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Skulls of the southern white rhinoceros |
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Lydekker, R. |
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1911 |
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Field |
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117 (3040), 1911 April 1 |
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Museums - Europe
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Black Rhino
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| 2 skulls. Locality: Somalia. Collected by: Drake Brockman. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| 2 skulls. Locality: Somalia. Collected by: Drake Brockman. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Somalia
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Black Rhino
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| 2 skulls. Locality: Somalia. Collected by: Drake Brockman. In Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
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Taxonomy
White Rhino
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| In these respects these two Zululand skulls are of the general type of the two acquired by Mr Ward, and thus suggest that the latter may have come from the same district. It may also be pointed out that the white rhinoceros, with a practically aborted back horn, figured in my Game Animals of Afri... |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Horns obtained by Rowland Ward in London
In the latter the front horn measures 28 ? inches, and the back horn 6 ? inches in length.
Specimen in BMNH London
The second pair is on a mounted skin, but these are smaller by comparison, the front one measuring 20 3/4 inches and the back one 7 inches... |
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Skulls of the southern white rhinoceros
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