NATURAL HISTORY. 



Sub-family d. Rhinocerina. 

 RHINOCEROS. (Gr. 'Piv, or pi, a nose ; Kcpag, a horn.) 



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Unicornis (Lat. Units, one; cormt, a horn), the Rhinoceros. 



There are, apparently, six species of this formidable animal. 

 Their chief peculiarity, the so-called horn, is a mass of fibres 

 matted together, and closely resembling the fibres of whalebone. 

 Their feet are divided into three toes, incased in hoofs. The 

 best description of the various species of the AFRICAN RHINOCEROS 

 is given in Cumming's Adventures. 



" Of the Rhinoceros there are four varieties in South Africa, 

 distinguished by the Bechuanas by the names of the ' borele,' 

 or black rhinoceros, the ' keitloa,' or two-horned black rhino- 

 ceros, the ' muchocho,' or common white rhinoceros, and the 

 ' kobaoba,' or long-horned white rhinoceros. Both varieties 

 of the black rhinoceros are extremely fierce and dangerous, 

 and rush headlong and unprovoked at any object which at- 

 tracts their attention. They never attain much fat, and their 

 flesh is tough, and not much esteemed by the Bechuanas. 



