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they may be as much as an inch in diameter. The skin of the body is divided into 

 a number of shield-like pieces by the aforesaid folds. Thus there is a fold before 

 and behind each shoulder, marking off a large triangular shield covering the shoul- 

 der; and another in front of each thigh dividing the large saddle-shaped body shield 

 from the one on the hind-quarters. The folds behind the shoulder and in front of 

 the hind-quarters continue completely across the back, but the one in front of the 

 shoulder inclines backward and dies out close to the second great fold. Other folds 

 form great rolls of skin on the neck, while there are others below the shields on the 

 fore and hind-quarters and one situated behind the buttocks which forms a groove 

 for the reception of the tail. The head is very large in proporti6n to the body, with 



GREAT INDIAN RHINOCEROS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 



the occipital region of the skull very much elevated; and the ears are large, with 

 their tips fringed with hairs. The horns are large in both sexes; and the color of 

 the skin is a uniform blackish gray. In height the Indian rhinoceros stands from 

 five feet to five and three-fourths feet at the shoulder. In a male standing five feet 

 nine inches at the shoulder, measured by General Kinloch, the length from the tip 

 of the snout to the root of the tail was ten feet six inches, the length of the tail two 

 feet five inches, and the girth of the body nine feet eight, inches. The length of the 

 horn is seldom more than a foot, although Jerdon says that there are instances on 

 record of horns of two feet in length, and one in the British Museum measures nine- 

 teen inches. 



