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The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi |
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Smithers, R.H.N. |
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1966 |
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London, Collins |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Length up to 9 feet 0 inch |
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Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Tail 2 feet |
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Morphology - Horn
White Rhino
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| Two horns, composed of fused epi- dermal cells, arising from the skin on the snout, the front longer than the rear. The front horn averaging, in Natal, about 24 inches and more slender than in the Black Rhino, normally curved gently backwards, the upper part in the front usually slightly flatten... |
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Morphology
White Rhino
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| upper lip straight with no trace of a proboscis. |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| practically hairless except on the margins of the ears and on either side of the extremity of the tail. |
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Black Rhino
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| ears funnel shaped with rounded tips. |
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White Rhino
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| General colour grey black |
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White Rhino
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| Ears longer, tubular and more pointed than the Black Rhino and larger. |
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Black Rhino
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| Almost exclusively a browser, but in some areas grazing seasonally. |
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Taxonomy - Taxa
African Rhino Species
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| Easily distinguished from the Black Rhinoceros in the possession of a massive hump at the junction of the neck and shoulders, the tail in this species, when on the move, looped over the back and not held erect as in the case of the Black Rhino. |
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The mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi
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