 | Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115
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| There are two distinct species of this animal, the 'White' (Rhinoceros simus), and the 'Black' (Rhinoceros bicornis), but this nomenclature is misleading, as actually there is very little difference in the colour. The chief difference lies in that the White is slightly the larger beast, subsists... |
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| Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115
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| There are two distinct species of this animal, the 'White' (Rhinoceros simus), and the 'Black' (Rhinoceros bicornis), but this nomenclature is misleading, as actually there is very little difference in the colour. The chief difference lies in that the White is slightly the larger beast, subsists... |
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| Powell Cotton, P.H.G. 1932 Black rhinoceros hunting: pp. 115-119
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| The White Rhino is a grass feeder with a wide square mouth as its most distinctive feature, while the narrow-jawed Black type subsists on thorn twigs gathered with its pointed prehensile upper lip. |
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| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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| The two African species differ in morphological and biological characteristics, and in their habitat.
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1. In the black rhino, the muzzle is longer and the lip extended. In the white rhino the muzzle is truncated and the upper lip does not extend in the middle.
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| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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| The two African species differ in morphological and biological characteristics, and in their habitat.
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1. In the black rhino, the muzzle is longer and the lip extended. In the white rhino the muzzle is truncated and the upper lip does not extend in the middle.
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| Borissyak, A.A. 1923 Sur un nouveau représentant des rhinocéros gigantesques de l’Oligocéne d’Asie, Indricotherium asiaticum n. gen., n. sp.. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, Paris; XXV (3): 1-16, Pls XI-XIII. |
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| Borissyak, A.A. 1923 Sur un nouveau représentant des rhinocéros gigantesques de l’Oligocéne d’Asie, Indricotherium asiaticum n. gen., n. sp.. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, Paris; XXV (3): 1-16, Pls XI-XIII. |
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| Note that this represents a digital copy of the original Borissyak paper provided with an author personal dedication to the prominent palaeontologist Marcellin Boule (professeur au Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris).
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| Dollman, J.G. 1921 Catalogue of the Selous collection of big game in the British Museum (Natural History). London, Trustees of the British Museum., pp. i-vii, 1-112 |
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| In size Diceros bicornis is very little inferior to the White or Square-mouthed rhinoceros, distinguished by the shorter head, the skull being considerably shorter and not elongated posteriorly beyond condyles |
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| Dollman, J.G. 1921 Catalogue of the Selous collection of big game in the British Museum (Natural History). London, Trustees of the British Museum., pp. i-vii, 1-112 |
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| In size Diceros bicornis is very little inferior to the White or Square-mouthed rhinoceros, distinguished by the shorter head, the skull being considerably shorter and not elongated posteriorly beyond condyles |
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| Balen, J.H. van 1914 De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505 |
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| The Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is similar to the animal on the mainland of India. It is distinguished in the following ways: The head is smaller in comparison to the rest of the body, less powerful, lower and less dented on the top. The folds in the neck are more numerous and prono... |
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