Reptile Niaiiber. 



PREPARED BY THE CURATOR OF REPTILES. 



No. 2. 



ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



1*1 BLISHEIJ BV THE NeW YoRK ZoOI.OGICAL SoCIETY Jufyt igo6 



\W\L NLW RHINOCEROS 



THE only sijecimen of the now rare two-horned, 

 black African Rhinoceros which has come 

 to America in the last eight years, with one 

 exception, has been |Hirchase(l by the Society and 

 is now one of the valued possessions of the Zoo- 

 loijical Park. 



Learning of the arrival in Europe, from the 

 Kilimanjaro District, German East Africa, of a 

 rhinoceros, we cabled an otTer and promptly secured 

 the animal. The transpiirtalion was etTected with- 

 out trouble of an\' kin<l. the rliiii(nert)s reac hing the 



park on June ist and was safely quartered in the 

 Antelope House, where she has been on \iew ever 

 since. The anterior horn is already quite promi- 

 nent and the ]K)Sterior one just appearing. The 

 color of the skin on the back is very light, darkening 

 on the under jjarts. It is perfectly projjortioned, 

 bright and energetic, and is entirely satisfactory as 

 an e.xhibit. 



It is a young animal, possibly two years of age, 

 weighs about three hundred pounds, is thirt\-one 

 inches high, I'lfty-six inches long from snout to base 



From a pliotograph of a young specimen now in the Zoological Park. 



