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Grant, J.A. 1872. Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and natural history of the Lake region of Equatorial Africa, made by the Speke and Grant expedition, 1860-1863. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 42: 234-342.

Summary of observations on the geography, climate, and natural history of the Lake region of Equatorial Africa, made by the Speke and Grant expedition, 1860-1863

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Location Tanzania Subject General Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Vernacular name in Swahili: Faroo

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Location Tanzania Subject General Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1872

Rhinoceros bicornis was found on the route between Ugogo and Karagweh. Speke shot the first by moonlight at Ugogo. We have seen during a march in Usui as many as 8 or 10 feeding separately in the valley. Rhinoceros simus is found in Karagweh where seve

Note
Location Tanzania Subject General Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1872

Rhinoceros simus. At Delagoa Bay we saw a horn upwards of a yard in length.

Note
Location Tanzania Subject General Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

East Africa. Our men had difficulty in procuring any of the flesh, as the natives ate every bit of it.

Note
Location Tanzania Subject General Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

At Delagoa Bay we saw a horn upwards of a yard in length.

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