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Reference Base  The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition |
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| Title: |
The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition |
| Author(s): |
Skinner, J.D.; Smithers, R.H.N. |
| Year published: |
1990 |
| Publisher: |
Pretoria, University of Pretoria |
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| Pages: |
pp. i-xxxii, 1-771 |
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White Rhino
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| The tail is relatively short, in adults up to about 1,0 m, and has a sparse fringe of bristly hair. |
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Black Rhino
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| The limbs have three digits each, with broad, stout nails which mark clearly in the spoor. The front feet are larger than the hind as they have to carry the great mass of the huge shoulders, neck and head. The cushioned pads on the soles of the feet have a hard surface with a mosaic of irregula... |
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| Some characteristic features which serve to distinguish them from their near relative, the white rhinoceros, Ceratotheriurn simum, include their possession of a prehensile upper lip (Fig. 296.1), which is used in grasping the twigs of the woody plants on which they feed, |
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Black Rhino
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| The horns are composed of a mass of tubular filaments, similar in substance to hair. They grow from the skin and are not attached to the underlying bone, but the bony surface of the skull is rugose under the bases of the horns to allow a firm attachment of the skin to the skull in these areas.
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White Rhino
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| Bulls start holding territories at an age of 12,5 years (Condy, 1973) and can detect when cows are in pro-oestrus for they form a close attachment with a cow for a considerable time before mating. During this period bulls will take active steps to prevent cows from leaving their territory, chasi... |
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Black Rhino
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| In overall colour they are dark grey. Like the elephant and the white rhinoceros, they tend to take on the colour of the ground on which they live, through their habit of wallowing in mud and dusting themselves after bathing. |
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| The horns, which are composed of a mass of tubular filaments similar in substance to hair, are outgrowths of the skin and are not attached to the bone of the skull. The front is almost invariably longer than the hind, 1,58 m being the record length of a front horn from the Subregion (Best & Best... |
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Anatomy - Muscles
White Rhino
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| a distinct hump on the back, just in front of the thighs. |
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| They have a barrel shaped body and short, thick-set limbs. The limbs have three digits, each armed with broad, stout nails, which mark clearly in the spoor. The front feet are slightly larger than the hind. However, there is a less marked difference between them than in the black rhinoceros. ... |
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| pointed ears fringed with hair |
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