336 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



crowns, with several salient lines, and seven in the 

 lower jaw, with the crown with a double crescent, 

 the last of all with a treble crescent ; but their 

 incisors differ. 



The Rhinoceros, (Rhinoceros, L.) 



Vary even among themselves in this particular. 

 These are large animals, with each foot divided into 

 three toes, and with the bones of the nose very- 

 thick, and united into a sort of vault, carry a solid 

 horn, as if it were composed of agglutinated hairs. 

 Their disposition is stupid and ferocious ; they like 

 humid places ; live on herbs and the branches of 

 trees ; have a simple stomach, long intestines, and. 

 a very large caecum. 



The Rhinoceros of India, (Rh. Indicus. Cuv.) Buff. XL vn. 



Has, besides its twenty-eight cheek-teeth, two 

 strong incisive teeth in each jaw, and two still 

 smaller on the outside the upper. It has but 

 one horn, and its skin is remarkable by the 

 deep folds it forms behind and across the 

 shoulders, in front and across the thigh. It 

 inhabits the East Indies, especially beyond the 

 Ganges. 



The Rhinoceros of Sumatra, (Rh. Sumatrensis, Cuv.) 

 Bell. Philosophical Trans. 1793. 



With the same four large incisors as the last, 



