Third of a series of comparative image charts.

I'll begin adding commentary to these charts, which will be updated with more complete information over time. For chart 3, I'd like to talk about the role of hairstyles in species identification, particularly among communities where traditional hairstyles, or popularized hairstyles that are common to many individuals exist. Additionally, I'd like to call attention to the importance of commonality of skull structure in rhinos. Of the African animals I've tried to identify so far, I'm most confident of my lion identification and my rhino identification.

With lions, gender dimorphism shows itself in hairstyles. Lionesses have short, bowl-like haircuts, while dreadlocks are the signature of the male Lion; the mane. Common hair styles seem to exist among many Africans and African-Americans, such as the bowl haircut seen in the second lioness. I've seen examples I might identify to antelopes or gazelle. I'll begin soon another chart of African animals, where I hope I can diversify the evidence I wish to present. Do note that Caucasians, East Asians, Latinos and all other "racial" combinations have common hair styles as well, however I have not been able to categorize them as readily as I seem to do with African hair styles. Which are pretty awesome.

In male rhinos, the most identifiable features are the domed, high forehead, also appearing in female rhinos, and the thin mustache and beard. Female rhinos share the high forehead. I hope to include more female rhinos in future charts, to examine hairstyles. Differences in hairstyles within species, to me, could be as simple as subspecies; black and white rhinos, for instance. Things could easily, and I believe often in cosmopolitan societies do, be where someone from one species simply imitates another species's hair style, or adapts their own, or whatever. However, the more traditional the society, perhaps the more likely for hairstyles to be common among a species.

I think I've identified the elephants, barring possibly the first female elephant, correctly. She might be a hippo. However, the only distinguishing feature for me is the broad forehead that is not high and domed. Wider cheekbones than the rhinos seem to be another possible identifier.