250 J?OSSiIr RHINOCEROS, 



ORDER. MULTUNGULA'. 



Rhinoceros. 



Three species of this genus are at present known to na- 

 turalists, as inhabitants of different parts of the world. 

 These are the two-horned rhinoceros of Africa, the one- 

 horned rhinoceros of Asia, and the rhinoceros of the 

 island of Sumatra. Only one fossil species has hitherto 

 been discovered, which differs from the three living spe- 

 cies, not only in structure, but in geographical distribu- 

 tion. It was first noticed in the time of Grew, and the 

 bones he mentions were dug out of alluvial soil near Can- 

 terbury. Since that period similar remains have been 

 found in many places of Germany, France, and Italy. 

 In Siberia, not only single bones and skulls, but the 

 whole animal, with the flesh and skin, have been disco- 

 vered. 



Hippopotamus. 



Only one species of this genus is at present known to 

 Jive on the surface of the earth. It is an inhabitant of 

 Africa, and, according to Marsden, also of Asia, for he 

 mentions it as one of the animals of the island of Suma- 

 tra. M. Cuyier is inclined to call in question the accu- 

 racy of this statement of Marsden's, and to conjecture 

 that he may have confounded the succotyro of Newhoff 

 with the hippopotamus. Mr. Marsden, in the new edi- 

 tion of his excellent description of Sumatra, still enume- 

 rates the hippopotamus amongst the Sumatrian animals, 

 but appears to have misunderstood Cuvier, when he says 

 that he accuses him of confounding the hippopotamu? 



