188 THE FLAT-NOSED RHINOCEROS. 



From the lips to the insertion of the tail of tlie 



Rhinoceros bicornis, 111 inches, of Rhinoceros simus, 134 



Length of the tail, 20 25 

 Circumference of the 



body, . 100 140 

 From the extremity of 



the lips to the ear, 27| 43 



Several extinct species of Rhinoceros are known, 

 in part, from their remains, distinct from any of 

 those we have been noticing. In almost every 

 Country where the bones of the Elephant have 

 been found, they are accompanied, in nearly equal 

 quantities, by those of the Rhinoceros. The vale 

 of Arno, in Italy, is one of the greatest deposits, 

 also different parts of Germany and Siberia. One 

 of the more remarkable species, and unfortunately 

 least known, is scarcely larger than the common 

 hog. Our authority for its introduction rests 

 upon the discovery of some teeth and other bones 

 found in the department of Loire and Garonne, 

 among the debris of other Rhinoceri, Crocodiles, 

 and Tortoises. /?. minutus has been applied 

 to it. 



We have now come to another genus of 

 animals, which most of our later zoologists have 

 agreed to bring into the present situation. It is 

 the genus Hyrax of Herman, which we shall 

 illustrate first by 



