474 RHISOCEKOTIDjE. 



uses its sharp lower incisors (or, as some think, lower canines) much 

 as a hog does. I was shown in Cooch Bebar a straight horizontal 

 scar on the leg of one of the Maharaja's elephants just above the 

 foot. This I was assured on good authority was the mark of a 



Fig. 154. Rhiiioceros vnicornis. 



wound inflicted by a rhinoceros, and it is manifest such a wound 

 could not have been produced by the horn (see also Blyth, J. A. S. B. 

 xi, p. 891). 



The only sound known to be produced by the present animal is 

 a peculiar grunt that it repeats frequently when excited. It is 

 said by several writers to have a habit of depositing its dung in the 

 same spot until a pile accumulates. The African If. bicornis has, 

 I believe, no such habit. 



Like other Ungulata, rhinoceroses can trot and gallop as well as 

 walk. They as a rule sleep during the day and feed in the morning 

 and evening. Their food consists, I believe, chiefly of grass. 

 Their flesh is excellent, as I can testify. This rhinoceros is a long- 

 lived animal and, according to Hodgson, is believed to live 100 years. 

 I have heard of individuals that had existed 50 or 60 years in con- 

 finement. The period of gestation is said by Hodgson to be 17 or 

 18 months, by Desmarest under 9 months, a single young one 

 being produced. 



335. Rhinoceros sondaicus. The smaller one-horned Rhinoceros. 



Tr.Z.S. ix, p. 649, pi. xcvi; Fraser, J. A. S. B. xliv, pt. 2, p. 10, 

 pi. v ; Flower, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 454 ; Ball, P. A. S. B. 1877, 

 p. 170 ; Cockburn, P. A. S. B. 1884, p. 140 ; W. Sclatei; Cat. 

 p. 202. 



Rhinoceros javanicus, Cuv. Hist. Nat. Mam. livr. 45. pi. 309 (1824) ; 

 Rainey, P. A. S. B. 1878, p. 139. 



