THE RHINOCEROS. 



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India, including the islands of Java and Sumatra. It is 

 in the land of the elephant and the hippopotamus that 

 the rhinoceros wanders in fearless confidence, as if aware 

 of his enormous powers and the advantage of his 

 weapons of defence. One species (Hh. Indicus : Figs. 

 3, 4, 5, and 7) is peculiar to continental India beyond 

 the Ganges, Siam, and Cochin-China ; one {Rh. Java- 

 nus : Fig. 8) is a native of Java ; and one with two 

 horns {Rh. Sumatranus : Fig. 10), of Sumatra. Three 

 two-horned species are indigenous in Africa, viz. the 

 common two-horned or black rhinoceros {Rh. biconiis, 

 Linn. ; Rh. Africanus, Cuv. : Figs. 1 1 and 12) ; the white 

 rhinoceros (Rh. simus: Figs. 14 and 15); and the 

 keitloa {Rh. Keitloa: Fig. 13), discovered by Dr. 

 Smith during his expedition into the interior. We may 

 here add that, though Bruce and Salt notice the existence 





4. — Indian Rhinoceros. 



