Black rhinoceros

This black rhino is from CVA Peel’s Big game collection which was formerly housed in his private museum in Oxford. After a theft while he was on display, his horns are now fakes. He was shot at the foot of Aberdare Mountains in Kenya.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
99/1919/20
Collection Class
Mammals
Collection Area Region
East Africa
Collector Excavator
Peel, Mr Charles Victor Alexander
Common Name
black rhinoceros
Simple Name
mammal

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RHINOCEROTIDAE: Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus): black rhinoceros