The first historical record of a rhinoceros in Togo

✍ Scribed by Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Rookmaaker, Kees

• Book ID: 119970417
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 437 KB
• Volume: 77
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0025-1461
• DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2012-0049

✦ Synopsis

A rhinoceros horn was presented to the French governor by the tribal chiefs of Togo in 1941. This nasal horn, referable to the black rhino Diceros bicornis , most likely originates from this West African country. No rhinoceros remains have been recorded in Togo thus far, which provides a good opportunity to update the historical distribution of all three African rhino species ( Diceros bicornis , Ceratotherium simum , and Ceratotherium cottoni ).