Head. Sex: Male. Locality: Zimbabwe, between the Bembesi and Sebakwi Rivers, halfway between Bulawayo and Salisbury. Collected by: Selous, F.C., 1882. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mounted skin, skeleton. Sex: Male. Locality: Zimbabwe, north of the Ayrshire mine near Mazoe, in northeast Mashonaland. Collected by: Eyre, Arthur, 1895. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. Donated by Cecil Rhodes
Skull, imperfect, dug out from soil. Locality: South Africa, about twelve miles from the Vaal River in the Kimberley district. Collected: 1893. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Head. Sex: Male. Locality: Zimbabwe, between the Bembesi and Sebakwi Rivers, halfway between Bulawayo and Salisbury. Collected by: Selous, F.C., 1882. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Skull. Locality: Sudan, Lado Enclave. Collected by: Gibbons, Major A.St.Hill. In coll. Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, USA.
Skin. Locality: South Africa, Zululand. In coll. Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
Mounted skin, skeleton. Sex: Male. Locality: Zimbabwe, north of the Ayrshire mine near Mazoe, in northeast Mashonaland. Collected by: Eyre, Arthur, 1895. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. Donated by Cecil Rhodes
Head. Sex: Male. Locality: Zimbabwe, between the Bembesi and Sebakwi Rivers, halfway between Bulawayo and Salisbury. Collected by: Selous, F.C., 1882. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mounted hide, skeleton. Locality: Mashonaland. Collected by: Mr. Harvey Brown, 1894. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mounted head, skull. Locality: Mashonaland. Collected by: F.C. Selous, 1884. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Skull. Locality: Sudan, Lado Enclave. Collected by: Gibbons, Major A.St.Hill. In coll. Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, USA.
Skull, imperfect, dug out from soil. Locality: South Africa, about twelve miles from the Vaal River in the Kimberley district. Collected: 1893. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
It is quite possible that this species, or one closely allied to it, may eventually be discovered in Somaliland, but hitherto no authentic accounts or specimens have reached Europe.
during the seventies and early eighties, it was practically exterminated in Ngamiland, Matabeleland and Mashona- land, where it had formerly been exceedingly common.
Hide. Locality: Zimbabwe, Mashonaland. Collected by: Coryndon, R.T., 1893. In coll. Tring Museum, Tring, United Kingdom
Mounted head, skull. Locality: Mashonaland. Collected by: F.C. Selous, 1884. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Hide. Locality: Zimbabwe, Mashonaland. Collected by: Coryndon, R.T., 1893. In coll. Tring Museum, Tring, United Kingdom
Mounted head, skull. Locality: Mashonaland. Collected by: F.C. Selous, 1884. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mounted hide, skeleton. Locality: Mashonaland. Collected by: Mr. Harvey Brown, 1894. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Skull, imperfect, dug out from soil. Locality: South Africa, about twelve miles from the Vaal River in the Kimberley district. Collected: 1893. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mounted hide, skeleton. Locality: Mashonaland. Collected by: Mr. Harvey Brown, 1894. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mounted skin, skeleton. Sex: Male. Locality: Zimbabwe, north of the Ayrshire mine near Mazoe, in northeast Mashonaland. Collected by: Eyre, Arthur, 1895. In South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. Donated by Cecil Rhodes
Hide. Locality: Zimbabwe, Mashonaland. Collected by: Coryndon, R.T., 1893. In coll. Tring Museum, Tring, United Kingdom
Skin. Locality: South Africa, Zululand. In coll. Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
Skull. Locality: Sudan, Lado Enclave. Collected by: Gibbons, Major A.St.Hill. In coll. Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, USA.
Umkombe
In Harris and Cumming's time (1838-45), rhinoceroses were still quite common in Bechuanaland, but now they are extinct both there and probably also in Rhodesia.
Ceratotherium simum. The male head preserved in the South African Museum was obtained by Mr. Selous in 1882, between the Bembesi and Sebakwi Rivers, halfway between Bulawayo and Salisbury
Shangainea
Umhofo
Upejani
In fact at the present time Zulu- land, the Lydenburg district (where a few are preserved) the Beira-Zambesi country and perhaps Ovampoland, seem to be their last haunts south of the Zambesi.
colour not perceptibly lighter than the other species, being a slaty grey black.
