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Weapons of the two African Rhinoceroses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2009

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In Oryx, November, 1955, there is an interesting note by Mr. E. O. Shebbeare—“Weapons of the Great Indian Rhinoceros”—indicating that this rhinoceros uses a pair of “tushes”, in the lower jaw, as its weapons of offence, and he asks the question whether the African rhinos actually use their horns as weapons.

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