Author: Herbert Lang
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ISBN:
Category : White rhinoceros
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The White Rhinoceros of the Belgian Congo
Author: Herbert Lang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : White rhinoceros
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : White rhinoceros
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Rhinoceros
Author: Kelly Enright
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861894988
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The rhinoceros’s horn and massive leathery frame belie its docile and solitary nature, causing the animal to be consistently perceived by humans as a monster to be feared. Kelly Enright now deftly sifts fact from fiction in Rhinoceros. Enright chronicles the vexed interactions between humans and rhinos, from early sightings that mistook the rhinoceros for the mythical unicorn to the eighteenth-century display of the rhinoceros in Europe as a wonder of nature and its introduction to the American public in 1830. The rhinoceros has long been a prized hunting object as well, whether for its horn as a valuable ingredient in Asian medicine or as a coveted trophy by nineteenth-century big-game hunters such as Theodore Roosevelt, and the book explains how such practices have led to the rhino’s status as an endangered species. Enright also considers portrayals of the animal in film, literature, and art, all in the service of discovering whether the reputed savagery of the rhino is a reality or a legacy of its mythic past. A wide-ranging, highly illustrated study, Rhinoceros will be essential for scholars and animal lovers alike.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861894988
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The rhinoceros’s horn and massive leathery frame belie its docile and solitary nature, causing the animal to be consistently perceived by humans as a monster to be feared. Kelly Enright now deftly sifts fact from fiction in Rhinoceros. Enright chronicles the vexed interactions between humans and rhinos, from early sightings that mistook the rhinoceros for the mythical unicorn to the eighteenth-century display of the rhinoceros in Europe as a wonder of nature and its introduction to the American public in 1830. The rhinoceros has long been a prized hunting object as well, whether for its horn as a valuable ingredient in Asian medicine or as a coveted trophy by nineteenth-century big-game hunters such as Theodore Roosevelt, and the book explains how such practices have led to the rhino’s status as an endangered species. Enright also considers portrayals of the animal in film, literature, and art, all in the service of discovering whether the reputed savagery of the rhino is a reality or a legacy of its mythic past. A wide-ranging, highly illustrated study, Rhinoceros will be essential for scholars and animal lovers alike.
Zoological Society Bulletin
Author: New York Zoological Society
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Publisher:
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Animal Kingdom
Author:
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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News Bulletin of the Zoological Society
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Bibliography of the Rhinoceros
Author: L.C. Rookmaaker
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000162281
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A listing and analysis of 3106 references to the rhinoceros in books and articles.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000162281
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A listing and analysis of 3106 references to the rhinoceros in books and articles.
Cariology
Author: Ernest Newbrun
Publisher: Williams & Wilkins
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher: Williams & Wilkins
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Journal of Mammalogy
Author:
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Category : Mammals
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Mammals
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Bulletin - New York Zoological Society
Author: New York Zoological Society
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Vol. 31, no. 1, Jan./Feb. 1928, commemorates "A quarter-century of the New York Aquarium."
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Vol. 31, no. 1, Jan./Feb. 1928, commemorates "A quarter-century of the New York Aquarium."
The Boys' Life of Theodore Roosevelt
Author: Hermann Hagedorn
Publisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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