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THE COMMON INDIAN RHINOCEROS. 



horned rhinoceros (R. Javanicus, Cuv., R. Sondaicus, Desm.), and 

 the Sumatran two-horned rhinoceros (R. Sumatranus) . There 

 are three, if not four, African species, namely, the common 

 two-horned rhinoceros (R. Africanus), the two-horned blunt 

 nosed, or white rhinoceros (R. Simus), and the two-horned 

 Ketloa rhinoceros (R. Ketlod) ; the doubtful fourth species, 

 being that with one-horn, which Burckhardt describes as 

 inhabiting a part of Abyssinia. Though it appears that one 

 or other of the two-horned African species was frequently 

 exhibited in the ancient Roman sports, yet, in modern times, 

 no living specimen has ever been brought to Europe. Those 

 that have been imported since we have desired these animals 

 for the purposes of science, not for brutal sport, have all been 

 of the species which we have here selected for description. 



The common, or one-horned Indian rhinoceros, is far more 

 widely distributed than the two other Asiatic species. It 

 abounds in the hills of the lower region of Nepal, and the 

 plains of India, Pegu, Siam, and Cochin-China, usually asso- 

 ciating in small herds, and keeping to the dense jungles and 

 forests. 



When full-grown, the circumference of the body is about 

 twelve feet, and the length of the animal from the muzzle to 



