Diceros bicornis in Hagenbeck, from East Africa. The male's skin appeared to be smoothly stretched out over the sides of the body. The female's general appearance was very different. At first sight it seemed as if it were in very poor condition, the ribs standing out through the skin, but closer inspection showed that in reality the skin of the flanks was disposed in thick, permanent folds, arranged roughly like ribs. In London's pair, the female had ears unfringed with hair, but the rin-folds on the skin were no more than indicated, although there were very heavy permanent folds around the neck. In the male, ears were fringed with hair, whilst the rib-like folds on the skin were extremely strongly marked.
Diceros bicornis in Hagenbeck. The male had ears fringed with long tufts of hair. The female had no hair on the margin of the ears, and the general external appearance was very different.
Diceros bicornis in Hagenbeck. The male had ears fringed with long tufts of hair. The female had no hair on the margin of the ears, and the general external appearance was very different.
Saw a fine young pair of common African rhino, obtained from British East Africa, the exact locality being unknown.
Diceros bicornis in Hagenbeck, from East Africa. The male's skin appeared to be smoothly stretched out over the sides of the body. The female's general appearance was very different. At first sight it seemed as if it were in very poor condition, the ribs standing out through the skin, but closer inspection showed that in reality the skin of the flanks was disposed in thick, permanent folds, arranged roughly like ribs. In London's pair, the female had ears unfringed with hair, but the rin-folds on the skin were no more than indicated, although there were very heavy permanent folds around the neck. In the male, ears were fringed with hair, whilst the rib-like folds on the skin were extremely strongly marked.
