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| Title: |
Refractive state of the rhinoceros |
| Author(s): |
Howland, H.C.; Howland, M.; Murphy, C.J. |
| Year published: |
1993 |
| Journal: |
Vision Research |
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33 (18) |
| Pages: |
2649-2651, fig. 1 |
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Behaviour - Senses
All Rhino Species
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| Refractive state of rhinoceros. Rhinoceroses are often thought to be myopic. Typical is the view expressed in this quotation from Jurassic Park (Creighton, 1990) in describing the visual capabilities of Tricaterops: 'They're nearsighted, like the rhinos of today, and they tend to be surprised b... |
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Captive - North America
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
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| Two 15 yr old, wild-caught rhinos (one male, one female) at the Madison (Wisconsin) Zoo had their resting refractive state determined using streak retinoscopy and neutralizing infrared video retinoscopy. |
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White Rhino
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| A 20 yr old female white rhinoceros was examined by streak retinoscopy at Marine World Africa (Vallejo, Calif.) after sedation with a morphine derivative, M-99. The sedation was induced in order to perform a minor surgical procedure. |
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Refractive state of the rhinoceros
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