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Reference Base  The geographical distribution of big game in Northern Rho... |
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| Title: |
The geographical distribution of big game in Northern Rhodesia |
| Author(s): |
Letcher, O. |
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1910 |
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Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association |
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10 |
| Pages: |
110-121 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| In Sep. 1909, on Luveze River, N.E. Rhodesia, 2850 ft high, rhino plentiful. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| September 1909, between Nyamadzi and M'Pamadzi Rivers, N.E.R., 1900-2000 feet, very hot, rhino present. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In Valley of Luangwa, hunting expedition August to November 1909. Less common was the rhinoceros, R. bicornis. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Northern portions of North-Western and North-Eastern Rhodesia. The elephant and the black rhinoceros are found throughout these highland tracts of country in sparing numbers. In the Luangwa Valley and in the valleys of the M'Chinga mountains they are fa |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Some animals remain close to the river all year round, but the rhinoceros retreat towards the base of the M'Chinga Mountains to the West and to the higher lands sloping to the Angonia Plateau on the east. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Black rhinos swarm in the valleys in the M'Chingas to the east of M'Pika. Both the ?Bonili' variety, in which the front horn is longer than the back, and the Keitloa, in which the back horn is the longer, are to be observed. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| White rhinoceros is absent from Northern Rhodesia. |
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Africa
Culture
African Rhino Species
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| Huge water rhino in Central Africa. I do not say that I am convinced as to the existence of a huge water rhino in Central Africa, but I do say this, that, in my opinion, it is by no means unlikely that the 'Chimpakwe', as the Awisa term it, is something very much more material than a myth. I ha... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Taxonomy
Black Rhino
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| Black rhinos swarm in the valleys in the M'Chingas to the east of M'Pika. Both the 'Bonili' variety, in which the front horn is longer than the back, and the Keitloa, in which the back horn is the longer, are to be observed. Many years ago the differences in the relative measurements of the two... |
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