Eble, 1950. Propos de la vitesse du rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Mammalia 14: 178-179
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About statement in Babault who said that the speed of a rhino can exceed 50 km/h. Although never observed a rhino himself, this cannot be correct. Most authors agree that the rhino can be caught by people on horseback, and also the Sudanese people hunt the rhino from the horse. The normal speed of a horse in the French cavallery is 240m per minute in gallop, and 440m per minute in long gallop. A charge of a few hundred meters is maximum 40 km/h. It is likely that this is the speed of the horse, and if that is true, the speed of the rhinoceros must be less than that.
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Propos de la vitesse du rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
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