Ceratotherium simum. it was first discovered by Burchell in Bechuanaland, but even in Smith's time (1835), it was driven northwards from the Kuruman neighbourhood, and during the seventies and early eighties, it was practically exterminated in Ngamiland, Matabeleland and Mashonaland, where it had formerly been exceedingly common.
Ceratotherium simum. during the seventies and early eighties, it was practically exterminated in Ngamiland, Matabeleland and Mashonaland, where it had formerly been exceedingly common.
Ceratotherium simum. Coryndon states that fifteen were shot in Matabeleland in 1886, and he himself shot an old female in 1892, and two males in 1893, the two latter being now in the British and Tring Museums
Two mammae.
Umpeygan
they are very fond of wallowing in pools and plastering themselves all over with clay and mud
In fact at the present time Zululand, the Lydenburg district (where a few are preserved) the Beira-Zambesi country and perhaps Ovampoland, seem to be their last haunts south of the Zambesi.
while in the Orange Free State the last recorded was killed in 1842, at Rhenoster Kop, just south of the Vaal River in the Kroonstad district.
Ceratotherium simum. There are still said to be a few surviving in Zululand, where they are very strictly preserved, and where, perhaps, they may have a chance of increasing if proper precautions are observed but even of these, six are said to have been killed in 1894, one of which is now exhibited in the Pretoria Museum.
In fact at the present time Zululand, the Lydenburg district (where a few are preserved) the Beira-Zambesi country and perhaps Ovampoland, seem to be their last haunts south of the Zambesi
In fact at the present time Zululand, the Lydenburg district (where a few are preserved) the Beira-Zambesi country and perhaps Ovampoland, seem to be their last haunts south of the Zambesi.
Ceratotherium simum. during the seventies and early eighties, it was practically exterminated in Ngamiland, Matabeleland and Mashonaland, where it had formerly been exceedingly common.
The common rhinoceros was formerly widespread throughout the whole of South Africa, though now it has been driven out of all the more accessible districts. At the end of the last century it was still common along the south coast of the Colony, Colonel Gordon shot one on the Gamka River, in what is now Oudtshoorn and Sparrman obtained his specimen near the junction of the Fish rivers in Somerset East
According to Hall the last one in the Colony, an old male, was shot in 1853, on the Coega River, close to Port Elizabeth
ears somewhat funnel-shaped with rounded tips, the [305] margins clothed with a fringe of black hair
when moving along it holds its head high up, and if a calf is present it follows its mother instead of preceding it.
very keen
eyes very small
The food of this species, in contradistinction to the other, consists entirely of grass of which it consumes enormous quantities. It drinks very regularly about midnight, and is never a great distance from water.
hairless, except for a fringe along the edge of the ear and for the tail bristles.
head very long and massive
Witte Rhenoster
Rhenoster
Zwart Thenoster
Upejani
Kuaboaba
Chukuru
Keitloa
Borele
Mahohu
Upelepe
The food of this species, in contradistinction to the other, consists entirely of grass of which it consumes enormous quantities. It drinks very regularly about midnight, and is never a great distance from water.
skin almost smooth and very thick
tail reaching about three quarters of the way to the hocks with a double line of bristles on the posterior two-thirds.
head comparatively short.
nostrils somewhat oval, not elongated
when disturbed it makes off in any direction, usually down wind, but after a short way gradually wheels round up wind, its pace being fairly good, better than that of the square-mouthed species.
and their excrement which they scatter about with their horns and never allow to accumulate, is dark coloured and full of twigs and chips.
it is generally solitary, being of a morose and unsociable disposition, though of course occasionally associating in small family parties.
they drink in the evening, and at dawn, often wallowing at the latter time.
hairless, except for a fringe along the edge of the ear and for the tail bristles.
Larger than the other species, in fact the largest of all land-animals after the elephant.
Female rather smaller than the male
South Africa. The common rhinoceros frequents bush covered country more than the open grass-lands, and is often found in rocky stony districts.
