[ANSTHRLD] Rhinoceros Proper?

[Eldwin Nightowl]

I don't know of a proper color for rhinos, but the fact they vary doesn't necessarily mean there isn't a proper.  For example, cardinals vary but a cardinal proper is oddly an American variety and not European.
 
Eldwin Nightowl


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>Rhinos come in a wide variety of colors, so I would suggest that there is no
>"proper" color for a rhino.
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>Ceratotherium simum, or "white rhino"
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>Diceros bicornis, or "black rhino"
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>Rhinoceros unicornus, or "Indian rhino"
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>Etc.  The white rhino and black rhino are much the same color except in
>recessive variants which are, not surprisingly, white and black,
>respectively.  Mostly rhinos are the color of whatever they have recently
>rolled in.
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>I think we want to suggest heraldic tinctures in this case.
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>Adelaide
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