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Lane, F.W. 1940. The speed of game birds, fish and mammals. Field 175 (4551), 1940 March 16: 414-416, figs. 1-7.

The speed of game birds, fish and mammals

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Location World Subject Behaviour Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Col. Marcuswell Maxwell managed once to induce a rhino to chase him in his car. The animal kept up with 28 mph for a quarter of a mile. On another occasion Maxwell paced a female and the speedometer then registered 35 mph.

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