The square-mouthed rhinoceros is found in open country, and is particularly fond of the wide grassy valleys so frequently met with on the high veld of Matabele and Mashonaland
The only sounds to which it gives vent appear to be grunts, and snorts of rage.
Ceratotherium simum - South Africa. Selous states that between August and March this animal is in a very good condition, and that the meat is then excellent.
head very long and massive
Its food consists entirely of the leaves, twigs, and sometimes the roots of certain bushes and shrubs, never of grass.
ears longer and more pointed than in the other species, springing from a closed cylinder about three inches long
tail much as in R.bicornis, but with only the last quarter provided with wiry bristles.
general colour slaty grey, not noticeably darker than the other species.
upper lip with a very distinct median prolongation forming a kind of rudimentary proboscis
Limbs stout and of moderate length with three well developed toes, each provided with a broad rounded hoof. Limbs solid and massive, each with three broad nail-like hoofs
Occasionally, a curious triple-horned variety has been found, one such is described by Flower (op.c.) from near Mount Kilima-njaro in East Africa, in which the third horn forms an unsymmetrical triangular elevation about 5 ? inches high in the median line of the lower part of the forehead.
eyes very small
Two mammae.
upper lip straight and round with no trace of a proboscis.
general colour slaty grey, not noticeably darker than the other species.
ears longer and more pointed than in the other species, springing from a closed cylinder about three inches long
Its food consists entirely of the leaves, twigs, and sometimes the roots of certain bushes and shrubs, never of grass.
colour not perceptibly lighter than the other species, being a slaty grey black.
upper lip straight and round with no trace of a proboscis.
nostrils somewhat oval, not elongated
Ear to nose-tip 35.0 inch
Pomel, Cat.Vert. Foss. Bassin superieur de la Loire, p. 78 (1853), Type: R. elatus.
Ear from notch - 9.0 inch
only one young one is produced at a birth, the mother, too, exhibits great affection towards her offspring.
when it moves, the head is carried very low so that the horn is almost parallel to the ground, and should a mother have a young calf it always precedes her, being guided by the tip of her horn gently pressing on its rump
when it moves, the head is carried very low so that the horn is almost parallel to the ground, and should a mother have a young calf it always precedes her, being guided by the tip of her horn gently pressing on its rump
A curious variety considered by Gray to be a distinct species, and named by him Rhinouros oswellii, is distinguished by possessing a straight anterior horn projecting forward at an acute angle, but this is now acknowledged to be merely an accidental variation.
Mounted male - tail 26.0 inch.
Mounted male - head and body 13 ft. 1 in.
Occasionally, a curious triple-horned variety has been found, one such is described by Flower (op.c.) from near Mount Kilima-njaro in East Africa, in which the third horn forms an unsymmetrical triangular elevation about 5 ? inches high in the median line of the lower part of the forehead.
tail reaching about three quarters of the way to the hocks with a double line of bristles on the posterior two-thirds.
tail much as in R.bicornis, but with only the last quarter provided with wiry bristles.
Limbs stout and of moderate length with three well developed toes, each provided with a broad rounded hoof. Limbs solid and massive, each with three broad nail-like hoofs
upper lip with a very distinct median prolongation forming a kind of rudimentary proboscis
skin almost smooth and very thick
head comparatively short.
Mounted male - height at shoulder 6 ft 1.5 inch. Selous gives 6 ft 6 in for a individual measured by him.
Little is known about the breeding habits of this species, the males are said to fight with one another very fiercely at certain times of the year,
ears somewhat funnel-shaped with rounded tips, the [305] margins clothed with a fringe of black hair
Genus Rhinoceros for all species. The existing species of the genus are confined to Southern Asia and Africa, and fall naturally into three groups, often considered by zoologists to be worthy of generic separation. These are (1) Rhinocerotine group, containing the two one-horned rhinoceroses found in southern India, Burma and the larger Malayan Islands. (2) Ceratorhine group, comprising the two double-horned species from Assam, Burma, and the Malayan countries. (3) Atelodine group, containing the two-horned rhinoceroses, found only in Africa, distinguished by their comparatively smooth skin, by their thick rounded and truncated nasal bones, and by the absence of incisors and canine teeth in the adults.
