 | Sclater, P.L. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the horns of a rhinoceros from the White Nile. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 November 3: 194-195, fig. 21 |
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White Rhino
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| The horn of an example of R. simus, which I now exhibit [and also on fig. 21], was obtained by my friend Capt. Claude Hawker (Commander of the 10 th Soudanese Bataillon) from the Belgian officers at Lado in the autumn of 1902, and was taken from a specimen unquestionably shot in that district, on... |
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| Newton, A. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, photographs of the white rhinoceros taken by C R Saunders. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 (1): 222-224, figs. 39-40 |
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White Rhino
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| Saunders was Chief Magistrate and Civil Commissioner in Zululand
I visited the reserve in which they lived for this special purpose [of acquiring a photo] last winter [1902]. Their traces were abundant, but my time was limited, and they could not be found. There are, I believe, about ten of th... |
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| Newton, A. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, photographs of the white rhinoceros taken by C R Saunders. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 (1): 222-224, figs. 39-40 |
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| Saunders was Chief Magistrate and Civil Commissioner in Zululand. I visited the reserve in which they lived for this special purpose [of acquiring a photo] last winter [1902]. Their traces were abundant, but my time was limited, and they could not be found. There are, I believe, about ten of t... |
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| Sclater, P.L. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the horns of a rhinoceros from the White Nile. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 November 3: 194-195, fig. 21 |
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White Rhino
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| The front horn of R. simus may always be distinguished from the corresponding horn of R. bicornis by its broad, flattened surface at the base in front, the basal front of this horn in R. bicornis being more or less smooth and rounded and projecting in the centre. |
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| Scherren, H. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a horn of Rhinoceros simus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 November 17: 316 |
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White Rhino
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| Exhibits front horn from Soudan, property of Col. B.T. Mahom, length 36 1/4 inches. Mr Rowland ward had known of these horns coming from that district for many years before Major Gibbons secured his specimen. |
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| Scherren, H. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a horn of Rhinoceros simus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 November 17: 316 |
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| Ceratotherium simum cottoni . Horn property of B.Y. Mahom from Soudan. Measured along the anterior curve 36 1/4 inches, circumference at the base 19 3/4 inches |
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| Sclater, P.L. 1903 Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the horns of a rhinoceros from the White Nile. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903 November 3: 194-195, fig. 21 |
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White Rhino
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| Illustrates front horn of white rhino shot near Lado, Sudan, measuring 31 inches in a straight line from the base to the end. |
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| Alluaud, C. 1903 Afrique orientale. Geographie, Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Paris 8: 339 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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Black Rhino
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| Travelling by train from Mombasa to nairobi. The rhinoceros and elephant also show themselves from time to time. |
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| Oberlaender, R. 1903 Eine Jagdfahrt nach Ostafrika. Berlin, Paul Parey, pp. i-xii, 1-406 |
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Black Rhino
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| Arkell-Hardwick, A. 1903 An ivory trader in North Kenia: the record of an expedition through Kikuyu to Galla-Land in East equatorial Africa, with an account of the Rendili and Burkeneji tribes. London, New York, Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co, pp. i-xvi, 1-368 |
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