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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Smith, Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, etc. CUL-DAR83.72. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN2

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

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Rhinoceros - female have longer thigh thinner than in males

Aigoceros Horns of female smaller

Kobus female hornless paler

Bubalus horns of ♀ less powerful

{Catoblepas ♂ horns stronger, colour as in female but deeper & the mane more bushy

{Boselaphas ♀ horned rather paler coloured

Damalis ♀ hornless

Smith S. African Zoology

Smith, Andrew. 1849. Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa: vol. 1 Mammalia. London: Smith, Elder & Co. PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 248, n15: "Sir Andrew Smith, 'Zoology of S. Africa,' pl. xix. Owen, 'Anatomy of Vertebrates,' vol. iii. p. 624."

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