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by a much thicker coat of hairs, which are sometimes blacker 
and sometimes redder. On account of its two horns it has 
been proposed to separate it from the other Oriental species 
into a distinct genus, Ceratorhinus. The animal has much 
the same range as the last species, but extends to Borneo. 
A variety of this species with hairy ears, from Assam, has been 
separated as a distinct form, under the name of Rh. lasiotis, 
by Mr. Sclater. The animal upon which that species was 
founded was until quite recently living in the Zoological Society’s 
Gardens. 
There are only two certainly-known species of Rhinoceros in 
Africa. These are the White Rhinoceros (2A. simus) and the 
Fig. 132.—Hairy-eared Rhinoceros. Rhinoceros lasiotis. x. 
Black Rhinoceros (2h. bicornis). The origin of the names is not 
easy to understand, since the “ white” animal is, if anything, darker 
in colour than the Black Rhinoceros. It is stated, however, that 
in past years the specimens of Rh. simus found in the south-west 
of Cape Colony were “paler and whiter in colour than those in 
the north-east.” At present there are no grounds for distinguish- 
ing the species by their colour characters. But they are plainly 
distinguishable on other grounds. Rhinoceros simus has a square 
upper lip, and in relation to this crops the herbage upon the 
ground. #h. bicornis has a prehensile upper lip projecting beyond 
the lower, and in a corresponding fashion feeds principally upon 
the branches of shrubs. It has been pointed out by Mr. 
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