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| Title: |
The first white rhino in captivity |
| Author(s): |
Broom, R. |
| Year published: |
1946 |
| Journal: |
Natural History |
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55 (9) |
| Pages: |
432-433, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| As civilization advanced, the number of White Rhinos was rapidly reduced, so that by the end of the century fears were expressed concerning its survival. Fortunately it was learned in 1894 that a few had still survived in Zululand. In Zululand it was thought that only about a dozen head were l... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| In South Africa, the White Rhinoceros ceased to exist in Bechuanaland some time ago. |
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Captive - Africa
Morphology
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. There is practically no hair on her except for a nice little tuft on the tip of her tail. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| In South Africa, the White Rhi- noceros ceased to exist in Bechuanaland some time ago, and possibly in Southern Rhodesia. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Fortunately with strict governmental protection the small herd has steadily and rapidly increased, and about 200 White Rhinos are believed to be living now in Zululand. |
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Captive - Africa
Morphology
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. As will be seen in the photograph the head is relatively large and the legs well developed. When standing drinking out of her bottle, she holds much of the weight of the body on the front toes, the lateral toes being off the ground. |
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World
Morphology - Horn
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. The base of the forward horn is a smooth, rounded, hard boss; there is no trace of the other horn, though two little crescentic hollows on the sides of the brow show where it will grow. Behind her eyes are two little knobs on the cheek bones; and on the top of ... |
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Location:
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World
Morphology
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. As will be seen in the photograph the head is relatively large and the legs well developed. When standing drinking out of her bottle, she holds much of the weight of the body on the front toes, the lateral toes being off the ground. |
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Location:
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Captive - Africa
Morphology
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. As will be seen in the photograph the head is relatively large and the legs well developed. When standing drinking out of her bottle, she holds much of the weight of the body on the front toes, the lateral toes being off the ground. |
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Location:
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Morphology - Horn
White Rhino
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| Pretoria Zoo - 2 week old female. The base of the forward horn is a smooth, rounded, hard boss; there is no trace of the other horn, though two little crescentic hollows on the sides of the brow show where it will grow. Behind her eyes are two little knobs on the cheek bones; and on the top of ... |
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The first white rhino in captivity
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