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much bent that a vertical line dropped from the 

 hock to the ground would not touch the foot, or any 

 part of the limb below the hock. 



The skull and head skin of the original type 

 specimen of the hairy-eared rhinoceros are now in 

 the National Collection; the animal lived over 

 thirty years in captivity, and was so much diseased 

 that the parts above mentioned were all that was 

 worth keeping. It was found that this race was by 

 no means so distinct from the normal Sumatran 

 rhinoceros as had been supposed ; the once con- 

 spicuous ear tufts had apparently become worn with 

 age, and were not noticeably longer than in old 

 sumatrensis; the colour differences had also vanished, 

 and its larger size alone gave the hairy-eared phase 

 a doubtful distinction from the typical race. The 

 anterior horn was much abraded, and the posterior one 

 chipped ; the former differed strikingly from the well- 

 developed weapon carried by the survivor still in the 

 Zoological Gardens. For the present, the hairy-eared 

 rhinoceros ranks as a large northern sub-species of 

 the Sumatran animal ; and with this remark is now 

 dismissed. 



