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CHAPTER XIII 
THE RHINOCEROS 
By F. J. JACKSON 
Mr. F. C. Setous has proved beyond a doubt that there is 
only one species of the so-called black rhinoceros (2. dicornis) 
in South Africa, and his arguments apply equally to the East 
African beast. There can be no doubt that the range of this 
beast extends from the Soudan to South Africa, and that there 
is only one distinct species of prehensile-lipped rhinoceros 
known throughout Africa. If the classification of the black 
thinoceros depended on the comparative size of the horns (and 
this appears to have been the principal basis of former argu- 
ments), then there would certainly be no difficulty in making 
two or even more species. Adult rhinoceroses are to be found 
in East Africa (and perhaps there is no place where they 
exist in greater numbers at the present day), varying in size, 
temperament, and in the length and shape of their horns. I 
have myself shot them with almost every variety of horns, 
from a beast with front horn 27 ins. and second horn only 
9g ins. in length, to one with front horn 21 ins. and the 
other horn 22 ins. in length. The latter specimen, together 
with the one in the illustration, answers to the so-called spectes 
R. Keitloa. 
Few beasts, if any, vary so much in temperament as rhino- 
ceroses, and no rule can be laid down as to their general 
behaviour, though in most cases they will retreat before the 
presence of man. Personally, I consider the ‘kifaru’ (Swahili 
