THE Ull IS<>' 





and ie nocturnal and shy in its habits, living on 

 of trees, buds, wild fruil . li has a tong Ie, and 



when attacked makes a good Bghl with • th. 'I 



are succeeded bj the rh «, represented in this coun- 



try by a number of extinct Tertiarj allies, the living 



being restricted to Africa and the East Indies. 

 .-km is remarkably thick and dense, while these animals 

 have either om or two long median ho iwing from 



the skin of the nose. A:,- hal almost all the 



three species of Asiatic rhino have an exceedingly 



Fio. 300.- The Sumatran Rhin ros. From Lfltl • 



coarse hide, covered with large folds, no! unlike a coal of 

 mail; whilst thai «>f the African species < /.'. I ric i 

 comparatively smool h. There arc four variel ies of the Afri- 

 can species, i wo of them whitish and two dark. The anterior 

 horn of one of these kinds (R ), which in- 



habits the interior of South Africa, not unfreqnentlj 

 ceeds four feel in length. The body of the rhino 

 long an.I thick; its belly is large, and hangs near the ground, 

 the legs being short, round, and very strong, while its 1 

 arc divided into three parts, each pointing forward. 



