Heller, The White Rhinoceros (1913), Pl. 25

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Description: English: PLATE 25 Illustrating similarity in dorsal aspect of skulls of simum and cottoni. The figures of skulls of simus are not reliable in relative comparison of parts not in the same plane as they were taken with a short focus lens. Lachrymal breadth too great in comparison to the zygomatic breadth. Fig. 1. Ceratotherium simum simum, male, adult; from South Africa; exact locality unknown ; specimen from a mounted skeleton on exhibition in the gallery of paleontology at the British Museum. Fig. 2. Ceratotherium simum simum, male, adult; from South Africa; collected by Stephens; exact locality unknown. No. 51. 12.23. 1., British Museum. Fig. 3. Ceratotherium simum simum, female, adult; from South Africa; collected by Brandt; exact locality unknown. No. 52.12.9.1., British Museum. Fig. 4. Ceratotherium simum cottoni, female, old ; from Rhino Camp, Lado Enclave ; shot by Kermit Roosevelt, January 19, 1910. No. 164592, U. S. National Museum. Date: 1913. Source: Heller, Edmund (1913) The White Rhinoceros, Smithsonian Institution. Author: Edmund Heller (?).