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Hill, J.E.; Carter, T.D. 1941. The mammals of Angola, Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 78: 1-211, pls. 1-17, figs. 1-36.

The mammals of Angola, Africa

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Jentink (1887) records a horn from Mossamedes District and Bocage (1890) reports the black rhinoceros in southern Angola, as do more recent authors (Shortridge 1934).

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1941

This species is undoubtedly now extinct in Angola, but evidence that it formerly was found in the southeastern region is given by Shortridge (1934).

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1941

Record Diceros bicornis and Ceratotherium simum simum.

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Jentink (1887) records a horn from Mossamedes District and Bocage (1890) reports the black rhinoceros in southern Angola, as do more recent authors (Shortridge 1934).

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

No specimen of rhinoceros was collected by the expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History in Angola. Jentink (1887) records a horn from Mossamedes District and Bocage (1890) reports the black rhinoceros in southern Angola, as do more recent authors (Shortridge 1934).

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Type locality Kuruman, Bechuanaland

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Type locality 'India', probably from the Cape of Good Hope.

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