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Reference Base  An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of o... |
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An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends |
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Borcherds, P.B. |
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1861 |
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Cape Town, A.S. Robertson |
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pp. i-xxv, 1-500 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| We also visited a deserted kraal, where we found several horns of the buffalo and rhinoceros - one of the latter about two feet long. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| At Jonkersfontein, the track of a rhinoceros was seen about five hundred yards from our camp; our search for the animal itself was unsuccesful. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Names in vernacular
Black Rhino
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| Kemen jana |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 - S Africa. Circumference, 9 feet |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Male shot 27 Dec 1801- S.Africa
Length from head to tail, 10 feet 7 inch
Length of tail, 2 feet
Length of head, 2 feet 4 inch |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa
From ears to tail, 7 feet 10 inch
From ears to nose, 2 feet 8 inch |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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| Translocated animals
The male calf became separated from its mother and was eventually taken by lions at Saminungu 13 days after release. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Eende Fountein. We also visited a deserted kraal, where we found several horns of the buffalo and rhinoceros - one of the latter about two feet long. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 - S Africa. Length of ears, 0 feet 9 inch |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa. Ears, 0 feet 10 inch |
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