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Zukowsky, L. 1950. Groszsauger, die Hagenbeck entdeckte. Zoologische Garten 17 (1/5): 211-221, figs. 1-7.

Groszsauger, die Hagenbeck entdeckte

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Location Namibia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

A small, short-headed, long-legged species of rhinoceros with small horns became known in 1922 from a specimen imported by Carl Hagenbeck in 1922 from the Kunene area of South West Africa. It was designated as Diceros bicornis occidentalis. It also differs considerably from other races of black rhinos in the shape of the skull.

Note
Location Namibia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1950

Diceros bicornis occidentalis

Note
Location Namibia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

A small, short-headed, long-legged species of rhinoceros with small horns became known in 1922 from a specimen imported by Carl Hagenbeck in 1922 from the Kunene area of South West Africa. It was designated as Diceros bicornis occidentalis Zukowsky. It also differs considerably from other races of black rhinos in the shape of the skull.

Note
Location Namibia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1922

A small, short-headed, long-legged species of rhinoceros with small horns became known in 1922 from a specimen imported by Carl Hagenbeck in 1922 from the Kunene area of South West Africa. It was designated as Diceros bicornis occidentalis. It also differs considerably from other races of black rhinos in the shape of the skull.

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