EHINOCEEOS KEITLOA. 



within a few inches of its extremity, then laterally compressed and margined 

 above and below by strong, short and wiry hair. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Feet. Inches. 



Feet. Inches. 

 Length of the anterior horn, following 



the curve 1 9 j 



of the posterior horn 1 9 



Height at the shoulder 5 



at the crupper 4 10 



Circumference at the middle of the 



belly 9 8 



Length from the tip of the nose to the 



base of the tail 11 1^ 



of thetail 2 2 



from the tip of the nose to the 



hinder edge of the occiput . . 2 7 5 

 from the hinder edge of the 



nostril to the eye ll^j 



from the eye to the ear 11^ 



The only species yet known with which the present could be confomided, 

 is the Rhinoceros Bicornis of authors. Between them, however, many well 

 marked differences are to be discovered ; but as it is our intention to enter 

 more at length on that subject in the Appendix, we shall only here particu- 

 larise a few of the external and more palpable ones. In the Rh. Keitloa, the 

 two horns are of equal, or nearly equal length ; in Rh. Africanus, the pos- 

 terior, in neither sex, is ever much beyond a third of the length of the anterior 

 horn ; the length of the head, in proportion to the depth, is very different 

 in the two. The neck of the new species is much longer than that of the 

 other, and the position and character of the cuticular furrows, destined to 

 facilitate the lateral motions of the head, are very different. Besides these, 

 many other diagnostic characters might be instanced ; such as the black 

 mark on the inside of the thigh of Keitloa, — the distinctly produced tip of 

 the upper lip ; and the comparatively few wrinkles on the snout and parts 

 around the eyes, when compared with those on the same places in Rh. 

 Bicornis, as will be seen by comparing the representation of the present spe- 

 cies with the next plate. 



Considering the acumen which savages display in detecting differences between animals 

 nearly related, we may, with propriety, infer that the Keitloa has not, at least for many years, 

 been in the habit of generally extending his range higher than about 25° south latitude.* The 

 natives at and around Latakoo are only acquainted with two species, viz, Borili {Rhinoceros 

 Bicornis, Auct.) and Mohoohoo {Rhinoceros Simus, Burch.) ; and those who were in our employ 

 declared, when they first saw the Keitloa, that it was not an animal of their country ; and at once 

 enlarged upon the points in which it differed from Borili. During the discussion, an intelligent 

 Moharotsi, who was well acquainted with the animal, approached, — called him by his name, and 

 referred us to districts where we should find specimens in abundance. As he stated, it happened ; 



* That individuals of this species have approached Latakoo, or ratlior the country some sixty miles 

 to the north of it, we have sufficient evidence in the fact that Mr. Burchell, whose merits as a traveller 

 can be best appreciated by those who follow him in the same field, is at present in possession of the horns 

 of an individual which was kUled by his hunters. 



