 Reference Base  The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora a... |
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Sclater, W.L., 1900. The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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Morphology - Horn |
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Black Rhino |
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Anterior horn rising from the nasal bones, rounded at the base, where it is often rough and frayed out, so to speak, above becoming laterally flattened and greatly curved backwards, usually exceeding the posterior horn in length; this latter is situated on the frontal bones just above the eye and is usually straight and conical and much inferior in development to the anterior one; but both the horns vary very considerably in shape and size.
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