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a deep groove, in which lie the perineum, &c. Both the front and hind 
limts from the point at which they project from the body are finely 
covered with reticulated skin, forming pentagonal and hexagonal scales, 
very much as in &. Sondaicus, only much finer and less prominent. 
“The Indian rhinoceros has the same habit as the African species of 
depositing its droppings in one spot till they form huge mounds, which 
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the animal levels with its horns. It is probable that this rhinoceros 
was found throughout the plains of the N.W. Provinces in unreclaimed 
spots as late as the fifth or sixth century. According to the observation 
of Dr. Andrew Smith in South Africa these huge pachyderms do not 
absolutely require for their support the dense tropical vegetation we 
should think necessary to supply food to such huge beasts. This 
gentleman saw over fifty of them in one day in an open country covered 
