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the horns and ears and the position of the eyes ; while in bodily size 

 this animal is also considerably inferior to the next. The black 

 rhinoceros is likewise well characterised by the comparative shortness of 

 its skull, and the form and structure of the cheek teeth, which are adapted 

 for a diet of twigs and leaves. Average height at shoulder, 5 feet. 

 Weight (Capt. R. Meinertzhagen), i ton I cwt. I qr. 8 Ibs. as he fell. 



Black rhinoceroses sometimes have more than the usual two horns. 

 Gordon Gumming, for instance, records having killed a three -horned 



Head of Black Rhinoceros. 



specimen ; and Lieut-Col. E. G. Harrison, writing in the Field of 

 December 25, 1897, gives the following measurements of a five-horned 

 rhinoceros shot by himself in East Africa : 



First Horn. Counting from snout, measurement 14^ ins.; is a 

 normal front horn curving backwards. 



Second Horn. 15^ ins., curving forwards instead of backwards or 

 being straight, as is usual, and leaning considerably over to the off-side. 



Third Horn. 1 1^- ins. long and 5^ ins. wide half-way between 

 base and apex ; is flat and perpendicular, and, though a distinct horn, 

 grows out of the off-side of the base of No. 2. 



Fourth Horn. Is a stumpy, abortive horn, 9 ins. long, growing 



