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Article Rhinoceros |
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Flower, W.H.; Lydekker, R. |
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1911 |
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In: The Encyclopedia Britannica A Dictionary of Arts, Literature and General Information |
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pp. 243-245 |
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| and are generally timid in disposition, though ferocious when wounded or brought to bay. The African species use the nasal horns as weapons, with which they strike and toss their assailant, but the Asiatic rhinoceroses employ their sharp lower tusks much as does a boar. Rhinoceroses are dull of s... |
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Article Rhinoceros
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