Note
Location
Captive
Subject
Veterinary
Species
Black Rhino (bicornis)
Reason of death Heart muscle degeneration, Female, Berlin Zoo
Fraedrich, H. 1993. Zoo Berlin, Jahresbericht fur 1992. Bongo, Berlin 21: 99-182.
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