captive
Diseases - Reasons of death
Black Rhino
Reason of death Pulmonary abscess, Female, Philadelphia
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Genetics
Black Rhino
Adult female. Modal number of chromosomes was 84. The diploid number of 84 is the highest yet recorded in a mammal. 5 distinct groups: a pair of large chromosomes with nearly median centromeres; three pairs of smaller chromosomes gain with nearly median centromeres; a group of 9 pairs of long ...
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Captive - North America
Captivity - Zoo Records
Black Rhino
1966, death of female from Kenya
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