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14. — White Rhinrtteros. 



length, and nearly six feet in height. It is a huge, 

 massive animal, with the neck longer than in the other 

 African species, having three deep wrinkles running 

 from tlie nape down the sides ; the muzzle is truncate, the 

 mouth shaped like that of an ox, the upper lip perfectly 

 square, and destitute of the mobility and power of pro- 

 trusion which it exhibits in the other species. (Fig. 14.) 

 Hence, instead of browsing upon shrubs, it feeds prin- 

 cipally upon grass, and therefore frequents open plains 

 where such herbage abounds, wandering very exten- 

 sively in search of pasturage. This animal was first 

 described by Mr. Burchell, who when atLattakoo found 

 it in abundance there, and Mr. Campbell brought the 

 head of one to England. In the mohoohoo the horns 

 are situated close to the extremity of the nose : the first 



