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Some of the stuffed Rhinoceroses of the Natural History 

 Museum are so placed that it is impossible to get near enough to 

 them to examine their hide in detail. In the Edinburgh Museum 

 of Science and Art, however, I had a rare opportunity of 







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FIG. 8r. (a) and (b) are from the shoulder and hip of an Indian Rhinoceros ; (c) from the 

 hip of another individual of the same species (Zoological Gardens) ; (d) is a group of black 

 spots seen on the shoulder of a Horse ; (e) hide-plate from Hairy Rhinoceros of Chittagong 

 (Zoological Gardens). 



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FIG. 82. (a) From the lower and back part of the scapular shield; (b) from the back 

 part of the pelvic shield, of an Indian Rhinoceros (Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art) 

 reduced. 



minutely examining the hide-shields of an Indian Rhinoceros 

 (R. Unicornis). 



From Fig. 82 it will be seen that the hide-knobs of this animal 

 resolve themselves into patterns almost identical with the armour 

 bone-plates of the Sturgeon and the Crocodile shown in Fig. 68 

 (b) and (c\ and of the Glyptodon shown in Fig. 6 1 (g). 



