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Hagenbeck 1914 occidentalis

1965 Zukowsky Diceros fig 27 hamburg

Skull of a young black rhino from the Kaokoveld south of the Kunene, Namibia. The animal was imported by Hagenbeck and lived in the Stellingen Tierpark 10 July 1914 to 15 Oct 1916. It is the holotype of the subspcies Diceros bicornis occidentalis Zukowsky. The skull was destroyed in 1943. Zoologisches Museum Hamburg no. 40056.

From Zukowsky, 1965. Systematik der Gattung Diceros, p. 64 fig. 27

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