BLACK OR COMMON RHINOCEROS 



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Mr. S. L. Hinde's Horns of Black Rhinoceros. 



BLACK or COMMON RHINOCEROS (Rhinoceros [Diceros] bicornis). 



Mcge of the M'Kua. 



Sipejana of the Swazis and Matonga. 



Upejana of the Matabili and 



Auransse of the Abyssinians. 

 Abu Gesn-Khartylot\h& Sudanese. 

 Chipamberi of the Lower Zambesi 



natives. 



Chipembere of the Chilalas. 

 Fava of the Svvahilis. 

 Gurliu of the Danakil tribes. 

 Mnin of the Masais. 



the Matabili 

 Zulus. 



Upelepe of the Basutos. 

 Wartses of the Gallas, 

 Weel of the Somalis. 

 Zwart Rhinaster of the Boers. 



The African rhinoceroses are two- horned animals, readily dis- 

 tinguished from their Asiatic relatives by the absence of the folds of 

 skin on the body which form such a characteristic feature of the latter 

 and also by the lack of front teeth in both the upper and lower jaws. 

 The hide, too, is almost completely naked, although there are some 

 bristly hairs on the margins of the ears and the tip of the tail. 



Perhaps the most distinctive external feature of the black rhino- 

 ceros, as the present species is commonly called, is to be found in the 

 prehensile tip to the upper lip, which is rounded and not very wide in 

 front. Other points of distinction are, however, shown by the form of 



